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Welcome to the Chichester Area Talking News Website |
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Most of us rely on our local newspaper to keep in touch with what is happening in and around the area in which we live, providing information which does not reach us by means of television or radio. This is the really local news from which the visually impaired are completely cut off unless they happen to have a relative or friend who can spare the time to read to them regularly. The "talking newspaper" fills this gap, and plays an important role in helping to restore their independence as well as creating the opportunity for them to continue to take an active interest in the community. |
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How can I or someone I know benefit from this service? FAQ |
About CATN here |
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LATEST CATN NEWS EDITION MP3 AUDIO FILES - UPDATED 22-08-08 |
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Click the track links below or right click each track and 'Save Target As' if you wish to save the files onto your computer or mp3 player. |
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ONE MORE STEP FOR TALKING NEWS |
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Another major step forward has been taken by Chichester Area Talking News. Since we produced our first programme of local news on tape more than 30 years ago we have always prided ourselves on keeping pace with the latest technology. No matter what the cost we have updated our recording and copying equipment at every opportunity. As a result we have the most up-to-date and sophisticated studio facilities in the country. Now we have moved into CD production. Since 1975 all our programmes have been recorded on to cassette tapes and this arrangement has served us well. Many of our listeners still prefer it. But in a recent comprehensive survey carried out among our listeners nearly 100 of them said they would welcome our news and magazine programmes on compact disc in future. Their request has been answered. |
When we produced our news edition No 811 on May 17th 2007 we adopted a dual recording role for the first time - 100 copies of the programme went to listeners on CD and the remaining 350 on cassettes. About 50 of our volunteers received their first copy on CD the edition before (May 3rd) as we used them for a trial run to make sure things went smoothly! In the weeks leading up to moving into CD production full information was given to listeners on several programmes so there was no misunderstanding. A letter was also sent to each of the 100 listeners requesting CDs so they were aware of the new arrangements. In future we expect more listeners to switch over to CD, particularly newcomers to our service, but whatever format they want that is the one we will continue to send them. Further news is available here. There is more information on how we produce our programmes here. |
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Please look around our website to learn what we do and contact us if we can be of any help more. |
Date page was last updated 22/08/08 Report website faults to the webmaster
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