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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. |
