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Resonance104.4fmReport to the Moose FoundationMarch 2004
Commissioning:
In 2003 Resonance104.4fm has commissioned some 150 regular (most weekly, some monthly)programme makers and over 300 one-off programme makers. In each case, artists havecollaborated with others to produce a pool of several thousand creatives whose work has beenshowcased, analysed, publicised and has benefited from having access to an engaged radioaudience.We have commissioned 4750 hours of original programmes this year. Resonan
ce104.4fm’s
programmes currently cost less that £15 per hour,
i.e.
they are broadcast at an actual cost ofabout £0.0003 per listener.Our regular contributors are aged 16 to 70.We broadcast in more than 30 languages - other than English.
Commissioning and Broadcast Schedule:
Our practice is to commission new shows every quarter. Initially we had intended to replace allshows after one calendar year and bring in new people and material, but this proved logisticallyimpractical. So, for example, to instigate wholesale changes in July 2002 took an entire six weeksof administrative work. To usher in new daytime programmes in November 2002 took a month ofwork.In September 2003 we determined nevertheless to instigate early morning broadcasts,comprising repeats and special shows which could be scheduled via computer technology - themain retarding factor in going 24/7 live being lack of staff and round-the-clock security.We commission "Clear Spots" five times a week all year round. These are scheduled about afortnight in advance, though a few are sorted at very short notice. This is our chance to surpriseourselves and our listeners, to showcase artists who have neither time nor inclination to do aseries (touring musicians, for instance) or whose work merits ninety minutes of primetime.Live broadcast hours are from noon to 1am. To date we have kept repeats to a minimum, buthave recently determined to run more due to demand from listeners.Resonance104.4fm is committed to the expression of marginalized voices and the foregroundingof groups typically excluded from mainstream media. To this end Resonance104.4fm activelyencourages bi-lingual participants to use their mother tongue as well as (sometimes instead of)English and has featured programmes in Farsi, Portuguese, Albanian, Finnish, Creole, Russian,Spanish, Hungarian, German, Japanese, French and Serbian. It aims for at least 5% of its outputto be in non-English languages. Several regular shows (
Rasaa, Borderline, Dosensos,ClingRadio, Farside Music, Xantursian Nights, Tamizdat, Zerbian Radio Slot, Half A Map 
) areconducted in more than one language with the emphasis on non-English speech. The
Clear Spot 
week-daily show has featured 2% foreign language works.
Go! For Children of All Ages 
hasbroadcast material in thirty languages used at North London primary and secondary schools.
Key commissions
include the following weekly shows:
New and Contemporary Music: 
Emily Hall: Young Composers' New Music (fortnightly)Cecilia Wee: New Music on Mondays (fortnightly)Sonic Arts Network: Big Ears (since July 2003)Clive Graham: Sound Poets Exposed
World music: 
 
Paul Fisher: Far Side RadioReg Hall: The Traditional Music HourJohn Wynne: Up CountryCultural Co-operation: London Diaspora LiveVincent Luttman: Nostalgie ya Mboka (since May 2003)Gianluca Tramontana: Muleskinner Blues (since July 2003)PaulHood: Onkyodo (fortnightly)Art Terry: Is Black Music
Rock, dance &c: 
Magz Hall & Jim Backhouse: You Are HearMike Barnes: Scratching the SurfaceEgghole Collective: The Glass ShrimpThe Wire: Adventures in Modern MusicMr Trick: Turntable RadioColdcut: Solid SteelAndrew Copeman: The Other Place (eight weeks)Johnny Trunk: OSTDexter Bentley: Hallo GoodbyeJoe Cushley: Balling the JackAsh Hunter & Paul Woody: Zutzu-tadaimaOrgan Magazine: The Other Rock Show (monthly)These Records: Bermuda TriangleTetine: Slum Dunk (eight weeks)Simon Russell: Real TimeLeo Muraglia: Kosmische50/50 Sound System: Fifty-fifty
Experimental & improvised music: 
Paul Hood, Ben Drew, Tom Chant: Instant Music Radio MeetingEdwin Pouncey & Sharon Gal: Diggers.Various: Burning DecksJonny Brown: Mining for Gold
 
Ben Green: One Hour AsAlex Wendt: Frequenzen (fortnighly)Jukka Valisto: Half a Map (fortnighly)Caroline Kraabel: Taking a Life for a WalkViv Corringham: Vocal StrollsIris Garrelfs & Kaffe Matthews: Field 61 (monthly)Chris Weaver: Down Memorex Lane (six weeks0Max Benezeth: Xantursian Nights
Radio art: 
Chris Cutler: Out of the Blue Radio (thrice a week for 52 weeks, once a week since)Jim Whelton: The Harmon E Phrayser ShowLepke B: Mobius Strip (ended September 2003)Andy Lowe: Xollob ParkDan Wilson The Hellebore Shew (four weeks)Ed Baxter & Chris Weaver: From Pillar to Post (six weeks)Sarah Washington: 13 Minutes of Heaven (13 weeks)Knut Aufermann et al: ClingRadio (ended July 2003)Thoe Lorenc: Smakcton: Keynes (eight weeks)Ergo Phizmiz: Sticky White Glue and others (various short series)
Literature & spoken word: 
Rob Holloway: Up For Air
 
Salena Saliva Godden: Saltpetre RadioBen Watson: Late Lunch With Out To LunchAlex Gale: All Roads Lead to Neasden
Visual & plastic arts: 
Dosensos: Dosensos (fortnightly)
Social inclusion: 
John Bisset: Go! For Children of All Ages (ended July 2003)Middle East PanoramaCalling All Pensioners
Commissioned international artists of note
include Amy Denio, Ana Maria Avram, AnneLeBaron, Arthur Lee, Ashley Slater, Barbara Morganstern, Barry Andrews, Basil Kirchin,Burkhard Beins, Bill Harkelroad, BJ Cole, Carl Sagan, Caroline Bergvall, Charlotte Hug, ChrisWatson, Christian Marclay, Christian Wolfarth, Christof Migone, Chuck D., David Tibet, DylanBates, Eddie Prevost, Errollyn Wallen, Evan Parker, Fontana Bass, Gavin Turk, Greg Tate,Gustav Metzger, Harry Hosono, Holly Golightly, Iain Sinclair, Iancu Dumitrescu, James Randi,Janek Schaefer, Jarvis Cocker, Jem Noble, John Edwards, John Oswald, Luke Vibert, MarkWastell, Mnaga a Zdorb, Nicolas Collins, Otomo Yoshihide, Paddy Tunney, People Like Us, PhilMinton, Regina Spektor, Rich
ard Ranft, Robyn Hitchcock, Santiago Sierra, Sean O’Hagen,
Shirley Collins, Simon Munnery, Stewart Lee, Tacet NCV, Taku Unami, The Bohman Brothers,The Residents, The Sun Ra Arkestra, The Vanity Set, Thomas Truax, Tore Honore Boe, YukoNexus 6 and Robert Wyatt.
Marketing initiatives
Our market research has revealed that word of mouth is the most effective mechanism by whichnews of Resonance104.4fm spreads. Given our web presence, we have also been developingour electronic marketing methods. To this end we have combined the old and the new in acoherent manner, to bring into reality the virtual community that constitutes the station:Our website(www.resonancefm.com)is updated daily. Now in its second incarnation, it was redesigned to mark our first anniversary in May 2003 by a team under the direction of new mediaartist and LMC Director Simon Lucas.Our new media initiatives (include an on line questionnaire (334 respondents in the period31.7.03 to 21.9.03. Respondents are offered the chance to win a free t-shirt on a weekly basis inorder to encourage them to reply); an irregular newsletter to bring listeners up to date withResonance104.4fm developments; an on-line Forum for listeners to discuss anything relating toResonance104.4fm; email groups for the regular programme makers and engineers; and anotherfor the listeners. Our regular email correspondents number over 2,500.Web-based initiatives such as our online Auction have proved successful in securing donationsfrom members of the public (over five thousand pounds in the last six months). The expanding,singular community that is the Resonance104.4fm audience is in fact an emergent body broughtinto being by cross-community initiatives and cross-artform enterprise.Simple publicity devices such as postcards, badges and t-shirts have proved effective inmaintaining our profile. Anecdotal evidence is suggestive; a short walk through Borough marketone Friday afternoon revealed that about a dozen people (stall holders, newspaper lads,customers) had heard of the station - and wanted to say so.
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