voice of bainbridge

Looking forward

This is just to let you know (following the previous post that could maybe sound a little pessimistic) that I am working on new web radio developments. 

Stay tuned!

Have a great week-end

 

Chronological list of audiofiles 2004

List of audio files recorded (number of minutes) by Philippe Boucher for Voice of Bainbridge from March 31 to October 6, 2004
This is a chronological log. Most but not all of the recordings have been posted on the site.

Creation of VoB Chronology

Creation of Voice of Bainbridge – Chronology of events – Feb 2003 / Sept 2004

 

February/March 2003: meetings with BIB (Bob Haslanger) about the creation of a community radio on Bainbridge. No outcome.

 

Dec 2003: Drafts of the Earthcom project submitted in early 2004 to the Brainerd, Bullitt and Russell Family Foundations.

 

Feb 2004: Proposal for the creation of Globalink-radio for the International Union Against Cancer

 

Feb 17: Visit to Voice of Vashon on

Vashon Island

and meeting with their engineer, Steve Allen.

 

Feb 26 2004

: Acquisition of a portable digital MP3 recorder and lapel microphone

from PoGo! Products ($ 190)

 

Feb 27: Application for the KUOW Venture Fund ($10K for 3 months): Earth Series

 

March 13: Letter to the editor (Bainbridge Review) about a web radio for Bainbridge

 

March 23: Acquisition of the equipment necessary for the digital recording of phone interviews

 

March 31: First recording of a public event : Story telling at the Bainbridge Library

 

April 24: First interview: Glenn Burkhart in

Seattle

for the book Defending Wild

Washington

.

 

May 4: Submission to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation pioneer ideas program about the

production

of digital audio programs

 

May 6: Visit to the KUOW Board meeting.

 

May 13: Memo for the communication directors of environmental groups about digital audio

production

 

May 23: Acquisition of a digital audio editing software (Goldwave) for $40.

 

May 31: Production of  5 interviews for Globalink-radio for World No-Tobacco Day

($ 1.000 contract)

 

 

June 15: Acquisition of a MP3 CD maker software from Qwerks ($ 25)

 

June 22: Interviews of artists Michele Van Slyke and Pegy Brunton.

 

June 24: Email from

Lisa Renstrom

, Chair of the Executive Committee of the Sierra Club (National) in response to my suggestions about how the Club should use digital audio.

 

End of June: Posting of the first recordings on the new Voice of Bainbridge website graciously created and hosted by Bainbridgeisland.org

 

 

June 25: Interview of City Council member Bill Knobloch

 

July 8: Interview with

Chris

ti Norman,

Washington

 

State

Audubon Society

and discussion with Hilary Hilscher, Communication Director about the

production

of a pro-environment program including

info

rmation about birds and bird songs.

 

July 19: Article about Voice of Bainbridge in the

Bremerton

Sun.

 

July 20:

Chris

Peterson, ED of Seattle Audubon announces her plans for the

production

of a 2 min audio segment Bird Note to be aired on public radio.

 

July 24: Article about Voice of Bainbridge in the Bainbridge Islander.

 

July 28: Article about Voice of Bainbridge in the Bainbridge Review.

 

July 30: Meeting with

Paul Travis

about the elaboration of a business plan.

 

August 5: Self interview about VoB and the revolution in broadcasting.

 

August 17:

Lisa Renstrom

asks me to work with the Communications and Education Governance Committee of the Sierra Club (one of the 6 committees reporting to the Board of Directors).

 

August 19: Interview with Darlene Kordonowy, Mayor of

Bainbridge

Island

.

 

August 26: Email contact with Brian Back publisher of the Sustainable Industries Journal (www.sijournal.com) and the Chinook Book (www.chinookbook.net) about a potential partnership in the

production

of the weekly pro-environment program.

 

September 2: Interview with Paul Johnson, Mechanic with Classic Cycle, beginning of the regular Biketalk program.

 

August 27:

Lin Kamer-Walker

offers to design a logo for Voice of Bainbridge.

 

August 27: Donors wishing to remain anonymous offer a $300 budget for advertising Voice of Bainbridge’s programs in the Bainbridge Islander sent weekly to all households.

 

September 2: Proposal to produce a series of programs for ABC (meeting with Charles Schmid). No  result.

September 6: Request to the City’s non-motorized transportation committee for financial support for Biketalk.
No result.

September 7/8: Voice of Bainbridge reports from the Prowalk/probike conference in

Victoria

thanks to the sponsorship of Squeakywheels to cover travel expenses (23 recordings posted). Contacts with potential partners for Bikewalk.

 
September 9: Meeting with Steven Gilbert PhD, UW professor and KUOW board member about the

production

of programs devoted to environmental issues and groups.

 September 10: Offer of recording and interview services for the City’s Winslow Tomorrow project.

September 21: Recording of the Community Forestry Commission. Proposal to record a 5/10 min brief after each meeting.
No result.

September 28: Recording of the second Town Hall meeting for the

Central

Ward

District

.

September 29: Launch of the blog http://vobis.blogspot.com

Start of the reflexion about combining digital audio with the blog tools.

 

October 2: Publication in the Bainbridge Islander of the first ad for VoB

 

 

Looking back at Voice of Bainbridge

I started working on projects to develop digital audio programs in February 2004.

I just reread the Earth Communication proposal I wrote on February 10 2004: it is certainly too ambitious in its multimedia scope (it blends print, web and audio) but I believe it is still an accurate assessment of the way environmental groups neglect radiobroadcast and the new digital tools.

I submitted this plan to 3 local foundations with an interest in environmental issues: Bullitt, Brainerd and Russell Family. The latter never answered back while the first two responded negatively.

A new voice of Bainbridge - article in the Bainbridge Review - July 28, 2004

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July 28 2004

A new Voice of Bainbridge (by Tina Lieu)

It all started with frustration, searching for a decent radio program on Sunday night while washing the dishes. Besides the lack of talk programs, Philippe Boucher wanted to hear more programs about Bainbridge, the environment and political issues not covered by mainstream media.
"But how do you serve a community like Bainbridge Island?" said Boucher, a Winslow resident.
"The logic is we should have our own radio (station)."