Part 1 of 4 - 1 x 70 min Documentary
Produced by: NearTV, part of the Media Media Co-op
Broadcaster: DCTV
Funded by Sound & Vision

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Community radio is about involving people in local communities. It is designed to engage and empower people giving them an opportunity to explore their sense of identity and reflect the positive aspects of communities that are often considered too small to be featured in mainstream media.
In this documentary, The History of Community Radio in Ireland, we travel across Ireland visiting a variety of different community radio stations and investigating the work they do. We also get an insight into the history and evolution of the Community Radio Movement in Ireland by charting it’s struggle to be officially recognised as a legitimate form of broadcasting and the challenges it faced.
The documentary draws on the experience of many practitioners of community media over the last 30 years some of whom are still actively engaged in the continued development of the movement today.