YRN

Shame for my first post in a fortnight to be an angry one, but this Canwest deal is really grinding my gears, so to speak. Below is my comment from NZ Music...

Just to put a toe into the fray...the idea of a Youth Radio Network isn't new. 1999 saw the beginnings of a frequency allocation under the National Government. Jenny Shipley launched the initiative and there was lots of admittedly naive excitement. Turned out it was electioneering.
That's water under the bridge now. What is really a kick in the teeth is this happening under Labour and under a government where our Prime Minister is the Minister for the Arts. Because that's the true point of a YRN- it's not exclusively music, it supports the arts. A Youth Radio Network is a conduit for radio drama, discussion, comedy, and building of community among young people. Idealistic? Maybe. But it's not so far removed from the b-Net stations.
And frankly, I can't see any kind of alternative programming that Kiwi FM might offer even touching the potential of a YRN.

In other news, I've finally hit MySpace. Which I've been meaning to for awhile.

My link: http://www.myspace.com/74965454