Dave Grohl interview
Radio 4′s interview with Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl made me stop what I was doing and just listen this morning. He talked about being heartbroken at Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994, before adding, “I’m not really telling you the truth right now, you know. Why would I tell you how I honestly feel about something so personal? You’re a journalist, and this is going out on the radio. You’re not really entitled to knowing how I feel about these things because they’re mine.” It made me feel… chastised? but in a good way.
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Niche TV for a small language
Radio 4′s The Narrowcasters visits the Basque TV station, EITB, this week. The channel is described as one of the most important tools for promoting Euskara, a minority language spoken in the Basque Country, on the borders of Spain and France.
That’s the overarching theme of my PhD research – how the media support speakers of minority languages. My own work focuses on Welsh language media, which is often seen as a model for other minority language communities. In fact, Basque producers went to visit the Welsh language soap Pobol y Cwm to get some tips before they launched their own soap, Goenkale.
In a 15-minute documentary, Radio 4 can only scratch the surface of the topic. But they touch on issues that the Basque broadcasters, like many minority language broadcasters, have to consider: how do we cater for audiences who speak really different dialects? is it OK to use a mixture of the minority and the majority language? how do we attract new viewers?
The Narrowcasters is on iPlayer until 10:47am, Tuesday 29 March 2011.
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Tags: Basque, BBC Radio 4, Euskara
Spring cleaning
After a spring clean, my blog is back up and running. Stand by!
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