Vip on Air
Back in Glasgow tonight for the board meeting of . It's been a while since we met and there's a lot to discuss. The station currently broadcasts on the internet, but this year will become one of Scotland's new FM community stations, broadcating to the west end of Glasgow. This is not ideal - obviously the potential audience of blind and visually impaired listeners don't all live in that one part of Glasgow - but Vip on Air see it as part of the evolution of their service.
They also provide a monthly programme for Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Radio Scotland as part of our Saturday night community zone. There's also talk of podcasting and providing an audio service on digital television.
Meanwhile the station has a good story to tell in terms of recruiting visually impaired volunteers and helping them find jobs in the media industry. That includes our own Phil Sime, currently presenting The Listener on Friday mornings.
His guide dog sat quietly at my feet all through the meeting and only became excited when someone opened a box of biscuits. Mind you, so did I.
