Program Exchange SchemeIn 2009, WITBN launched a Program Exchange Scheme that Ireland’s TG4 later helped develop. The exchange pools together programming content and offers all contributing members access to quality indigenous broadcasts. It represents an innovative and cost effective way of securing new and attractive programming content at minimal cost. |
Round II: TG4
1. Cladaigh Chonamara
Duration: 25 minutes X 6 episodes
A blend of culture, folklore and history of Conamara, a stronghold of Irish language and culture as seen through the eyes of a young sailor navigating the wild rocky coast of the west of Ireland.
2. Gradam Ceoil
Duration: 90 minutes Since Tommy Peoples was presented with the first award, Gradam Ceoil has grown to be recognized as the premier awards scheme for musicians, singers, composers and bearers of the tradition. The scheme was inaugurated in 1998, the brainchild of Mary McPartlan and an early signal from TG4 that traditional music was to form an essential and central element of its schedule.
Each year, an independent panel of selectors chooses six award-winners in the categories of: Young Musician; Singer; Hall of Fame; Composer; the Musicians' Award; and the main award of Traditional Musician of the Year.
The awards are presented annually at a concert featuring recipients, their friends and families. The broadcast concert has become one of the most eagerly anticipated highlights of TG4's musical calendar.
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