Insight Radio

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Insight Radio

Broadcast area	UK Wide
Frequency	FM: 101 MHz (in the Glasgow area) Sky Digital: 0188 Online freesat 777
First air date	2003
Format	News, Music, Blind News, Talking Newspapers, Audio Books Talk
Owner	RNIB with other Stakeholders
Website	Official site

Insight Radio is a British radio station owned by Royal National Institute of Blind People and was Europe's first radio station for blind and partially sighted listeners. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week online, on 101 FM in the Glasgow area on Freesat channel 777 and on Sky Digital Channel 0188. Live shows make up around half of the station's output, with the overnight schedule being used as a showcase for the best music, features, interviews and articles from the past few days.

Although the station's main studios are based in Scotland, the station is for everyone in the UK and beyond, with many listeners in the USA and Canada. Other studios are in Cardiff and London and more locations across the UK are planned for the very near future.

Schedule

Early Edition 7-10

Steven Scott and the team review the main pages of the day's newspapers, and discuss issues which directly affect the lives of blind and partially sighted people.^[1]

Morning Mix 10-1

Simon Pauley invites you to a morning of chat and music, and relax with the daily Radio Play.^[2]

Daily Lunch 1-3

Jill Daley and the team host a magazine-style show ranging from hard-hitting human interest stories, to more light-hearted lifestyle issues. Contributors and features include RNIB's publications, Cosmopolitan magazine and Emily Davison from fashioneyesta.com.^[3]

Talking Books 3-4 (with a repeat just after 10pm)

Robert Kirkwood presents interviews, discussion and news about the world of audio books, along with the current book of the week. This show is repeated at 10pm and again at 3am. There's also a Talking Books podcast feed that features author interviews, short stories and special features.^[4]

Afternoon Edition 4-7

Allan Russell and the team review evening and local newspapers, and focus on the main stories of the day affecting blind people.^[5]

From 7pm

Monday: Music Box - an hour of Classical Music

Tuesday: Tech Talk - Technology for blind and partially sighted users.

Wednesday: Sunset Melodies - Tracks from the 30's, 40's and 50's.

Thursday: Infosound Hour - Rowland Myers highlights the work of infosound.org.uk, enabling blind and partially sighted people to access information through audio.

Friday: Pure 80's - The greatest hits from the decade of decadence.

From 8pm

From 8pm until 10pm there are highlights from Insight Radio's sister station, 'Insight Extra' a speech only service available online at http://www.insightradio.co.uk/extra.html

Other Shows

There's also a 'Weekend Edition' with the papers on Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 1pm, and on Sunday this show is followed by Talking Books for the younger listener.

Awards

In 2007, the Insight Show (which later became the Daily Lunch) won the Silver Sony Award for the Internet Programme Award^[6]

The Insight Show
Producers: Nina Kirk, Barry Snell & Michael Hughes
Writers: Jill Daley, Nina Kirk & Robert Kirkwood
Editors: Jill Daley, Michael Hughes, Robert Kirkwood, Allan Russell & Nina Kirk
Presenter: Jill Daley
Performers: Allan Russell, Robert Kirkwood & Laura Steel
“This podcast for blind listeners provides a niche service which would never be accommodated on a mainstream radio station and contains some of the most moving and well-produced human interest content the judges had heard in a long time.”

VIPonAIR & RNIB for VIPonAIR.com

Big Brother

In 2008, a former member of staff from Insight Radio, Michael Hughes, became a contestant on the TV show Big Brother.

History

The radio station started as an online service called VIP on Air in November 2003, broadcasting for 2 hours a day, and later extending this to a 4 hour broadcast day. In 2007 the service was completely re-vamped, renamed and re-launched as Insight Radio.

The name VIP on Air was changed for a number of reasons. VIP in this context stands for Visually Impaired People but could be easily misunderstood. Also, as the station only broadcast online at the time, it wasn't actually 'on air' at all.

References

External links

Insight Radio website

v t e Organizations for visually impaired people in the United Kingdom

Charities	Action for Blind People Blind in Business BlindArt Bradbury Fields British Blind Sport Cardiff Institute for the Blind Fight for Sight Galloway's Society for the Blind The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association Henshaws Society for Blind People Kent Association for the Blind Leeds Society for Deaf and Blind People Listening Books Nalsvi National Library for the Blind Royal London Society for the Blind RNIB Blind Veterans UK Sightsavers SITE Vista Warwickshire Association for the Blind

Assistive technology	Dolphin Computer Access

Leisure	Traveleyes

Media	Insight Radio

Schools and colleges	Dorton House Exhall Grange School Jordanstown Schools Joseph Clarke School Linden Lodge School New College Worcester Queen Alexandra College RNIB College, Loughborough RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning Royal Blind School Royal National College for the Blind Royal School for the Blind (Liverpool)

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