Shawn Campbell
President and founder of the Chicago Independent Radio Project and CHIRPradio.org
RCCongress 2010 Workshop:
Broadcast Radio: How to Get Started and Offer Quality Programs
Shawn Campbell is the President and founder of the Chicago Independent Radio Project and CHIRPradio.org, a music- and arts-focused community radio station.
Prior to her efforts with CHIRP, she worked at an assortment of commercial, public, and community radio stations in and around Chicago, spending time as a DJ, music director, news anchor/reporter, writer, producer, and program director.
Broadcast Radio: How to Get Started and Offer Quality Programs
Radio is an often underutilized tool in the broadcasting toolbox, yet can be an affordable and efficient tool in reaching a mass market.
This workshop will go through the basic steps of starting a community radio program in the nation's third largest radio market and how to set high programming goals and meet them.
The workshop will address challenges faced by producers in pulling together creative shows and proven techniques for meeting those challenges.
I wanted to make sure that there was a true community radio station in Chicago, where people could be involved... There are people who are hungry for that type of programming, with lots of independent music, local stuff, and a real sense of place in the city where the station is 