Upgrading of Stracathro Radio Station

 News
Dec 062011
 

We have recently been upgrading the Stracathro radio station to become a centre of radio communication for the people of North Angus, negating the present requirement to travel to Arbroath to participate in our broadcasts.

Over the past two years, we have reinstalled a transmitter at Stracathro, and extensively upgraded the studio and IT equipment from hospital radio to independent local radio requirements, the majority of the cost being borne by a grant from the Angus Council Community Grants Scheme. Separate telephone line and broadband facilities have recently been installed that  allow for live programming to be relayed from Stracathro to the main transmission system in Arbroath, and subsequently broadcast on FM, DAB, and the internet. We have recently appealed in the Brechin Advertiser for volunteers specifically for the Stracathro station, and new members are currently being trained.

The final stage of the project involves soundproofing the two studios which currently suffer from echo which degrades quality broadcasting. Rather than purchase over expensive panels, we have opted to engage local contractors, namely Fitchet and Son,  Arbroath, who proved competent in soundproofing our Arbroath studios in 2009. The soundproofing specification has been designed by a professional broadcast/sound engineer. Half of the project cost is being met from a generous donation from the League of Friends of Stracathro Hospital. In conjunction with J&M Interiors, suspended ceiling specialists, Dundee, and the NHS Estates Department, Fitchet and Son expect to complete the work by 9 December.
RNA is grateful to the League of Friends for sharing the cost, the contractors, and also the Estates Department for assistance.

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