I’ve not been paying a great deal to Rhubarb Radio over the past little while, other than my usual subscription to Brumcast which drops into my iTunes on a weekly basis.
I hadn’t realised they were in any sort of trouble until I read Robin Valk’s post:
Last month, there was more bad news. Like many community stations, the eccentric but occasionally quite wonderful Rhubarb Radio is feeling the cold winds of recession. The current managerial team is bailing out; an intensive effort is being mounted to build a new and solid structure for the continued existence of the station.
The campaign to shore up Rhubarb Radio is being coordinated, from what I can tell, by some of the current DJs and contributors via a ‘Save Rhubarb Radio’ Facebook page. There have been a few meetings to work out what’s going to happen and things seen to be picking up pace, which is good.
However, from flicking through the FB page, there seems to be a short-term financial hurdle to be overcome. It looks like (put some clear info up somewhere you guys!) they’re need £600 sharpish and are after a few people to chip in £20. There’s a donate button on the Rhubarb Radio website.
There’s also a meeting at the Custard Factory tonight if you want to help out in any way, that’s at 7pm in the Orwell Room.
After repeatedly contacting them again and again offering to volunteer there as whatever they needed (talent, researcher, producer, etc) back when they were starting up and they constantly fobbed me off with “we’re having a meeting and we’ll get back to you” or “I will get such a such a person to call you” and not hearing NYthing from ANYone, I personally couldn’t care less what happens to that station.
Their loss, clearly.