{"id":2070,"date":"2015-11-19T10:39:52","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T10:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/?p=2070"},"modified":"2015-11-19T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T10:39:52","slug":"bbc-alba-announces-enhanced-broadcast-package-of-scots-trad-music-awards-live-coverage-available-to-a-worldwide-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/bbc-alba-announces-enhanced-broadcast-package-of-scots-trad-music-awards-live-coverage-available-to-a-worldwide-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC ALBA ANNOUNCES ENHANCED BROADCAST PACKAGE OF  SCOTS TRAD MUSIC AWARDS LIVE COVERAGE AVAILABLE TO A WORLDWIDE AUDIENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2015\/11\/Album-of-the-Year1129.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2071\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2015\/11\/Album-of-the-Year1129-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Album of the Year1129\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2015\/11\/Album-of-the-Year1129-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2015\/11\/Album-of-the-Year1129-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2015\/11\/Album-of-the-Year1129.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Na Trads \/ Scottish Traditional Music Awards 2015<br \/>\nBBC ALBA \u2013 Saturday 5 December, 9.00 \u2013 11.00pm<\/p>\n<p>With the 2015 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards set to take place in Dundee on Saturday 5 December, BBC ALBA has confirmed its plans for coverage of the event, widely regarded as the biggest night of the Scots Traditional music calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2008 BBC ALBA has provided coverage from the awards which are now broadcast live and the channel will once again be bringing viewers and listeners the best from this year\u2019s event taking place at Caird Hall, Dundee. And for the first time ever, included in this year\u2019s package will be worldwide coverage on www.bbc.co.uk\/alba with BBC Radio Scotland also broadcasting the awards live from the event.<\/p>\n<p>Hosting the evening will be the prodigiously-talented duo, Mary Ann Kennedy and Tony Kearney. Along with presentations of awards across sixteen categories, the evening will feature live performances from a host of top Scottish performers including renowned Gaelic singer Cathy Ann MacPhee who will be travelling from Canada for the occasion, as well as the Peatbog Faeries and Duncan Chisholm, who won Album of the Year 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Event founder and promoter Simon Thoumire, said: \u201cI am thrilled and delighted that BBC ALBA will once again be bringing the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards to audiences throughout the UK and it\u2019s a huge bonus that the awards will also be broadcast worldwide bringing Scotland\u2019s music and song to new international audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Cameron, BBC ALBA Executive Producer, said: \u201cBBC ALBA is delighted to be working with Bees Nees Media and other partners including Dundee City Council to bring the awards to a wider audience of viewers and listeners both at home and on a worldwide stage through our enhanced broadcast package. It\u2019s sure to be a fantastic night with a great line-up reflecting Scottish Traditional Music at its very best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sharon Mair, Editor Radio Music, Events and Partnerships for BBC Scotland, said: \u201cBBC Radio Scotland has a great track record of supporting Scottish traditional music so we\u2019re delighted to be broadcasting live from the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards for the first time on Saturday 5th December.\u00a0 This is a true collaboration between all the organisations involved and will bring the best of traditional music to our audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>City of Dundee Lord Provost Councillor Bob Duncan, said: \u201cDundee City Council is delighted to welcome such a prestigious national music event to the city for the first time and I am certain that Dundee will put on a fantastic show for the BBC ALBA and worldwide audiences as well as those visiting the city for the event. I am also pleased that Dundee\u2019s very own Catriona Mackay who won the Instrumentalist of the Year category at last year\u2019s awards will be performing as part of the evening\u2019s entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Na Trads \/ Scottish Traditional Music Awards 2015 programme will be broadcast live on BBC ALBA from Dundee on Saturday 5 December starting at 9pm and will be repeated on Friday 11 December at 9.50pm. BBC Radio Scotland is available on 92-95FM with live coverage from the event.<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Picture caption: Duncan Chisholm, winner of Album of the Year Award 2014 and who will be performing at this year\u2019s event.<\/li>\n<li>Picture caption: Catriona Mackay, who won Instrumentalist of the Year Award 2014 and who will be performing at this year\u2019s event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For further information please contact Lorna Gardner or Gary McQueen at Media House on 0141 220 6040 or email: lorna@mediahouse.co.uk\u00a0\/ gary@mediahouse.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>NOTES TO EDITORS<br \/>\nBBC ALBA is available on the following platforms:<br \/>\n\u2022 Sky 143 (UK)<br \/>\n\u2022 Freeview \/ You View 8 (Scotland only)<br \/>\n\u2022 Virgin Media 161 (UK)<br \/>\n\u2022 Freesat 110 (UK)<br \/>\n\u2022 BBC iPlayer<\/p>\n<p>BBC ALBA is run by MG ALBA in partnership with the BBC. MG ALBA is the operating name of Seirbheis nam Meadhanan G\u00e0idhlig, the Gaelic Media Service. Find out more about MG ALBA and the partnership at www.mgalba.com or visit www.bbc.co.uk\/alba for scheduling and programme information.<\/p>\n<p>19 Samhain 2015<\/p>\n<p>OIDHCHE DUAISEAN NA TRADS 2015 AIR BBC ALBA<br \/>\nRI FHAIGHINN BE\u00d2 AIR FEADH AN T-SAOGHAIL<\/p>\n<p>Na Trads \/ Scottish Traditional Music Awards 2015<br \/>\nBBC ALBA \u2013 Disathairne 5 D\u00f9bhlachd, 9.00 \u2013 11.00f<\/p>\n<p>Le oidhche Duaisean Na Trads MG ALBA 2015 air f\u00e0ire ann an D\u00f9n D\u00e8 air Disathairne 5 D\u00f9bhlachd, tha BBC ALBA air dearbhadh gum bi an oidhche ri fhaicinn be\u00f2 air tbh agus cuideachd, airson a\u2019 chiad uair, air feadh an t-saoghail air\u00a0www.bbcalba.co.uk\/alba<\/p>\n<p>Tha BBC ALBA air a bhith a\u2019 craoladh nan duaisean bho 2008 agus am-bliadhna bheir an t-seanail na bhios a\u2019 tachairt ann an Talla Caird be\u00f2 chun luchd-amhairc.\u00a0 Agus airson a\u2019 chiad uair, bidh cothrom aig daoine air feadh an t-saoghail an oidhche fhaicinn air\u00a0www.bbc.co.uk\/alba\u00a0le Radio Scotland cuideachd a\u2019 craoladh be\u00f2 bhon tachartas.<\/p>\n<p>Th\u00e8id an oidhche a l\u00ecbhrigeadh le dithis air a bheil sinn uile e\u00f2lach &#8211; M\u00e0iri Anna NicUalraig agus Tony Kearney.\u00a0 A bharrachd air duaisean ann an 16 gn\u00e8, bidh c\u00f2mhlan-ci\u00f9il agus seinneadairean leithid Cathy Ann Nic a\u2019 Phi, na Peatbog Faeries agus Donnchadh Siosalach a\u2019 toirt thugainn ce\u00f2l be\u00f2.<\/p>\n<p>Thuirt Simon Thoumire bho Hands up for Trad, a bhios a\u2019 cur nan duaisean air d\u00f2igh: \u201cTha mi uabhasach toilichte gu bheil BBC ALBA gu bhith a\u2019 craoladh bho na duaisean a-rithist agus cuideachd gu bheil oidhche nan duaisean gu bhith ri fhaicinn agus ri chluinntinn air feadh an t-saoghail agus dha thoirt gu luchd-amhairc \u00e0s \u00f9r.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thuirt Mairead Chamshron, \u00c0rd-Riochdaire \u00e0s leth BBC ALBA: \u201cTha BBC ALBA toilichte a bhith ag obair c\u00f2mhla ris a\u2019 chompanaidh riochdachaidh Bees Nees Media agus buidhnean eile mar Comhairle Baile Dh\u00f9n D\u00e8 airson Na Trads a thoirt gu luchd-\u00e8isteachd agus luchd-amhairc air feadh na R\u00ecoghachd Aonaichte agus air feadh an t-saoghail cuideachd airson a\u2019 chiad uair. \u2019S e oidhche air leth a bhios ann le cuid den luchd-ci\u00f9il as fhe\u00e0rr ann an ce\u00f2l Traidiseanta na h-Alba a\u2019 nochdadh\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Thuirt Sharon Muir, Neach-deasachaidh BBC Radio Scotland: \u201cTha eachdraidh agus cli\u00f9 aig Radio Scotland le bhith a\u2019 toirt taic do che\u00f2l traidiseanta Albannach agus tha sinn f\u00ecor thoilichte Na Trads a chraoladh be\u00f2 airson a\u2019 chiad uair air Disathairne 5 D\u00f9bhlachd. \u2019S e f\u00ecor co-bhanntachd a tha seo eadar na diofar bhuidhnean a tha an s\u00e0s ann, a bheir an ce\u00f2l traidiseanta as fh\u00e8arr chun an luchd-\u00e8isteachd againn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chuir Comhairle Baile Dh\u00f9n D\u00e8 f\u00e0ilte air Na Trads leis a\u2019 Chomhairliche Bob Duncan, Pr\u00f2bhaist Baile Dh\u00f9n D\u00e8 ag r\u00e0dh: \u201cTha e a\u2019 toirt toileachas m\u00f2r dhomhsa \u00e0s leth Baile Dh\u00f9n D\u00e8 f\u00e0ilte a chur air tachartas Duaisean Na Trads MG ALBA. Tha mi cinnteach gur e tachartas air leth a bhios ann airson a h-uile duine a bhios an l\u00e0thair san talla agus na bhios a\u2019 coimhead agus ag \u00e8isteachd air BBC ALBA agus air feadh an t-saoghail. Tha mi f\u00ecor thoilichte cuideachd gu bheil Catriona NicAoidh \u00e0 D\u00f9n D\u00e8 gu bhith na p\u00e0irt den tachartas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chithear Na Trads 2015 be\u00f2 air BBC ALBA air Disathairne 5 D\u00f9bhlachd a\u2019 t\u00f2iseachadh aig 9f le ath-chraoladh air Dihaoine 11 D\u00f9bhlachd.\u00a0 Gheibhear BBC Radio Scotland air 92-95FM le craoladh be\u00f2 bhon tachartas.<\/p>\n<p>CR\u00ccOCH<\/p>\n<p>Airson barrachd fiosrachaidh, cuir fios gu Lorna Gardner no Gary McQueen aig Media House air 0141 220 6040 no lorna@mediahouse.co.uk\u00a0\/\u00a0gary@mediahouse.co.uk<\/p>\n<p>Fios do luchd-deasachaidh<\/p>\n<p>Gheibhear BBC ALBA air:<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sky 143 (RA)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Freeview \/ You View 8 (Alba a-mh\u00e0in)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Virgin Media 161 (RA)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Freesat 110 (RA)<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/p>\n<p>Tha BBC ALBA air a ruith le MG ALBA ann an co-bhanntachd ris a\u2019 BhBC. Is e MG\u00a0ALBA an t-ainm fo bheil Seirbheis nam Meadhanan G\u00e0idhlig (Gaelic Media Service) ag obair. Faigh a-mach tuilleadh mu MG ALBA agus an co-bhanntachd aig\u00a0www.mgalba.com\u00a0no tadhal air\u00a0www.bbcalba.co.uk\u00a0airson fiosrachadh mu chl\u00e0ran agus phr\u00f2graman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Na Trads \/ Scottish Traditional Music Awards 2015 BBC ALBA \u2013 Saturday 5 December, 9.00 \u2013 11.00pm With the 2015 MG ALBA Scots Trad Music Awards set to take place in Dundee on Saturday 5 December, BBC ALBA has confirmed its plans for coverage of the event, widely regarded as the biggest night of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/files\/2015\/11\/Album-of-the-Year1129.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2072,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2070\/revisions\/2072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/scotstradmusicawards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}