 It is now almost one year since I have accepted the presidency of our football club. It has been a great experience especially when taking in consideration that in my first year as president we have won the BOV Premier League, we have passed to the second qualifying round of the EUFA Champions League and, for the first time in the history of Maltese football, we managed to win the home leg of this round. Moreover, several of our players have won most of the awards given by different organization and, in particular, for the first time in the history of our Club, a Birkirkara player has won the MFA Footballer of the Year Award. Of course, it was quite a difficult season and we had to put in a lot of hard work to arrive where we wanted. In particular, I have learnt a lot about our Club and I never realized what a lot of work goes in the administration of the Club. Indeed, the Club is made up of several entities all working in sync for the successful running of the Club. One of these entities happens to be the BKR-Radio Station. Although at the beginning of my tenure I was invited to participate a couple of times in discussions/interviews on our radio, it took me some time to learn the extent of the work that goes into providing non-stop airtime for 24 hours a day. In fact, it was when I was invited for Christmas drinks that I met most of the people involved in providing all sorts of services to the station: preparing content of programs, producing programs and presenting them on our radio. I was amazed at how many persons contribute to the success of our radio. Indeed, the Club's hall was packed with various personalities and I had a wonderful time learning from them about their participation in our radio: there were sportsmen, singers, authors, DJs, actors - the list is long and impressive!
I was amazed by what I learned from these personalities. Community radio stations like ours have been gaining strength throughout the world in recent years. Some are commercial and others are, like ours, are non-profit making stations. Indeed, all the persons involved in the running of our station do this on a voluntary basis, thus helping a lot in reducing the expense required to keep the station running. However, the station still has financial challenges which are mainly met by advertising sales coming from local small businesses.
The station airs a variety of programs and provides the most appealing tool and an ideal medium for encouraging the expression and participation of the community in the station. Indeed, BKR-radio is an integral part of the Birkirkara community and remains completely autonomous and responsible to serve and to make a difference to our community. It acts as a platform for debate, exchange of ideas and reactions to various topics, be they sports or social topics.
Our radio station is starting its tenth year in operation and its success is due to the volunteers who gave much of their time working hard to make our radio what it is today. To these people I give my sincere thanks and tell them that their contribution is much appreciated. However, I cannot close this message without making a special mention of the person who has been there from the beginning and who keeps the flag flying high come rain or come shine. My special thanks go to our friend Carmelo Calleja; I wish him and his colleagues many more years at the station serving the Birkirkara community with ever interesting content and lively programs.
Karm Galea
(President Birkirkara F.C.)
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August 2010