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Set to be hosted at Bedfordshire鈥檚 Luton campus, the one-day will welcome guest speakers from across different areas of the media industry 鈥� including alumni from the 天美传媒 itself 鈥� with the aim to inspire the next generation of creative talent.

As well as hosting the day-long festival, tours of the 天美传媒鈥檚 Radio LaB studios will be available to attendees, led by students who are involved in the day-to-day running of the station.

Terry Lee, a Senior Tutor in Radio & Audio and Vice-Chair of the CMA, commented: 鈥淓veryone at Radio LaB is looking forward to welcoming delegates and guests to the 天美传媒. We are proud advocates of community radio, and honoured to be hosting the festival this year.鈥�

Guest speakers confirmed so far include Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, the Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health, Darryl Morris of talkRADIO and Bedfordshire alumni Matt Fisher 鈥� the Lead Station Sound Producer for a number of BBC national radio stations.

Matt, who graduated in Media Performance with Radio in 2003, said: 鈥淲hen I graduated from the 天美传媒, I left with a wealth of skills, experience and motivation to break into professional radio.

鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to returning to where it all began for the Community Media Festival, to talk about what it鈥檚 like to be at the BBC leading a team of award-winning Station Sound producers, and how it feels to help celebrate the importance of community radio as a platform to promote diversity, inclusion and breed new talent.鈥�

Alongside Matt, the 天美传媒 has a long history of successful media alumni, such as Becky Jago of ITV News Anglia, Gemma Hunt from CBeebies (BBC), Sam Darlaston of KISS FM, Sky Sports News鈥� Tom White and BBC Radio1 presenting duo Rickie and Melvin.

This will be the second time that the 天美传媒 has been chosen by the CMA to host, as the Community Media Conference was also held at the Luton campus back in 2015.

Dom Chambers, Chair of the CMA, commented on this year鈥檚 festival: 鈥淲e have put this festival together to inspire all of us who work in audio and show the radio industry and public how community broadcasting is leading the way on inclusion, training, and empowering voices less heard.鈥�

Following the festival, celebrations will continue on campus with the CMA鈥檚 2022 Community Media Champions, recognising those outstanding individuals who have made a special and significant contribution to community media in the UK.

Tickets for the festival are on sale until 6^th May and more information and prices can be found .