List of Celtic language media
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Celtic languages
The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic"; a branch of the greater Indo-European language family...
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All languages
Only a handful of media contain all the Celtic languages. An example is CarnCarn
Carn is the official magazine of the Celtic League. The name, which is cognate with the English word 'cairn', was chosen for its symbolic value and because it can be found in each of the living Celtic languages...
magazine, which has contained columns in all six languages since its 1970s inception.
Scottish Gaelic
The following media are produced in the Scottish Gaelic language:Digital and satellite channels
- BBC Alba is a Gaelic language television channel. The channel launched on September 19th 2008 and is now available in all post-switchover homes in Scotland after launching on Freeview on June 8 2011. It is currently available across the UK on Sky channel 168, Freesat channel 110 and online, with Freeview and Virgin Media coverage available in Scotland only. The channel is funded by the Scottish Government, MG Alba and Bòrd na GàidhligBòrd na GàidhligBòrd na Gàidhlig is a quango appointed by the Scottish Government with responsibility for Scottish Gaelic...
. It costs £14 million a year to operate. The BBC AlbaBBC AlbaBBC Gàidhlig is the department of BBC Scotland that produces Scottish Gaelic language programming. This includes TV programmes for BBC Alba and BBC Two Scotland, the BBC Radio nan Gàidheal radio station and the BBC Alba website.-Television:...
department is jointly responsible for the channel with MG Alba. Gaelic programming on BBC Two Scotland is to continue until the digital switchover is completed in 2012. It also has radio facilities, broadcasting BBC Radio nan Gàidheal, based in Stornoway.
- TeleG was a digital channel on Freeview only. It broadcast for only one hour a day before being replaced by BBC Alba.
Other
- BBC Gàidhlig is the Gaelic department of Scottish national broadcaster BBC ScotlandBBC ScotlandBBC Scotland is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. It is, in effect, the national broadcaster for Scotland, having a considerable amount of autonomy from the BBC's London headquarters, and is run by the BBC Trust, who...
. It offers some Gaelic programmes such as Eòrpa, Dè a-nis? and Air ais air an Ràn Dàn.
- STV is a major contributor to Gaelic programmes showing about four hours a week.
Radio stations broadcasting completely in Gaelic
- BBC Radio nan GàidhealBBC Radio nan GàidhealBBC Radio nan Gàidheal is a British radio station, broadcasting in Scottish Gaelic. It is operated by the BBC as part of its portfolio of television and radio services broadcasting to Scotland....
is a Gaelic language radio station, founded in Stornoway and broadcast from 1985 to '89 under the name Radio Nan Eilean, when it joined with other BBC Scotland radio stations (mainly Inverness & BBC's HQ in Glasgow) & is available around Scotland on FM and internationally online with an annual budget of £4 million.
Radio stations with some Gaelic programmes
- Isles FMIsles FMIsles FM is a local radio station operating from Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland.The station is operated entirely by a volunteer staff, from a building in the Newton area of the town. Isles FM is the trading name of Western Isles Community Radio Limited, which owns all the equipment...
is a radio station based in the Outer Hebrides broadcasting programmes in English and Gaelic. - Two Lochs RadioTwo Lochs RadioTwo Lochs Radio is Britain's smallest commercial radio station, and community broadcaster for the Gairloch, Loch Ewe and Loch Maree areas of Wester Ross, in the Highlands of Scotland...
is a small radio station in the Scottish Highlands. - Cuillin FMCuillin FMCuillin FM is a radio station which broadcasts to the Isle of Skye and Lochalsh on the Scottish mainland. Cuillin FM also link up with Two Lochs Radio in Gairloch for certain broadcasts, such as Balaich Nam Port, a weekly Scottish dance music programme on Saturday evening from 9 pm to 11...
is Skye's main radio station and has several shows each week in Gaelic - Moray Firth Radio
- An Gàidheal ÙrAn Gàidheal ÙrThe Gàidheal Ùr was a 12 page monthly newspaper published in Scots Gaelic. The name means New Gael in a play on an older magazine publication called An Gàidheal...
was a Gaelic publication which ran for ten years until March 2009. It was available online or free in some local newspapers.
- Additionally, some Scottish newspapers, such as Scotland on SundayScotland on SundayScotland on Sunday is a Scottish Sunday newspaper, published in Edinburgh by The Scotsman Publications Ltd and consequently assuming the role of Sunday sister to its daily stablemate The Scotsman...
, Press and JournalPress and Journal (Scotland)The Press and Journal, often called the P&J, is a daily regional newspaper serving the northern counties of Scotland including the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness...
(Highland edition) and The ScotsmanThe ScotsmanThe Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
print columns in Gaelic.
- Local StornowayStornowayStornoway is a burgh on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.The town's population is around 9,000, making it the largest settlement in the Western Isles and the third largest town in the Scottish Highlands after Inverness and Fort William...
paper, Stornoway GazetteStornoway GazetteThe Stornoway Gazette is a local newspaper reporting on local issues in the Western Isles of Scotland, specifically Stornoway and the Outer Hebrides.- External links :* of the Stornoway Gazette...
carries some Gaelic articles.
- West Highland Free PressWest Highland Free PressThe West Highland Free Press was founded in the Scottish Highlands in 1972 as a left-wing weekly newspaper, but with the principal objective of providing its immediate circulation area with the service which a local paper is expected to provide...
, includes Gaelic columns, Litir do Luchd Ionnsachaidh for learners, and also has part of its letterhead in Gaelic.
- Irish language magazine Nós, with a mainly young readership, also has some articles in Scottish Gaelic.
Publishers
Publishers which issue all, or some of their content in Gaelic:- Argyll
- BirlinnBirlinn LimitedBirlinn Limited is an independent publishing house based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Established in 1992 by Managing Director Hugh Andrew, Birlinn Limited is composed of a number of imprints, including, among others:...
- Gairm Publications
- Luath
- Ur-Sgeul
Internet
- Naidheachdan BBC (BBC News)
- Clì Gàidhlig (The Voice of Gaelic Learners)
- Bòrd na Gàidhlig
- MG Alba (Gaelic Media Service)
- Fòram na Gàidhlig (Gaelic language forum)
- AbairThusa (Gaelic language social network)
Radio programmes
- Traa dy Liooar ('There's Time Enough') is on Manx RadioManx RadioManx Radio is the national commercial radio station for the Isle of Man.The station began broadcasting on 29 June 1964, almost ten years before commercial radio was licensed in the United Kingdom. The Isle of Man, having its own government and laws, was not subject to the rules prohibiting...
every Monday from 5:05pm to 6.00pm. Traa dy Liooar is a magazine programme, and is hosted by Bob Carswell. - Jamys Jeheiney ('Jamys on Friday') is on Manx Radio every Friday from 5:05pm to 6.00pm. Jamys Jeheiney is a Gaelic language world music programme hosted by Jamys O'Meara.
- Claare ny Gael ('Gaelic Programme') is on Manx Radio every Sunday from 8.00pm to 9.00pm.
- Shiaght Laa ('Seven Days') programme every Wednesday from 6.00pm to 6.30pm.
Print publications
- Manx language columns occasionally appear in the Isle of Man ExaminerIsle of Man ExaminerThe Isle of Man Examiner is a newspaper in the Isle of Man.The paper is published every Tuesday, and is owned by Isle of Man Newspapers, which is now part of Johnston Press....
, including Brian StowellBrian StowellBrian Stowell is a Manx radio personality, linguist and author. He is considered one of the primary people behind the revival of the Manx language. While a student he became fluent in the language, and made tape recordings of its elderly speakers. He became fluent in Irish and used his fluency to...
's serialised novel, The Vampire Murders. - The Family Manx magazine (a free publication) regularly carry Manx language articles, including a receipe in each edition.
- The Learn Manx website also publishes Gaelg Vio, a Manx language affairs publication, and also Bun as Bree, an occasional publication concerning issues debating Manx language grammar, written by Chris Lewin.
Visual presentations
- Adrian Cain has prepared a series of interviews and even cartoons in Manx Gaelic which are available on YouTube.
Television
- TVRennes35, television station broadcasting a number of programmes in Breton.
- France 3France 3France 3 is the second largest French public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5, and France Ô....
, a few local opt-outs in Breton (ca. 60 hours every year) on the regional service France 3 Ouest.
Broadcasting in Breton only
- Arvorig FM (in North Finistère)
- Radio KerneRadio KerneRadio Kerne is a radio station that broadcasts exclusively in the Breton language. It broadcasts on FM in south Finistère, the westenmost département of Brittany, France, and on the Internet to the rest of the world. It plays local music from Brittany and world music...
(in South Finistère)
Broadcasting in French and Breton
- Radio Bro Gwened (in Morbihan)
- Radio Kreiz Breizh (in Western Côtes d'Armor)
- RCF Rivages (in Finistère)
- France Bleu Breizh IzelFrance BleuFrance Bleu is a network of 43 local and regional radio stations in France. National programming from Paris is relayed by local and regional stations supplemented with local news and content. It is part of the public broadcaster Radio France...
(from Quimper)
Internet
- Nowodhow an Seythun weekly news podcast at http://www.radyo.kernewegva.com
- Radyo an GernewegvaRadyo an GernewegvaRadyo an Gernewegva is a podcast radio service broadcasting online through the medium of the Cornish language. It is a not-for-profit organisation, but receives some funding through the Cornish Language Partnership. The service's name translates as 'radio of the Cornish speaking area'...
weekly magazine programme podcast at http://www.radyo.kernewegva.com
Radio programmes
- Radio Cornwall broadcasts a long-running weekly news bulletin in Cornish.
Print publications
- An Gannas monthly magazine containing news, fiction, learners' pages and special interest writing, available from Kowethas an Yeth KernewekKowethas an Yeth KernewekKowethas an Yeth Kernewek is a Cornish language association which exists to promote,encourage and foster the use of the Cornish language...
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Diaspora media
- Aisrigh nan Gaidheal - Scottish Gaelic radio programme on CKJM in Cheticamp, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- Celtic Heritage Magazine - magazine in Nova Scotia, Canada.