A Living Word / An Briathar Beo Archive

Monday - Friday: 6:40am
As part of Risin Time

Repeated
Tuesday - Saturday: 12:58am
As part of Late Date

An Briathar Beo
Saturday: 7:25am
As part of The Weekend On One

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A LIVING WORD
A Living Word is Radio 1's longstanding two-minute daily meditation from Monday to Friday each week. As its early morning (6:40) and repeat late night (12:58) broadcast times suggest, the roots of the programme reach back to the traditions of Morning Prayer and Compline, but today's transmissions range from the religious to the reflective along the whole spectrum of human spirituality.

Contributions are very welcome. One week's output comprises five scripts in toto, each of which should average 250 words at most (cf. Wordcount on a PC toolbar). The five individual pieces may be a freestanding choice of topics or a thematised suite with a unitary concern. Personal and narrative material works well. The language should seek to be agile and vernacular, the tone companionable and even intimate. Don't forget that the microphone (the Ancient Greek for 'a small voice') is the very opposite of the megaphone! Listen live or on the Website to editions of the programme as a good general guide.

Submissions for consideration should be sent to

The Producer
A Living Word
Arts and Features
Radio Centre
RTE
Donnybrook
Dublin 4

or to Aidan.Mathews@rte.ie.

(P.S. As an example of length and its look on the page, this text is 207 words.)

A Living Word 2009

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A Living Word / An Briathar Beo Archive 2008

Listen to the spiritual moments from 2008.

A Living Word / An Briathar Beo Archive 2007

Listen to the spiritual moments from 2007.

A Living Word / An Briathar Beo Archive 2006

Listen to the spiritual moments from 2006.

A Living Word / An Briathar Beo Archive 2005

Listen to the spiritual moments from 2005.