[cma-l] 3 new Community Radio Licences!

[Jaqui Devereux]

Dear all

Please see below the Ofcom announcement re 3 new licences, the Community 
Radio Fund and the next application round, for the South East excluding 
Greater London.

Best wishes

Jaqui

Jaqui Devereux

Director
Community Media Association


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Subject: 	Ofcom Update: Community radio licensing



Ofcom today announces the award of three new community radio licences.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2008/06/nr_20080627b

Separately, Ofcom has updated the timetable for inviting community radio
licence applications.

We intend to invite applications for the east and southeast of England,
excluding the Greater London area, at the end of August 2008.  We will
update this timetable with dates for Greater London (within the M25) in
due course.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/tlproc/

In addition, Ofcom also announced the grant awards from the first round
of funding from the Community Radio Fund 2008/09. In total £266,600 has
been awarded to 18 applicants.

The Fund has been established to help fund the core costs of running a
community radio station.

The full document is available at:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/Communityfund/grants0809_1/

Finally, Ofcom is also publishing  guidelines for community radio
stations that wish to use volunteer time as part of station turnover.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/volunteerinput.pdf

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Jaqui Devereux

Director
Community Media Association

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