[cma-l] Ofcom publishes reasons for the award of four newcommunity radio...

[Marilyn Hyndman]

Community Media was included in the Third Sector Interim Report but  
there has not been anything approaching an effective UK lobby.
http://www.commedia.org.uk/news-amp-press/news-items/comprehensive-spending-review-report/
Perhaps we should all be thinking about how best this could be achieved.
Best wishes,
Marilyn
Northern Visions/NvTv


On 6 Mar 2008, at 12:10, Michael Fryer wrote:

>
> One great failing in the organisation of community radio has been  
> that, although the Government built into the granting of licences  
> that social gain was an essential element, it failed to fully inform  
> other Government departments.  Community radio should be regarded on  
> a par with other community groups, which are there to improve areas  
> of deprivation e.g. social problems, discrimination, disablement,  
> lack of employment and/or education etc. and should be working  
> alongside the relevant agencies.  At a stroke this would remove one  
> of the main barriers to funding and co-operation within community  
> radio, i.e. the widespread idea that it is just a group of people  
> playing music and therefore not to be taken seriously.  National and  
> local government should ensure that community radio is included  
> alongside other departments as one of the tools for disseminating  
> information and attaining improvement targets in the afore mentioned  
> areas.
>
> The more community radio stations work together, the stronger will  
> be the message to Government.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Fryer
>
>
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> > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:40:23 +0000
> > From: darren at prescap.co.uk
> > To: rp2 at st-andrews.ac.uk; cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [cma-l] Ofcom publishes reasons for the award of four	 
> newcommunity radio...
> >
> > I tend to agree with you Rycharde, just to add to the discussion  
> this
> > article was on Radio today this morning.
> >
> > Community radio station Cheshire FM has won Cheshire County  
> Council's
> > Start Up Business of the Year category at the local Vale Royal  
> Business
> > Awards.
> >
> > Cheshire FM has been on air since March 2007 and has achieved a  
> number
> > of notable business successes including signing every single  
> business in
> > a local shopping centre in a 12 month deal. The station places an
> > emphasis on long-term creative campaigns built around the needs of
> > customers.
> >
> > Cheshire FM is also in the process of having a series of 'Real World
> > Radio Skills' training courses accredited to be delivered in a new
> > purpose built training facility at the station's Winsford.
> >
> > David Duffy, Cheshire FM's chief executive commented "It's fantastic
> > that the immense effort put in by our dedicated management team  
> and 20
> > plus volunteers has been recognised. Our business plan to secure the
> > future of the station, deliver our social gain objectives, and  
> provide
> > Mid Cheshire with great radio is well on its way to being realised."
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk
> > [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of
> > rp2 at st-andrews.ac.uk
> > Sent: 05 March 2008 20:49
> > To: Stevensuttie at aol.com
> > Cc: cma-l at commedia.org.uk; alan.coote at thebayradio.com
> > Subject: Re: [cma-l] Ofcom publishes reasons for the award of four
> > newcommunity radio...
> >
> > Quoting Stevensuttie at aol.com:
> >
> > > Hi Alan and other correspondents to this debate,
> >
> > This is my Two Penny's worth ..
> >
> > It's not that long ago when people like myself were banging on the  
> door
> > of the
> > then Radio Authority pleading for a Community radio license to be  
> made
> > available
> > to small scale local interest broadcasters ....
> >
> > Well eventually it did happen ... but what has changed ?
> >
> > We appear to have another tier of ILR stations up and down the UK  
> and
> > most of
> > them are dire ... There are one or two exceptions to this EG Radio
> > Reverb in
> > Brighton
> >
> > Somewhere along the way the plot has been lost !!! Community radio
> > Stations
> > should have been forced to obtain Charitable Status rather than  
> exist as
> > Not
> > for profits business entities ... That would have forced out all the
> > money
> > grabbers feeding of the goodwill of Community radio.
> >
> > As someone with special needs I had hoped that community radio  
> would go
> > someway
> > to help inspire and fuel the aspirations of the more disadvantaged
> > members of
> > our country.
> >
> > I do not believe that what exists at present achieves this ...
> >
> > Rycharde Perry
> >
> >
> >
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