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

Tue Mar 11 12:12:40 GMT 2008

Hi all

Just to let you know that the cross government lobbying is exactly what 
the CMA spends a lot of its time on, and will continue to do so.

The real answer though is for all the members to keep pointing this out 
to their MPs, to get them to ask questions as to how community media 
will be involved and targeted by all government departments in their PSA 
delivery strategies and through their corporate communications teams. 
Also how they will ensure that community media is recognised and named 
as one of the delivery agents in the devolved monies e.g. from DCLG to 
the local areas via the Local Area Agreement mechanism.

Best wishes

Jaqui

Marilyn Hyndman wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 11:40:23 +0000
>> > From: darren at prescap.co.uk <mailto:darren at prescap.co.uk>
>> > To: rp2 at st-andrews.ac.uk 
>> <mailto:rp2 at st-andrews.ac.uk>; cma-l at commedia.org.uk 
>> <mailto: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>
>> > [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of
>> > rp2 at st-andrews.ac.uk <mailto:rp2 at st-andrews.ac.uk>
>> > Sent: 05 March 2008 20:49
>> > To: Stevensuttie at aol.com <mailto:Stevensuttie at aol.com>
>> > Cc: cma-l at commedia.org.uk 
>> <mailto:cma-l at commedia.org.uk>; alan.coote at thebayradio.com 
>> <mailto:alan.coote at thebayradio.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [cma-l] Ofcom publishes reasons for the award of four
>> > newcommunity radio...
>> > 
>> > Quoting Stevensuttie at aol.com <mailto: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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