[cma-l] Traffic news on community radio - do you want it?

[Stephanie Jones]

Hi Jaqui

Certainly something we'd be interested in. Naturally the free-er the
better, but I suppose maximum costings would be around the same as the
news licences?

Keep me posted!

Steph Jones
Station Manager

North Manchester FM (106.6)
Room 2.22
Manchester New Technology Institute
One Central Park
Northampton Road
Manchester
M40 5WR

"Fox, Chris (ChS, Youthcomm)" <CFox at youthcomm.org.uk> writes:
>Hi Jaqui
>
>We would certainly be interested in the free idea!
>
>We do broadcast local travel news during peak time hours, and we source
>it, with agreement, from the local BBC website (who in turn get it from
>trafficlink of course).
>
>Having our own direct access to it would be preferable though, as
>sometimes the BBC website is slow to update, and it covers a larger area
>than ours so we have to manually filter through the updates - being able
>to login and quickly see updates just for our defined area would be
>helpful!
>
>Regards
>
>Chris
>Station Manager
>Youthcomm Radio
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jaqui
>Devereux
>Sent: 11 August 2009 12:40
>To: 'CMA-L'
>Subject: [cma-l] Traffic news on community radio - do you want it?
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>Dear all
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>We are in negotiation with Trafficlink to explore the possibility of a 
>deal, either free or very low cost per annum, for the community radio 
>sector to have access to local and regional traffic news.  We need to 
>know how many of the licensed stations might be interested in carrying 
>this, also if you could afford to pay something towards the service, how
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>much you would be prepared to pay per annum.
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>Obviously we would prefer that it is free for stations wanting to carry 
>it.  We are aware that a few of you do already pay for traffic news - if
>
>you do, it would be very helpful if you could let me know, privately of 
>course, how much you are being charged.
>
>Please could you let me know if you are interested in being part of any 
>potential deal,
>
>With thanks
>
>Jaqui
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