[cma-l] Proposed Discussion with Ben Bradshaw, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport

[Clive Glover]

I am in total agreement on your 4 - we have had a permanent battle  
against pirate interference for nearly two years now (particularly on  
an adjacent frequency!). A key problem is that there are now only a  
handful of staff in OFCOM dealing with pirates in London, unlike in  
the 1990s when there were 30 or more.

Clive Glover

Radio Verulam 92.6FM
St Albans


On 9 Jun 2009, at 16:11, Ian Hickling wrote:

> If you have the opportunity to put some points to him regarding the
> furtherance of Community Radio - I would suggest that they are:
>
> 1 - The total revision of the advertising restrictions on Community
> Radio stations as being a severe and unnecessary handicap to their
> financial viability.
>
> 2 - The speeding up of the Frequency Clearance process by removing the
> present obstacles of the excessive time currently taken by the BBC,  
> the
> ARB and the EBU/CCIR to carry out the required formalities.
>
> 3 - The revision by Ofcom of its restrictions on the use of  
> frequencies
> adjacent to other broadcasters, particularly the removal of now
> unnecessary guard bands, the revision of 2nd, 3rd and 4th adjacent
> relative power levels and the removal or stringent revision of
> restrictions imposed by the concept of IF imaging.
>
> 4 - The encouraging of Ofcom to actively and efficiently remove all
> illegal broadcasters, particularly in inner-city areas.
>
> Ian Hickling
> Partner
> transplan UK
>
>> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 15:36:47 +0100
>> From: info at phonic.fm
>> To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
>> Subject: Re: [cma-l] Open letter from the CMA to Ben Bradshaw,
>> Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport
>>
>> You might be interested to know that Ben Bradshaw is the MP for
>> Exeter,
>> comes from a radio journalism background with BBC Radio Devon, and  
>> has
>> been helpful to us in a number of ongoing ways with our station.
>>
>> He will be visiting us again during June and if there were specific
>> points that you would like to have raised we could be prepared to do
>> so.
>>
>> Our main issue is the prohibition of advertising or sponsorship for
>> Phonic FM a discussion which was ongoing before Ben relinquished his
>> post with Ag & Fisheries!
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> The Phonic Crew
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