[cma-l] [comradio-l] Radio Academy podcast

[Alan Coote]

Hi Phil,

 

The current regulation doesn't create a level playing field for CR and the
more the CMA promote that the sector is content with the regulations the
wider the divide will, come digital switch over.

 

You will be aware that the vast majority of the current regulations were put
in place to protect commercial interests, not to assist the development of
CR. 

 

The regulations have created what amounts to a cottage industry with 1000s
of people committed to provide a high quality service. If we are to grow,
then we should not encourage any feeling that the regulatory status quo is
in any way satisfactory - it is not.

 

 

Alan

 

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From: Phil Korbel [mailto:phil.korbel at googlemail.com] 
Sent: 13 October 2009 10:32
To: Alan Coote; CMA-L
Subject: Re: [comradio-l] [cma-l] Radio Academy podcast

 

well Alan 

Of course the CR Fund is way too small - and of course there shd be no
protection for small ILR stations via station or advertising bans

But I'm guessing that you'd like to see a homogenised, conglomerated - semi
commercial community sector...

Because that's what we'll get if advertising is the main route to revenue
and joint ownership is permitted... [there are many ways to get economies of
scale without joint ownership]

And no route to digital - that's because DAB doesnt do local so it's useless
for us.

Far better to have a retained FM allocation after larger stations have gone
to DAB - and then to the Web when the Digital Divide is history.

There are big flaws in the regulation but the free market will kill the
sector stone dead


best wishes

Phil
  

2009/10/12 Alan Coote <alan.coote at btinternet.com>

Having listened to the Podcast I have to say I totally disagree with the
statement made by Jaqui that community radio benefits from the current
regulations.

There is no evidence that this is the case. In fact to the contrary, current
regulations has well and truly placed Community Radio as a 3rd class citizen
behind the BBC and commercial radio.

With a woefully inadequate community radio fund, an arbitrary limit on
coverage, no realistic path to digital and no economies of scale because of
limits on ownership, then its beggars belief that the regulations are in any
way helping the sector.

Commercial radio must be laughing all the way the their deregulated future.


Alan


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Subject: [cma-l] Radio Academy podcast

The latest edition of RadioTalk from The Radio Academy features Jaqui
Devereux, Director of the CMA and Clive Dickens, Chief Operations
Officer at Absolute Radio in discussion about new revenue sources, the
digital switchover and what the future of radio is actually going to
look like:

http://www.radioacademy.org/listen/podcasts/

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