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

Wed Oct 14 16:57:06 BST 2009

I agree largely with what Alan says here.

This is a matter of growing dichotomy within the sector and a coherent 
view has to be reached and espoused, starting with the CMA membership 
and the process has to be supported by the CMA leadership.

*Q1:*
Hands up on this list who are happy with the Com Radio Order 
restrictions? These being mainly funding proportionment and commercial 
restrictions, plus permissible FM reach.
*
Q2:*
If you are, in what practical and tangible ways do they aid your project 
to achieve 'distinctiveness'?

*Q3:*
If you are not, how do they impact upon your viability, giving real 
practical examples?

Karl

Alan Coote wrote:
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> Hi Phil,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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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
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> well Alan
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> 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
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> But I'm guessing that you'd like to see a homogenised, conglomerated - 
> semi commercial community sector...
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> 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]
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> And no route to digital - that's because DAB doesnt do local so it's 
> useless for us.
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> 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.
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> There are big flaws in the regulation but the free market will kill 
> the sector stone dead
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> best wishes
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> Phil
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> 2009/10/12 Alan Coote <alan.coote at btinternet.com 
> <mailto:alan.coote at btinternet.com>>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Commercial radio must be laughing all the way the their deregulated 
> future.
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> Alan
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> 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:
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