[cma-l] It's 2% not 1%

[Two Lochs Radio]

Re: [cma-l] It's 2% not 1%I agree £75k per station is probably a fair average for the basic core costs for a station being properly managed and capable of producing content of a proper basic standard. I had been thinking around £60k, but it's in that neighbourhood anyway.

There might be merit in banding it according to the size of station (eg into three levels according size of population served), but there is an equally good argument for sticking at a flat rate as this would compensate for the inherently lower viability of stations serving more sparse populations, and provide some 'levelling of the playing field'. A single figure also has the merit of simplicity and no arguments over details of size banding etc.

But in any event, asking for 1% of licence fee is somehtign that is simply a much easier idea to get across and sounds eminently reasonable an dmodest for the scale of the sector. Even if 1% weren't the actual basis of an eventual settlement, it is a much easier proposition to 'sell' to the people who matter , which is vitally important.

Alex
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  Julia,

  Mr. Karim suggesting £ 75 k is not an extravagant amount of money to run a community radio station with quality programming. T
  he reason it has taken so long for the community Radio Station circuit to rise up is the lack of real funding for :
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