[cma-l] Community Radio Politics Programme - Please Help!

[Tony Wilding (Rugby Hospital Radio)]

Hi Joseph, any station licensed under an Ofcom agreement will need to 
observe that they allow equal representation by each of the main parties.

Kind regards tony

CMA-L wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Joseph Wu / Spectrum Radio" <jw at 558.net <mailto:jw at 558.net>>
> 
> Hi there
>  
> Regarding inviting different parties, it is a big problem during 
> election period especially because I believe it is NOT enough just to 
> have proof to have invited the parties. Election rules governed that we 
> need to represent the main parties views at each of the debate or at 
> least overall in our programme output during the election period.
>  
> Mind you, we are under the commercial licence, not community licence, so 
> the rule might be different. I think the rules do not apply for internet 
> broadcast neither.
>  
> Does CMA has the latest Ofcom guidelines on the General Election? I have 
> been told there are a few changes this year.
>  
> Joseph Wu
> Chinese Programme
> Spectrum Radio
>  
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* F a r i <mailto:dontzzzthroughit at yahoo.com>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:26 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Politics Programme - Please Help!
> 
>     Hi Steve, we did a few at Resonancefm which I produced, they were
>     one-offs.
> 
>     Are you preparing for a series? What are the particular problems you
>     are having?
> 
>     If you are exposing the politicians to callers, you might find they
>     are 'too busy' to come on the show. A way around this is to give
>     them emails from listeners in advance which they can choose to
>     answer on air, thereby circumventing any embarrassing confrontations.
> 
>     Not all the parties we invited came up but as long as I had proof
>     they were invited, we were covered.
> 
>     Fari
> 
> 
> 
>     Fari sound <http://www.faribradley.co.uk>
> 
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> 
> 
>     --- On *Fri, 2/5/10, Phil Korbel /<phil.korbel at googlemail.com
>     <mailto:phil.korbel at googlemail.com>>/* wrote:
> 
> 
>         From: Phil Korbel <phil.korbel at googlemail.com
>         <mailto:phil.korbel at googlemail.com>>
>         Subject: Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Politics Programme - Please
>         Help!
>         Date: Friday, February 5, 2010, 9:57 PM
> 
>         Steve
> 
>         'build it and they shall come'
> 
>         Especially with the slightly fevered nature of Salford politics
>         2010, once one councillor/agent/MP appears, they'll all want in...
> 
>         Get your guests for Programme 1 and the rest will follow....
> 
>         best wishes & good luck,
> 
>         Phil
>         -- 
>         Phil Korbel
>         Director
>         0161 237 5454
> 
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> 
>         On 5 February 2010 17:49, <Stevensuttie at aol.com
>         <http://mc/compose?to=Stevensuttie@aol.com>> wrote:
> 
>             Dear Colleagues,
>              
>             I hope you can help!
>              
>             For 6 months we have been trying without success to get a
>             regular local politics show on the air - and although there
>             is lots of enthusiasm from councillors and party leaders at
>             talk level, we can't seem to actually pin anything down and
>             get it started!
>              
>             Is anybody else having similar difficulties?
>              
>             We have a passionate and knowledgeable presenter waiting to
>             get it started - but we just can't seem to get the thing
>             going!!
>              
>             If you are running a successful local politics show - please
>             can you offer any advice on how you got it off the ground?
>              
>             I'm very conscious that the elections will soon be
>             dominating the headlines and I'd like to get this sorted
>             sooner rather than later! Any help will be most gratefully
>             received!
>              
>             Many thanks, and have a lovely weekend.
>              
>             *Kindest Regards
>             Steve Suttie
>             Station Manager, 94.4FM Salford City Radio*
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