[cma-l] Steve Penk criticises Community Radio Fund Award

[Ian Hickling]

I feel that Steve Penk, whom I acknowledge as an excellent broadcaster - has a very valid point, despite somebody in the systen not being able to spell "Licence". 

Community Radio is of course "commercial" in that each operator has to run his operation as a conventional business with income and expenditure.

The only (very slight these days) difference is that he must not show an end profit but must re-invest any surplus into the operation or return it to source.

Most good businesses do that anyway I suggest - at least they do the first part - in preference to giving it up to the Tax man.

I still feel very uneasy about the concept of running a business which has to hold its hand out for cash all the time to people who aren't actually its customers.

 

Ian Hickling

Partner

transplan UK

 


From: Stevensuttie at aol.com
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 15:27:24 -0400
To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Subject: [cma-l] Steve Penk criticises Community Radio Fund Award in letter to PM David Cameron


I saw this on Radio Today and thought "blimey!"
 
Have a look, it makes community radio sound very commercial, even though this funding was supposed to help the stations in Greater Manchester achieve "sustainability." I don't think this kind of comment helps our incessant chants for more cash! http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.5959 
 

Kindest Regards
Steve
Steve Suttie
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94.4FM Salford City Radio
office 0161 793 2939 
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