[cma-l] quick story to tell fellows

[Ian Hickling]

Nick
At the risk of boring the pants off everyone else, can I state again:
There is no rigid 5km limit.
It's just a guide.
It's up to you to tell Ofcom when you apply how you intend to cover your chosen target audience.
If your coverage is now found to be inadequate, the problem is your responsibility, not theirs.
Clearly you need a re-appraisal of what you have at present against what you feel you need.
We are perfectly happy to do that for you free of charge.
Other organisations who can offer a similar service are available.
Ian Hickling
Partner
transplan UK

 


From: office at ccr-fm.co.uk
To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 18:54:29 +0000
Subject: [cma-l] quick story to tell fellows






Dear All
 
Any thoughts on the following chaps ?
 
Last night we ran our youth to youth project again. Young people from the community get involved in learning radio skills etc etc etc ……………….. we had a gang of cubs last night. There are 16 of them all told.
 
They have been coming along on a Wednesday for the last 6 weeks and they enjoy it. Out of the 16 ………… only 4 of them are listening to Canalside with some of the others (possibly through habit and influence from parents) listening to the local commercial station ………………………… however …… as mentioned last week / pointed out / moaned about yet again / made to look like a professional complainer which I am not ------------ 9 out of the group don’t listen because THEY CAN’T !         some of them live in Macclesfield, which, as the crow flies is at most 2 miles outside the pathetic 5km limit <> 25 watts etc etc ‘’not enough to blow your hat off’’   I wouldn’t mind, but Bollington is surrounded by 2 miles of fields N/S/E/W     surely this area cannot be included in the figures of the 5km ??
 
What is the point providing a fantastic service that is open and accesible to all and yet the basic fundamental idea of radio is that you listen to it ……. If you can’t access it because the facility or rules are bobbins then the whole shaaa-bang becomes pointless …………… flogging dead horses spring to mind. We need help, not bleedin’ restrictions.
 
It irritates, it frustrates and it angers all the volunteers and crew at Canalside and we appear to be going around in circles ……….. certainly not making any progress.
These guys get involved ……. But don’t stay involved     ie:- listening, because they can’t pick it up without hissing and crackling and bloody Key 103 coming over the top of us.
 
Key 103 by the way when I asked ALL the sixteen cubs       ‘’Does anyone know who they are?’’               they hadn’t a clue !
 
So ------------ the question is ……………….. why the hell can we not be allowed to defend ourselves in our own community and why in liaison with Ofcom can we not carefully tweak things so that EVERYONE is permitted to serve their own audience or potential audience.
 
Beggars belief it really does
 
Sorry to moan again ….. but to us ….. this is not parliamentary ivory tower debate, this is on the ground level real life …… wake up and smell the coffee..
 
Regards
 
Nick
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