[cma-l] Digital Switchover - The Plan (copyright M.Polden)

[mark polden]

Ok so they are still going for a 2015 switch over even tho the uptake of DAB radios is still low
so The Plan
It all starts with the BBC as this is the only organisation the government has any sway over
1/ The government should cause them to move to DAB only from 2015 and close down all BBC FM operations
2/ The BBC as part of the settlement should be coerced to do two things
A. Give every license payer inc pensioners a free DAB set (which would also help British Industry)
B. Give 1 % to Community Radio Licensees divided equally between license holders apart from 5% of that fund to go to CMA and 25% to develop community television
The clearance of the FM band for our use should be the primary objective of the CMA and would greatly benefit the growth of the sector
Yes I know that it could be pie in the sky but if we dont fight we wont win and if we dont ask we wont get
Mark PoldenFlame CCR
From: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:20:12 +0100
To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk; comradio-l at commedia.org.uk
Subject: [comradio-l] Digital Switchover: Communications Committee Report


    			    			    
				
				    House of Lords debates, 12 October 2010, 
				        
				            7:43 pm				        
				        
				Lord Clement-Jones (Liberal Democrat)

It is also now clearer how better coverage of over 90 per cent, up from the current 85 per cent, will be achieved by the installation of new transmitters. As for DAB+, it is also much clearer that DAB will remain the standard. We heard about the necessity of multi-standard chips from the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood. Crucially-this was an important issue when we debated the Digital Economy Act-there is also a much clearer future for FM radio and a much better understanding of its role. For the foreseeable future, FM will remain as a delivery channel of choice for local and community radio. The Minister could not have been clearer when he launched the action plan and said,



"we will not switch off FM. FM will remain a platform for small local and community radio ... as long as these services want it".

Now, that was pretty unequivocal and extremely welcome.



Hansard source: http://bit.ly/9mXHD4

Lord Evans of Temple Guiting (Labour)

When in government, our intention was that these criteria would be met 
by the end of 2013, paving the way for the delivery of digital radio 
upgrade by the end of 2015. Upgrade was not intended to mean a complete 
switch-off of an analogue radio service. Instead, all national and large
 local services were to be carried on DAB only and would no longer be 
broadcast on analogue, leaving ultra-local radio services to be broadcast on FM. Do the Government intend to stick with the original timetable or will they allow it to slip?

Hansard source: http://bit.ly/d0cwO1



Baroness Rawlings (Whip, House of Lords; Conservative)


I agree with the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester that it
 is important that FM should continue until a decision on switchover is 
made. Even after switchover, FM will continue for small local services, 
community, hospital and student radio.

Hansard source: http://bit.ly/avVgHc

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