[cma-l] BBC funding for local TV/Not local radio

[Ian Hickling]

Yes - it is ironic, and it's illogical - and it's illustrative of how out-of-step the mandarins are with what's going on at base level.
But whose fault is it?
Ours - for not making our case strongly enough - with the right kind of approach - in the areas where it will hit hardest.
Does your MP - who you elected and is your voice in Government  - even know about your Community Radio station?
Has he visited it - regularly - and how many times has he been interviewed?
Does he use you to get to his contituents?
Have you used him as a channel to get a written answer from a Minister as is his entitlement?
 
I wonder.
 



 

> From: stevensuttie at aol.com
> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:01:48 +0100
> To: markianpolden at hotmail.com
> CC: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [cma-l] BBC funding for local TV/Not local radio
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Forgive me, but is this not ironic?
> 
> There are 230 community radio stations licensed with no plausible fund to support them.
> 
> But here is a massive fund for community telly that doesnt exist yet.
> 
> I'm astonished by how ineptly this sector is organised.
> 
> Am I missing something, or are the DCMS having a laugh? Blimey, I can't articulate how frustrated and bemused this announcement has made me feel.
> 
> But its helped me think of a nice strapline for the sector! 'Community Media in the Uk - Running the London Marathon today, Learning to walk tommorrow.'
> 
> Blimey. I'm off to ask my wife to wake me up now.
> 
> Yours in utter bewilderment
> Steve
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 22 Oct 2010, at 18:07, mark polden <markianpolden at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Why, why, why not funding for community radio. Unfortunately seemingly our goose is cooked for this settlement as this government has gone off half cocked already.
> > 
> > Mark Polden
> > Flame CCR
> > 
> > > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:33:31 +0100
> > > To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> > > From: sbuckley at gn.apc.org
> > > Subject: [cma-l] BBC funding for local TV
> > > 
> > > Letter from DCMS to the BBC (extract)
> > > 
> > > "The BBC will play an active role in supporting 
> > > new local television services through a 
> > > partnership fund providing capital costs of up to 
> > > a total of £25m in 2013/14 for up to 20 local TV 
> > > services, subject to any necessary regulatory 
> > > approval. The BBC will also commit to ongoing 
> > > funding of up to £5m per annum from 2014/15 to 
> > > acquire content for use on its own services from 
> > > these new services. Should capital costs be 
> > > required earlier then this will be facilitated by 
> > > access to the existing digital switchover underspend by mutual agreement."
> > > 
> > > Source (and letter in full):
> > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/oct/22/bbc-funding-settlement-jeremy-hunt
> > > 
> > > 
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