[cma-l] british community radio runs british forces radio?!

[Trevor Lockwood]

Julian

I agree. It is a project that we should examine. You say 'way to big' but do they have 600 radio  stations, 235 with FM licences?

Collectively we have the experience. I presume somewhere in the depths of the MOD there's someone who knows how to apply - I'll investigate.

If you don't ask...

Trevor


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--- On Mon, 28/2/11, Julian Mellor <julian at 10radio.org> wrote:

From: Julian Mellor <julian at 10radio.org>
Subject: [cma-l] british community radio runs british forces radio?!
To: "CMA-L" <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>
Date: Monday, 28 February, 2011, 17:42


Saturday's Guardian included an article about British Forces Radio being put out to tender with "concerns that large military contractors with no experience of objective news reporting or radio and television production could bid to run the service as a money-making scheme. Critics of the decision expressed concern that the values and ethos of the broadcasting station would be lost.  Contractors thought to be interested in bidding include Babcock, Serco and BT.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/25/fears-objectivity-british-forces-contract
Can't find anything on mod site but there's discussion  here:http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=48415445
The service is currently provided by http://www.ssvc.com/, a charity who, some say, are lining themselves up to get the tender (in which case the Guardian article is just a bit of slightly alarmist reporting).  Or maybe not.
But given that community radio has strong (maybe shared) "values and ethos", what chance of a collaborative tender between various stations & the CMA?
Have to admit I know next to nothing about forces radio, and looking at their website makes me think 'ooh, way too big', but nevertheless, it felt like it's a thought worth sharing.
Comments?
Julian
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