[cma-l] Fw: Re: comty radio and campaigning

Tue Jan 25 09:26:03 GMT 2011

Interesting story Claire - and it rings true for many I'm sure...

Keep 'the opposition' coming in - grill them ruthlessly of course a sthat
gives you balance - and in the end our Tory comrade has the choice of
letting his enemies have their say or utilising the platform himself.

As they say - if you cant stand the heat....

Good luck!

Phil

On 24 January 2011 23:03, claire penketh <clairepenketh at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> An interesting and pertinent debate to us at the moment. Here at Stroud FM
> I strive for all our presenters to be impartial and for our range of guests
> to be challenged about their views,  so that all sides of the argument are
> covered. I personally believe that taking a one sided stance doesn't work,
> but a lively debate does. It also, I think, makes better  radio. So, the
> opposition lib dems put out a press release stating they were opposed to the
> cuts at the county council level, we interview the  County council
> opposition lib Dem leader and ask them where they think the cuts should be
> made, as made they have to be. We interview the leader of the
> tory controlled county council, and challenged him to explain exactly why he
> is introducing savage cuts in the libraries, youth services, care for the
> elderly.  He gives a lively account and defence as to why those area's are
> being targeted. All should be happy eh? Nope, the tory leader of the  county
> council, it would appear, has blacklisted us because we gave him too hard a
> time by asking fair but tough questions.  At the moment,  he has, so we
> understand, decided he won't  be doing interviews with us.... which I find
> rather galling..., it would appear that some other councillors are backing
> his stance, and are therefore not coming on to talk about even minor issues
> that are not related to the cuts
>
> Still, no doubt all those who oppose the plans will be more than happy to
> come on air and all we can do is say that immortal line.. "We tried to get
> someone from the ruling party on the county council to talk to us.. but no
> one was available..."
>
> Hey ho... you try your best..
>
> Claire Penketh, stroud fm station manager
> Better to have given it a go than never to have tried at all
>
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 10/1/11, LOL GELLOR <lolgellor at yahoo.co.uk>* wrote:
>
>
> From: LOL GELLOR <lolgellor at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: [cma-l] Fw: Re: comty radio and campaigning
> To: "cmA" <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>
> Date: Monday, 10 January, 2011, 17:38
>
>
>
>
> --- On *Mon, 10/1/11, LOL GELLOR <lolgellor at yahoo.co.uk>* wrote:
>
>
> From: LOL GELLOR <lolgellor at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [cma-l] comty radio and campaigning
> To: "Marilyn Hyndman" <marilyn at northernvisions.org>
> Date: Monday, 10 January, 2011, 16:18
>
>   I would say -( wouldn't I) given the context of media coverage as a
> whole and the role of commmunity media as part of that ecology there is a
> clear mandate to give a voice to those who do not have a voice. The local
> authority will probably have a publication and a press office to deliver
> their position without any obligation to give a contrary view. I know I am
> on record as regarding the main media players as partial, and deluded in any
> "belief" that they do not mediate a sense of balance within their own
> specific sensibilities. So perhaps its an opportunity for us- to lead with a
> slightly more honest approach e.g. "this may not be everyones view but I
> (individual broadcaster) think such and such policy is awful for the
> following reasons........., anyone wishing to counter this view is welcome
> to come forward and contribute to a programme to present their view". Sound
> Radio broadcast with this approach for a number of years, money may have
> been a problem but this freedom of speech was not (most of the time).
> Be brave, be honest and be smart, otherwise I would have to say what is the
> point?
>
> This would be a personal view I am happy to consider any contrary responses
> in a sensible and balanced way (do you get me)
>
> --- On *Mon, 10/1/11, Marilyn Hyndman <marilyn at northernvisions.org>*wrote:
>
>
> From: Marilyn Hyndman <marilyn at northernvisions.org>
> Subject: Re: [cma-l] comty radio and campaigning
> To: "Julian Mellor" <julian at 10radio.org>
> Cc: "CMA-L" <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>
> Date: Monday, 10 January, 2011, 15:31
>
> .......you can't be expected to have 'balance' in every programme but you
> can achieve 'balance' across a schedule. This need not necessarily be
> focussed narrowly on an issue like libraries, you could consider broader
> approaches such as a discussion of local government priorities, residents
> priorities, national public spending cuts effect on locale. I suspect you
> will always get into diffs with single issues when those either for or
> against are poor communicators but you could say on air that an invitation
> was sent to the local county council and they did not reply, were not
> available etc.... if a majority of people in your community are opposed to
> library closures and those carrying out the closures have a poor record of
> communication, that is not your fault. It is the reality of what is
> happening in your community and you are reflecting that .....discussing
> positive ways forward, opening up dialogue and involving the community and
> its elected representatives should help your listeners to see that you are
> attempting to be impartial....
>
>
>
>  On 10 Jan 2011, at 14:02, Julian Mellor wrote:
>
>  A question for you hive of minds:
>
> Under Ofcom rules we have to show due impartiality, give air to differing
> opinions etc.
>
> But how does that impact upon how we cover issues and decisions that will
> detrimentally impact upon the communities we serve?
>
> To illustrate this:  our local county council wants to close 20 or its 34
> libraries, including the one in our town.  Via our website we have been very
> vocal in our opposition to the closures, although on air we are giving
> coverage to both sides of the argument (although the County are pretty
> hopeless at coming forth to communicate!)  Some of our Directors are a
> little bit twitchy about this, thinking that we shouldn't come out for one
> side or the other, whether on air or off air.
>
> Is there a definitive line on what we can / can't do in this multi-platform
> world?  And what do others do?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Julian
>
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