[cma-l] Local Broadcasting: Radio Culture Media and Sport Written answers and statements, 22 June 2011

[Martin Steers]

I think you are talking down AM, the national AM station still receive a
huge (and growing) listenership, its just about education of the listeners.
Desi is on AM in London and they always seem to do well as a station.

M

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:07 AM, mark polden <markianpolden at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  The question is when are they gonna force the big boys onto DAB, if it is
> 7-10 yrs then we probably will have collapsed by then. We are languishing on
> AM and not a lot of people accept that AM still exists, as for advertising
> forget it.
>
> Mark Polden
> Flame CCR
>
> > From: office at ccr-fm.co.uk
>
> > To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:45:42 +0100
> > Subject: Re: [cma-l] Local Broadcasting: Radio Culture Media and Sport
> Written answers and statements, 22 June 2011
>
> >
> > Dear All
> >
> > All radio sets manufactured to have FM / AM / Digital
> >
> > Shift the big boys onto Digital (only)
> >
> > Loads of room on FM, easy peazy lemon squeezy, simple, straight forward
> lots
> > of smiley faces, no one losing anything, everyone being friendly and
> caring
> > and sharing ........... I could do it with my eyes shut, done and dusted
> in
> > 12 months !
> >
> > However, that ain't how it works, because everything has to be made
> unfair,
> > ridiculous, complicated, shambolic, argumentative etc etc and so on and
> so
> > on.
> >
> > Once again I ask the question -- is it me who has missed something or am
> I
> > the one who is actually sane and it is everyone else who has lost the
> plot?
> > DUNNO'?
> >
> > Come on Mr Vaizey / Mr Hunt / Mr Ofcom / Mr Jobsworth / Mr Bureaucracy
> > surprise me with something simple.
> >
> > Best of luck to all Stations, those broadcasting, those seeking a licence
> > and even commercial radio ........ there is room for all of us.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk
> > [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman..commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of CMA-L
> > Sent: 30 June 2011 14:05
> > To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> > Subject: [cma-l] Local Broadcasting: Radio Culture Media and Sport
> Written
> > answers and statements, 22 June 2011
> >
> > Mark Menzies (Fylde, Conservative):
> >
> > To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
> > what support his Department provides to help community radio projects
> > to obtain an FM or AM broadcasting licence.
> >
> > Edward Vaizey (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Culture,
> > Communications and Creative Industries), Business, Innovation and
> > Skills; Wantage, Conservative):
> >
> > The licensing of community radio stations is a matter for Ofcom, which
> > works independently of Government. However, earlier this year the
> > Government sought assurances from Ofcom that a further round of
> > community radio licensing would be undertaken to allow more community
> > stations to be licensed. Ofcom began a third round of community radio
> > licensing earlier this year.
> >
> > Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 22 June 2011, c291W):
> http://bit.ly/iF4nFe
> >
> > \\
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