[cma-l] DCMS consultation on amendments to Community Radio Regulation.

[Associated Broadcast Consultants]

100% agree with Ian on 1 and 2 - plus I think it needs some good supporting
reasons that are "legitimate" in the Government's eyes.  To me the main
reason is that CR stations target different advertisers to Commercial
stations - ie: the advertising they carry is almost exclusively additional
to, not in competition with ILR licences. ie it makes the radio advertising
pot bigger.    If we make this point, it MUST be backed-up by evidence - for
Gloss FM (the long term RSL that I was involved with) I'm sure we could pull
it together, and I'm certain that only 1-2% of Gloss FM advertisers are also
advertisers on ILR stations.  Maybe other stations could do the same
analysis.

3&4, maybe I'm being overly commercial, but I can't really see the need why
to have funding/grants which at the end of the day we, the taxpayer pay for!
 Rather than state-funded community radio, provided the revenue rules are
removed, leave the grants bit to the plethora of other bodies who provide
grants to radio stations and other good causes in order to further their
aims.

Thus it could be possible to engineer a "win-win" situation - the Government
save money not having to contribute to a central CR fund, while the CR
stations are freed from restrictive revenue rules so they can concentrate on
delivering good, local, radio.

Two other things for the list


   1. What about a more accommodating (=less costly) regime for music
   royalties for CR stations with small audiences?  Or maybe that pub landlady
   with her Greek satellite dish will deliver that aim for us!
   2. New RSL (and if possible PRS, PPL and MCPS) fees for RSL stations.
    Voluntary, "good cause" RSL's should only have to pay similar rates to CR
   on a pro-rata basis.  Commercial RSL's that make a profit or trialling ILR
   licences should pay the current, exhorbitant fees.  The difference between
   these categories could be identified by including some kind of light-touch
   "Key Commitments" section to the RSL form.  This could be a "difficult sell"
   to the DCMS, but at least challenge them why RSL's are so expensive compared
   to CR and make them squirm a bit!.  (If they say it is the cost of
   allocating a frequency, then they must be grossly inefficient!)


Glyn Roylance
Associated Broadcast Consultants
www.a-bc.co.uk

On 13 October 2011 17:16, Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Jaqui.
> I think the message to the DCMS is simple:
> 1 - Remove the restriction imposed on stations who are not permitted to
> carry advertising.
> 2 - Remove the 50% Maximum Revenue from Advertising rule.
> 3 - Institute central sourcing of funding for Community Radio Licensees.
> 4 - Put realistic and substantial Government funding for CR in the hands of
> individual MPs who can show a need in a Constituency.
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> *Ian Hickling
> **Partner*
>
> *transplan UK*
>
>
>  > From: jaqui.devereux at commedia.org.uk
> > Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:14:19 +0100
> > To: office at ccr-fm.co.uk
> > CC: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> > Subject: Re: [cma-l] DCMS consultation meetings on amendments to
> community radiolaw
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > The DCMS meetings will be open to all, presumably subject to space,
> >
> > Look forward to seeing you all once we have dates!
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Jaqui
> >
>
>
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