[cma-l] DCMS consultation meetings on amendments to community radio law

[Alan Coote]

Hi Jaqui,

Here's my top 3;

1)	Remove the limit of 5km defining what constitutes a 'community'; 

a.	Its arbitrary, unfair and there is no good technical reason for it.

b.	We can evidence how this has adversely affected our community and
the people and businesses in our area. 

c.	Technically the protection ratios and signal density given to
existing commercial radio and local BBC harks back to the less technically
advanced mid 70s so there is room for increase CR coverage without affecting
existing services   

2)	Remove the 50% limit on advertising income.  What were they
thinking!? This should have never been in the regulation;

a.	Limiting income does nothing to define community radio 

b.	It does not protect commercial radio; We can evidence where we have
created a new market for radio advertising and have subsequently given
commercial radio new clients. 

c.	Existing grants and donations have all be dried up, so making CR
dependant on smaller income is stifling  CR and may even be killing it.

3)	Forget that FM will be vacated leaving space for new CR stations.
This is quite possibly the most dreamy of all the UK radio aspirations -
analogue FM is not the future and CR shouldn't be content the eventual
wilderness of an FM band.

a.	There should be a top level agreement to provide the UK with a
Digital Radio 2.0 - (feel free to use that!)  

b.	Digital Radio 2.0 should include DRM+ and Internet (in time for 4G
mobile streaming) and an Electronic Programme Guide

c.	Develop a 10 year digital radio policy - Sometimes you have to dig
up an existing road to build a new one. The UK has a tradition of leading in
communications but now is significantly trailing many western and even third
world countries.	


Hope that helps  
Alan

Alan Coote
Business Development Director 
The Bay Radio
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Studio 01202 571028
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Email alan.coote at thebayradio.com
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[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jaqui Devereux
Sent: 13 October 2011 1:51 PM
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Subject: [cma-l] DCMS consultation meetings on amendments to community radio
law

Dear all

The DCMS will be co-hosting a couple of meetings with us, probably in the
New Year, to discuss possible amendments to the law on community radio, as
part of the new Communications Bill.

We are writing to ask your views on what the agenda should cover - we do
have quite a few ideas on what you might want but would prefer you to tell
us!

Almost certainly community radio advertising rules (all of them) will be on
the agenda, but what other subjects would you like on it?

Please do let us know,

Best wishes

Jaqui

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Jaqui Devereux
Director, Community Media Association
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