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

Fri Oct 14 18:14:00 BST 2011

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[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Alan Coote
Sent: 14 October 2011 15:35
To: ian at transplan.uk.com; clive.glover at lineone.net; 'Jaqui Devereux'
Cc: 'cma-l'
Subject: Re: [cma-l] DCMS consultation meetings on amendments to
communityradio law

Hi Ian et al,

In simple terms, Ofcom says "Tell us the Community you wish to cover - and
how you propose doing it.
If you look on Ofcom's published "TX Params", you'll see the stations that
have asked for and got much higher powers and sites.

My direct experience is that this simply not true! 

Ofcom hide behind what they have called a 'Policy' to  limit CR to 25 Watts
ERP. The restriction is real and affects many stations outside of remote
parts of Wales and Scotland. There are 21 stations which have great than 25W
ERP.

For the rest of us, the 5km limit is arbitrary and a nonsense. It should be
removed.

Alan

Alan Coote

Business Development Director 

The Bay Radio

Office 01202 580200

Studio 01202 571028

Mobile 07801 518858

Email alan.coote at thebayradio.com

Web www.thebayradio.com <http://www.thebayradio.com/> 

The Bay Radio, 25B Elliott Road, Bournemouth, BH11 8LQ

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From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ian Hickling
Sent: 13 October 2011 11:22 PM
To: clive.glover at lineone.net; Jaqui Devereux
Cc: cma-l
Subject: [cma-l] DCMS consultation meetings on amendments to community radio
law

Clive
At the risk of being guilty of perpetual repetition, can I take you up on
one point:

The restrictions on transmitter power to 50 watts and the "5km" radius for
CR stations are unnecessarily restrictive. Stations should be able to make
the case for covering a defined local community area and the transmitter
power to do this should be agreed as a technical/engineering matter with
OFCOM engineers. However, defining the whole of London or Manchester etc as
your community would be taking it too far!

There never has been that hypothetical 50W/5km restriction.
It's a guideline.

It has always been the situation that ".......stations should be able to
make the case for covering a defined local community area and the
transmitter power to do this should be agreed as a technical/engineering
matter ......
It's a distinct section of the Application document.

In simple terms, Ofcom says "Tell us the Community you wish to cover - and
how you propose doing it.
If you look on Ofcom's published "TX Params", you'll see the stations that
have asked for and got much higher powers and sites.

------------------------------------

Ian Hickling
Partner

transplan UK

> From: clive.glover at lineone.net
> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:19:54 +0100
> To: jaqui.devereux at commedia.org.uk
> CC: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [cma-l] DCMS consultation meetings on amendments to community
radio law
> 
> Jaqui
> 
> Obviously the rules limiting or prohibiting advertising on some stations
should be removed. They were intended to limit competition for local
commercial stations and I doubt this Government would want to be seen to be
limiting competition!
> 
> The rules preventing CR stations being licenced in areas where there are
existing commercial stations (but not the other way round) are inequitable
and should be removed.
> 
> The 50% commercial income rule causes us no problems, nor many other
stations and has the advantage of showing a clear distinction between
commercial and community stations. The ability to offset real commercial
income against a notional value for volunteer time means that this should
not create problems for the majority of CR stations, although I accept it
may for a few.
> 
> The restrictions on transmitter power to 50 watts and the "5km" radius for
CR stations are unnecessarily restrictive. Stations should be able to make
the case for covering a defined local community area and the transmitter
power to do this should be agreed as a technical/engineering matter with
OFCOM engineers. However, defining the whole of London or Manchester etc as
your community would be taking it too far!
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> regards,
> 
> Clive
> On 13 Oct 2011, at 13:51, Jaqui Devereux wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > 
> > -- 
> > Jaqui Devereux
> > Director, Community Media Association
> > Community Media Association
> > http://www.commedia.org.uk
> > 
> > t: 0114 279 5219
> > 
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