[cma-l] Meeting for UK wide advertising for community radio (and laterpossibly TV...)

Wed Sep 7 16:49:03 BST 2011

London to Edinburgh / Glasgow - 4.5 hours
London to Penzance - 5.5 hours

It's not just a north south thing!

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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 Eddie Stuart
> Sent: 05 September 2011 22:46
> To: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [cma-l] Meeting for UK wide advertising for community  
> radio (and laterpossibly TV...)
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> Nick,
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> To us, Birmingham *is* London, only often more expensive and harder  
> to get to!! (Far more trains & planes to London from the frozen  
> North than to Birmingham). It's better - a decade ago, BA would  
> return trip me to London for a bought well ahead hundred quid or so.  
> Aberdeen to Birmingham used to be £464. (Not a typo....!!) Overnight  
> sleeper meant Euston then an expensive peaktime train back to  
> Birmingham or getting off at Crewe at 4am.
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> Even Edinburgh is a (lousy) 4hour drive or multiple trains. We do  
> however have it easier than people in the Hebrides etc..... :-)
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> You're right though - many London based folk regard Doncaster as The  
> North despite there being a mile or two of England higher up, let  
> alone Scotland! People in Shetland regard Aberdeen as "The South"
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> So forget Birmingham - why not hold one meeting a year (at least) in  
> Newcastle, Edinburgh, Inverness?
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> Eddie
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> KCR is the operating name of Keith Community Radio Ltd - The  
> Friendly Sound
> Broadcasting to the whole of Moray & beyond on 102.8FM
> and to the World at http://kcr.fm
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> Keith Community Radio Ltd
> Registered in Scotland No.SC173805
> Registered Office: 59a Land Street, Keith, Banffshire, AB55 5AN
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> On 05/09/2011 18:23, Office - ccr-fm wrote:
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> Jaqui n’ all
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> At last …………… !            the issue for me is the ability to tap  
> into the national advertisers. These are the Companies who are all  
> over the Country and if you go to the local branch (as an  
> individual) we get swot away like a fly …………….
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> If we could tap into these guys, and there are plenty of them …………..  
> each station may only get a few hundred quid ………. But alas !    a  
> few hundred quid from a lot of Companies is rather good don’t you  
> think ?
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> I notice the meeting is in London again ………………. Do people down there  
> get a nose bleed the moment they go past Watford Gap    J       for  
> reasons of fairness, wouldn’t Birmingham be more suitable for  
> everyone …….. just a thought that’s all.
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> I’m just checking if I can make it ……. counting up the pennies etc  
> …….   How long does it take to get to London from Macclesfield on a  
> bicycle ?  does anyone know ?   then again, I suppose it depends on  
> how fast you pedal.
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> LOL
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> Regards
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> Nick
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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 Jaqui Devereux
> Sent: 05 September 2011 16:55
> To: cma-l
> Subject: [cma-l] UK wide advertising for community radio ( and  
> laterpossibly TV...)
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> Dear all
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> We have been working with Donald McTernan since the CMA Conference  
> in June to take forward his proposals to create a UK wide ads agency  
> for the community radio sector, and in the longer run possibly to  
> include community/local television as well.
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> We are now at a point where we would like your views on how it could  
> work for you (licensed stations/internet radio/RSLs).  We would not  
> want to supplant in any way stations' current advertiser pools but  
> do believe there is a potential ads market out there for stations  
> that can take on air advertising and for stations' internet presence  
> as well.
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> To that end there will be a meeting in London on 7th October - venue  
> to be confirmed later - for people interested in exploring this with  
> us.
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> If you would like to attend please do get in touch with us on advertising at commedia.org.uk
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> Best wishes
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> Jaqui
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> Jaqui Devereux
> Director, Community Media Association
> Community Media Association
> http://www.commedia.org.uk
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