[cma-l] Offensive language on radio - how to avoid the pitfalls

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Dear All

 

Could I go back to my absolutely square one, point one, the beginning etc
etc and point out that if weren't scratting our backsides for funding
because of the restrictions we could lighten the load of the unemployment
service / job seekers by about 600 persons and knock all the skittles down
with one bowl by having one or two more hands on deck (possibly
professionals) (which = better training)

 

This I believe is the point ...... we will never find the remedy if we don't
understand the symptoms. The symptoms are VERY IMPORTANT .... If they are
caused by and created by us (Community Radio) then we have to take it on the
chin when the big chiefs come down on us .... if however they are part of
the blame (which the restrictions are)      then a re-think needs to happen.
Preferably sooner rather than later.

 

Everyone is trying to do their best under the circumstances, us included. I
personally think we all deserve a medal operating in the main very good
services with little help from people who live in Ivory Towers and have no
idea of what is actually going on. These people get my gander right up and
one day very soon I shall bump into one or two of them and they will not
like it up em' Mr Mainwaring !       :-)     LOL

 

Regards

 

Nick

 

Soldier on chaps and do your best !

 

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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 Julian Mellor
Sent: 21 September 2011 12:31
To: CMA-L
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Offensive language on radio - how to avoid the pitfalls

 

Interesting debate.

 

It does seem that there are two models of community radio.

 

One is a radio station that happens to use community and voluntary
resources.  The operational style is probably very similar to commercial
radio.

 

The other is a community project that happens to produce radio.  

 

It's not to say one is better than the other, and I'm sure some stations
combine both.  But we very much fall into the second model.

 

Hardly anyone had previous radio experience before we setup six years ago,
but we had lots of community development experience.  We setup primarily to
do community development.  In that context, we're not going to be negligent
and we're not going to ignore what we have signed up to do.  But we are
going to be realistic about what volunteers can be expected to do, and what
they can achieve and deliver in the absence of full-time hands-on
management.  From the conversations I've had, people from the more
commercial and possibly top down model really struggle with this approach.
But it works for us, it works for our community, and from what Ofcom have
said having monitored our output, it works for them as well.

 

So getting back to the original point, a regulatory system which relies upon
stations having fully resourced staff and management teams presents extra
challenges for volunteer run stations such as ours.   If, at the meeting in
October, Ofcom seem inclined to move towards increased regulation or
expectations, I would ask that the Jaqui and the CMA represent the
difficulties that this will pose for stations operating with minimal
resources.

 

Julian

 

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