[cma-l] Ofcom awards community radio licences

[Marilyn Hyndman]

If my memory serves me correctly they do publish the reasoning for the award of local DTT and is Local TV not in the same section of the Comm Act as community radio?
... you may be able to reason that they should publish the decision for the award of the license to the successful bidder in the community radio sector based on this precedent.

Perhaps no one has asked before or they are following the same process as they have always done, anyway who knows, I'm sure the unsuccessful bidders  are given feedback if they ask for it, here is the account of the decision for London, as an example.
http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/tv/local-tv/applicants/London.pdf

With best wishes,
Marilyn



On 12 Dec 2013, at 18:06, Ian Hickling wrote:

> Once again, the situation has arisen where one Applicant has been granted a Licence and two others in the same area have been refused.
> If it's anything like past experience, Ofcom will say that it will not reveal its reasoning and the decision is irreversible.
> Do we find this acceptable in this modern environment of Freedom of Information?
> After all, the process must surely need to be seen as open and democratic - and it's hardly a matter of National Security. 
>  
> From: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 10:37:06 +0000
> To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk; comradio-l at commedia.org.uk
> Subject: [cma-l] Ofcom awards two new community radio licences in Northern England
> 
> Ofcom has announced the award of two new community radio licences in the north of England.
> 
> Licences have been awarded to Candofm, for a service in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and to Koast Radio, for a service in Ashington, Northumberland.
> 
> Ofcom has awarded community radio licences to:
> 
> Candofm (Furness College)
> Website: www.candofm.com
> 
> Candofm will provide a community radio service for Barrow-in-Furness and the surrounding area, aimed at 16-40 year olds.
> 
> Koast Radio (Koast Radio Limited)
> Website: www.koastradio.co.uk
> 
> Koast Radio will provide a community radio service for the town of Ashington and surrounding villages in south east Northumberland.
> 
> Licences are awarded for a five-year period.
> 
> A statement setting out the main determining factors for the awards of the community radio licences referred to above can be found on the Ofcom website here:
> 
> http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards-round-3/dec-13
> 
> In addition to the licence awards detailed above, Ofcom considered two further applications, but decided not to award a licence to the following groups:
> Radio Northumberland (Radio Northumberland Limited), Bedlington, Northumberland;
> Synergy (South Northumberland Radio Group CIC), Bedlington, Northumberland;
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Marilyn Hyndman
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