[cma-l] Closure of Stroud FM

Fri Feb 14 03:36:36 GMT 2014

But community TV does exist and needs the support of community radio just
like vice versa.

Swindon Viewpoint (www.swindonviewpoint.com) pioneered community TV 41
years ago and then got the first community radio off the ground two years
later - so have shown one can support the other without feeling
competitive.

It is the social gain ethos that matters. We should avoid being partisan
and lobby for support of community media with that ethos. We need to know
our history and stick together around core principles.
On 13 Feb 2014 22:16, "Martin Steers" <martin.steers at scoutradio.org.uk>
wrote:

> lets not mix up apples and oranges here..
>
> You mean community radio and LOCAL TV.. not community TV.. arnt most of
> the licenses that have been worn been issued to private / corporate
> companies with no mandated social gain requirements unlike community radio
> stations..?
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> On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Nic Millington <NicM at ruralmedia.co.uk>wrote:
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>> I'd like to endorse all of Marilyn's comments, and add that there should
>> be a wide range of imaginative and mutually beneficial partnerships that
>> can be formed in those areas where there are both local radio and local TV
>> licence holders.  To date of course in the rural West Midlands there are
>> neither - so still much work to do!
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>> We at Rural Media were very sorry to hear about the closure of Stroud and
>> hope that on day in some form local community services can be
>> re-established.
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>> 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 *Marilyn Hyndman
>> *Sent:* 13 February 2014 16:02
>> *To:* Melita Dennett
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>> *Subject:* Re: [cma-l] Closure of Stroud FM
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>> I hope this uncharitable and insensitive remark in this forum is not
>> shared by many.
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>> Thankfully it is not shared by the BBC whose email system you are using.
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>> Many of us have lobbied long and hard for Local TV in the UK since the
>> 1990s and we have been constant in our support of the community radio
>> sector including the Access Radio pilots which made it all more possible to
>> have a community radio sector in the first place.
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>>
>> This is not a handout, it is a negotiated contract which took some months
>> of work to achieve whereby the choice rests with the local TV station to
>> take up the offer of finance in return for approx 4 television news stories
>> a day, every day, delivered by the Local TV station and offered to the BBC
>> for broadcast.
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>>
>> The impact in terms of public benefit has only just begun to be tested as
>> only Grimsby on air, I suggest that this organisation, one of the pioneers
>> of community television since 1997, actually deserves the support of this
>> forum ....as indeed it has supported the community media sector during all
>> those years.
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>> We are all very sorry to hear of the closure of Stroud, here in Belfast
>> and send our best wishes to you.
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>> M
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>> On 13 Feb 2014, at 09:52, Melita Dennett wrote:
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>> The irony of the funding of local TV stations via licence fees is not
>> lost of some of us either - they are likely to suck away advertising from
>> small radio outlets, both commercial and community, yet are being given a
>> handout (£150,000 in our area, I understand) which would have a far greater
>> impact if it went to community radio.
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>> Cheers,
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>> Melita
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