[cma-l] More Ofcom Investigations: Speech to Music Ratio

Wed Jul 9 11:50:35 BST 2014

great advice Alan,

Not sure I would recommend option 1. there is also option 4. Talk to ofcom
and if you need to change it slightly and its reasonable then put a key
commitment change in.

On 8 July 2014 14:13, Alan Coote <alan.coote at 5digital.co.uk> wrote:

> I’ve been reading a few Ofcom Broadcast Bulletins. It’s very surprising
> that several CR stations have been found in breach of their Key Commitments
> because of not meeting their Speech to Music Ratio.
>
>
>
> The Daytime Speech Ratio is not that difficult to calculate;
>
>
>
> 1)      Ofcom specify Daytime between 6am – 7pm unless in your
> application / Key Commitments you have otherwise i.e. 7am – 7pm.
>
>
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> 2)      For the calculation Speech does not include Adverts, Sponsorship
> Messages or Programme Trails.
>
>
>
> 3)      Over a 12 hour day and for a typical clock which includes 12
> minutes of stuff which can’t be used, a 20% ratio means you’ll need around
> 2 hours of speech a day. For 30% you need nearly 3 hours a day
>
>
>
> What to do about it?
>
>
>
> 1)      Do nothing -  Ofcom don’t have the resources to monitor every CR
> station. They are duty bound though to investigate if someone suggests that
> a station is operating outside its Key Commitments.
>
>
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> 2)      You could talk to Ofcom if you have temporary issues meeting the
> Key Commitments – staffing for example
>
>
>
> 3)      You could schedule a speech programme to safely increase the
> ratio. Either do you own or get on the distribution of a professional media
> company.
>
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>
> I wouldn’t want our 30 minute speech programme to be used either as a
> filler or temporarily, but neither should resource strapped stations find
> themselves under investigation for not fixing a simple problem.
>
>
>
> If you want to make sure you permanently meet your Speech Ratio Key
> Commitment send me an email and I’ll put you on the programme distribution
> list.
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> Kind Regards
>
> Alan
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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:* 08 July 2014 08:35
> *To:* Associated Broadcast Consultants; cma-l
> *Subject:* [cma-l] Note from Ofcom for RSLs
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> Judging from recent experience with Ofcom only offering 10W in many places
> when previously 25 has been given, I suspect many operators have been
> turning the wick up quite a bit with the knowledge that if Ofcom decides to
> check they will get a phone call and have time to turn it back down again.
> We issue Licensees that we facilitate with a "Commissioning Certificate"
> so that we. they and Ofcom have the parameters in writing.
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> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 14:17:56 +0100
> From: info at a-bc.co.uk
> To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [cma-l] Note from Ofcom for RSLs
>
> Either that, or maybe technical compliance if they suspsect some stations
> are pushing too much power or using dodgy equipment or something.
>
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>
> Apart for the obvious things like politics, religion and swearing, the
> content of RSL's is pretty much upto the broadcaster.  Nothing like Key
> Commitments.   They pay for that priviledge though - approximately 40 times
> more than CR broadcasters.
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> Glyn
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> On 6 July 2014 17:23, Martin Steers <martin at martinsteers.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I suspect its purely monitoring for on air compliance, the RSL format wise
> dont go into major details like it does for a CR or commercial station.
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> M
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> On 6 July 2014 12:34, shirleyludford at btinternet.co <
> shirleyludford at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> Hi Alan,
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>
>
> It would be interesting to know far the criteria for gaining an RSL is
> monitored.  One group in Swindon has had a few RSLs, used several of our
> Presenters and covered events that we were covered/were going to cover and
> had "Radio 2 style programmes during the day".
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> *From:* Alan Coote <alan.coote at 5digital.co.uk>
> *To:* "<cma-l at commedia.org.uk>" <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>; "<
> cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>" <cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
> *Sent:* Sunday, 6 July 2014, 7:03
> *Subject:* [cma-l] Note from Ofcom for RSLs
>
>
>
> All,
>
> This from the latest broadcast bulletin
>
> Note to Broadcasters
>
> Targeted monitoring exercise – short-term Restricted Licence Services
> (‘S-RSLs’)
>
> Ofcom licenses S-RSLs, which are normally granted for coverage of special
> events, trial services and other special on-off projects. These licences
> are granted on a temporary basis (often only for a few weeks) and are only
> available to specific and often small geographical areas. In 2013, Ofcom
> issued a total of 257 S-RSL licences.
>
> Ofcom formally notifies S-RSL broadcasters that we are conducting a
> monitoring exercise of S-RSL broadcasts in July and August.
>
> S-RSL broadcasters are put on notice that any serious or repeated failings
> in this area will result in Ofcom taking further regulatory action, for
> example, the consideration of the imposition of statutory sanctions.
>
>
> Alan
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