[cma-l] Stations under investigation by Ofcom - update

[Bob Tyler]

Ofcom changed a lot of the rules without any consultation. The response within 10 workings days is very unfair, especially when a business/organisation has to seek advice or hold an extraordinary meeting to agree a response.

 

The Acts do not state 10 working days and anyone receiving a Preliminary View should apply for a 60 day extension.

 

Check everything against the Broadcasting Code and the conditions applied to the Broadcast Licence, they often cut and paste the wrong sections.

 

Asking the right questions and challenging subjective assumptions, can end up with the finding being stuck in the ‘too difficult’ file for months.






> On 27 Apr 2015, at 12:17, Bill Best <bill.best at commedia.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> The Community Media Association has been in regular contact with the Radio Licensing Team at Ofcom with regard to the 53 stations that were reported to be under investigation in November last year.
> 
> Ofcom's procedures for investigating breaches of standards for radio are published online below:
> 
> http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/complaints-sanctions/standards/ <http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/complaints-sanctions/standards/>
> 
> Ofcom aims to usually complete those cases that it takes forward for investigation within 50 working days. However much of the focus of the Radio Team at Ofcom this year has understandably been on the Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015 which has somewhat delayed progress on this issue. Furthermore Ofcom has held back the results of all cases to ensure a consistency of approach.
> 
> The Radio Licensing Team advised that there is a meeting on Tuesday 28th April of Senior Management to review all pending cases and then they expect to release the information later in the week.
> 
> Stations will be informed by letter and email over a 2-3 day period.
> 
> At this stage, Ofcom cannot advise how many stations will not have any further action taken as this has yet to be finalised by the Senior Management Team which meets tomorrow.
> 
> Stations will either be advised that no further action will be taken or they will be sent a copy of Ofcom's preliminary view. The preliminary view is a preview of what Ofcom intends to publish in the Broadcast Bulletin. Stations receiving a preliminary view will have up to 10 days to respond to it after which Ofcom will either amend the preliminary view in response to the station's feedback or publish the original unchanged. The next Broadcast Bulletin is likely to be issued in early May.
> 
> The Community Media Association expects all stations to be contacted by Ofcom by the end of this week.
> 
> Any further queries on this matter can be directed either to the CMA office or to the Radio Licensing Team at Ofcom.
> 
> With best regards
> 
> Bill Best
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