[cma-l] 4ZZZ accounts

[Tony Bailey]

Just picked this up after returning from overseas:

I think Paris was something of a special case when they re-assigned the 
FM band Glyn.  A typical French FM community station in the sticks would 
have a 200 watt linear feeding a stack of four dipoles.  In Paris they 
assigned all 50 channels to the National and commercial stations 
including a few community slots which I think were all shared by the 
dozen or so interest/ethnic/religious bodies.  I don't remember there 
being any that did not cover the whole city, hence the unusually high 
power.  That was all many years ago, but it was interesting to us 
because all the original local French FM stations were pirates since 
only medium and long wave was then in use generally.

Para 3 below: I've said this before: Radio Cracker!!

Channel allocations: Actually now may be the time for the CMA to bid for 
this, if the authorities wish to devolve licensing?  For special events 
(JFMG) and radio amateurs (RSGB) are doing it already.  It's not a 
broadcasting issue since that would come under regulation, just 
radcoms.  Why don't we bid for a community radio sub band and let the 
BBC and ILR do the rest?

Tony Bailey

On 05/11/15 12:34, Associated Broadcast Consultants wrote:
> Interesting James (your insights - not the document that is a boring
> financial statement).
>
> I recall seeing somewhere that all the community stations in Paris are on
> 6kW from very high tower blocks.  Alternative models for community radio
> can and do work, even in Europe.
>
> Personally I'd like to see a more flexible approach at both ends - ie:
> accommodate larger "community of interest" stations, maybe with stronger
> rules if needed and at other end of the scale also some smaller
> neighbourhood stations - say 1-5 watts with bare minimum light-touch
> regulation that prevents interference concerns  Maybe allocate a single
> channel to be used anywhere in the country, with no guarantees of coverage
> quality similar to WiFi unlicensed approach.  Or something else that
> embraces alternative approaches that others on this forum have alluded to
> rather than the current rather quaint, paternalistic approach.
>
> IMHO
>
> Glyn
>
>
>
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