[cma-l] Community Radio Order

[Canalside's The Thread]

Answer to question one = because it actually is a debacle and grossly unfair
and looking at the figures proves it

Answer to question two is = maybe not a lot, but by all means surprise us

Answer to question three is = yes it is unique, but we only pretend to value
it 

 

On the end statement Ian 


..you have missed one 
 there ought to be three
options on there

 

1)       Ideas

2)       Starter

3)       Or Dead Duck / Dodo / Non Starter

 

Where I have lost respect with it/them a long time ago is because all the
answers to the questions hold no water, they are poor replies, always have
been and the ones that are difficult they simply ignore them and just say
‘’no’’      I have no respect for this type of Politics and that sadly is
what it is ‘Politics’         when we started off on the wonderful road of
Community Radio, we never in our wildest dreams thought we would get bogged
down with Politics nor one rule for one different rules for others and geese
and ganders 

 commercial radio should have had no bearing on the matter at
all. If you go into a commercial market you stand on your own two feet in a
competitive market 

 if that happens to be in radio then fine, if it ain’t
working go and open a paint store or a show factory, don’t go running to the
Government whinging. If the product is good enough then no one would be
listening to us and they would have all the listeners.

 

Quite pathetic and extremely disappointing 

 

But 
. We soldier on and we shall overcome          chin up or in my case
‘both of em’   :-)

 

Regards

 

Nick

 

  _____  

From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Alan Coote
Sent: 21 January 2015 12:05
To: 'The Community Media Association Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Order

 

The obvious questions are;  

1)      Why is it that Community Radio has a disproportionate small amount
of government funding compared to; 

a.       Community TV (£40 Million) 

b.      Commercial Radio digital switch over (£21 Million*) 

c.       BBC Local Radio (£138 Million) from the License fee?

 

The Community Radio Fund awards in 2014 totalled £361,915

 

2)      What is he going to do about it?

 

3)      Given community radio reaches 10 million people a week, would he
agree that it has a unique role to play in helping government reach local
communities and sectors which are not being served by commercial or BBC
radio?

 

a.       Therefore, why is the government’s Cabinet Office not directing
some of its advertising budget to community radio?

b.      Would he agree if it did this would go some way to offset the measly
Community Radio fund and provide a great distribution of monies?  

 

*Joint funding from BBC, Commercial Radio and Government. 

 

Ideas or starter

 

 

Kind Regards

Alan

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dom Chambers <chair at commedia.org.uk>

TO CMA members,

 

The Community Radio Order is due to be published on Thursday this week. I
will be interviewing  DCMS minister Ed Vaizey on Thursday morning. Time is
limited to around 15 minutes for this. I will be conducting the interview on
behalf of the CMA and welcome any questions you might like me to consider
informing the interview. We will naturally focus on the content and
implications of the CRO but this will be an opportunity to also ask about
other areas of community media development.

 

Best to all,

Dom 1

Dom Chambers
Chair

Mobile: +44 (0) 7802 457 396
Direct Line: +44 (0) 1761 568 004 
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Personal Twitter: @TheDomChambers <http://twitter.com/thedomchambers> 

cmalogo44mmURL

 

 


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