[cma-l] Community Radio Consultation

[Paul Golder]

Good news for very small stations where this was a concern, but probably
not very exciting for a lot of us.  Have to admit I'm totally underwhelmed.

The CMA used to petition for higher funding - is that still actively being
pursued?  It's crazy that radio gets so little when so much money is thrown
at other projects which impact on far fewer people.

I did ask a question on here about funding in other countries - I read a
few years ago that French stations get over 30,000 Euros a year from their
government but I can't seem to see the source.  My lesson learned over the
years is that politicians will never say they don't support something as
worthy as community radio - even if they have no intention of putting their
money where their mouths are.  Perhaps more pressure could be put on them
as to why they don't think community radio is as valuable in the UK as it
is in other countries?

Cheers
Paul
www.phoenixfm.com


On 22 January 2015 at 23:06, Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm sorry - I'm a day behind with all this - I've been out on site getting
> our 52nd CR transmitter on air.
> Having had a brief glance through the Amendment, I'd summarise it as:
>
>    1. The Government is* planning* to *bring forward* changes that mean
>    that all CR stations will *maybe* be allowed to raise £15,000 from
>    advertising from their own efforts regardless of present restrictions and
>    the said present restrictions on advertising still remain in force after
>    that amount.
>    2. Ofcom will allow another 5 years on existing licences as it has
>    done previously.
>
> Is that all?
> Have we waited for over two years for just this?
> How many people slaving away day and night did it take to produce this?
> Am I the only one here that feels insulted by this utterly valueless
> handout?
> And then to cap it all we predictably have the Commercials' Union - the
> RadioCentre - crying foul?
> All those money-grabbing Community weevils stealing our customers!
> Nothing personal - but it make you wonder what colour the sky *is* on
> Siobhan Kenny's planet.
> The Government is therefore planning to bring forward the following
> package of
> changes to the Community Radio Order 2004
> •
> For all
> community radio stations to be able to raise annual income to a
> maximum
> level of £15,000 from
> advertising and
> /or
> sponsorship before
> appl
> ication of any other current rule (
> i.e.
> 50% of annual income from
> advertising and
> /or sponsorship
> applies
> )
> .
> •
> For small community radio stations
> operating
> in the same locality of a small
> commercial station
> (where t
> he commercial station takes no benefit under the
> Digital Economy Act 2010)
> to now take income from
> advertising and/or
> sponsor
> s
> hip to
> a maxi
> m
> um level of £15,000
> .
> •
> For small community radio stations operating in a same locality of a small
> commercial station
> (
> where th
> e commercial station
> or group of stations
> receives a benefit under the Digital Econom
> y Act 2010
> i.e
> .
> shares local or
> programmes costs) then the c
> ommunity
> radio station will
> take income from
> advertising and
> /or sponsorship
> at a max
> m
> ium of £15,000
> and
> ,
> as
> determined
> by Ofcom
> ,
> an addit
> i
> onal level of
> annual
> income
> of up to
> 50%
> from advertising
> and/or sponsorship.
> E
> xample
> Where a
> community
> adio station
> has an annual income of £100,000 it would
> be allowed to raise £15,000 per annum from advertising and/or sponso
> rship
> and a further 50% (maxi
> m
> um) of their annual
> income disregarding the
> £15,000 (i.e. (£100,000
> -
> £15,000=£85,000)
> x 0.5=£42,500) from the same
> so
> urces.
> The total raised would be
> (£15,000+£42,000) £57,500.
> •
> To provide Ofcom with power to exten
> d
> licence for community radio for a
> further
> ter
> m of up to 5 years, where it is satisfied the community radio station
> continues to meet its licencing conditions. This will allow licences to
> increase
> from current total of 10 years to 15 years.
> The Government is therefore planning to bring forward the following
> package of
> changes to the Community Radio Order 2004
> •
> For all
> community radio stations to be able to raise annual income to a
> maximum
> level of £15,000 from
> advertising and
> /or
> sponsorship before
> appl
> ication of any other current rule (
> i.e.
> 50% of annual income from
> advertising and
> /or sponsorship
> applies
> )
> .
> •
> For small community radio stations
> operating
> in the same locality of a small
> commercial station
> (where t
> he commercial station takes no benefit under the
> Digital Economy Act 2010)
> to now take income from
> advertising and/or
> sponsor
> s
> hip to
> a maxi
> m
> um level of £15,000
> .
> •
> For small community radio stations operating in a same locality of a small
> commercial station
> (
> where th
> e commercial station
> or group of stations
> receives a benefit under the Digital Econom
> y Act 2010
> i.e
> .
> shares local or
> programmes costs) then the c
> ommunity
> radio station will
> take income from
> advertising and
> /or sponsorship
> at a max
> m
> ium of £15,000
> and
> ,
> as
> determined
> by Ofcom
> ,
> an addit
> i
> onal level of
> annual
> income
> of up to
> 50%
> from advertising
> and/or sponsorship.
> E
> xample
> Where a
> community
> adio station
> has an annual income of £100,000 it would
> be allowed to raise £15,000 per annum from advertising and/or sponso
> rship
> and a further 50% (maxi
> m
> um) of their annual
> income disregarding the
> £15,000 (i.e. (£100,000
> -
> £15,000=£85,000)
> x 0.5=£42,500) from the same
> so
> urces.
> The total raised would be
> (£15,000+£42,000) £57,500.
> •
> To provide Ofcom with power to exten
> d
> licence for community radio for a
> further
> ter
> m of up to 5 years, where it is satisfied the community radio station
> continues to meet its licencing conditions. This will allow licences to
> increase
> from current total of 10 years to 15 years.
>
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> From: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:33:56 +0000
> To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Subject: [cma-l] Community Radio Consultation Report - Government Response
> January 2015
>
> Community Radio Consultation Report - Government Response January 2015
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>
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