[cma-l] Community Radio Consultation

Fri Jan 23 11:06:51 GMT 2015

Yes, of course the CMA still actively petitions for higher funding for the
sector. It's one of our main lines of activity.

Please read pages 16-20 of the CMA's response submitted last April to the
DCMS Consultation Community Radio Consultation which has led to the
Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015:

http://www.commedia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CMA-Response-to-DCMS-Consultation.pdf

Comparative figures for European funding of community radio are in there
citing an average of £31,100 per French community radio station.

Best regards

Bill Best
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On 23 January 2015 at 08:41, Paul Golder <paul at pvg.co.uk> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> 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
>>
>>
>> https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397360/Community_Radio_Consultation_Report_-_Government_Response_21_Jan_2015_FINAL.pdf
>>
>> \\
>>
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