[cma-l] Community Radio Consultation
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Fri Jan 23 10:46:38 GMT 2015
>From the replies that I have had and some going on the notice board it looks
like my observations, thoughts, verbals, mini-rants, skew-whif mindset but
upfront and honest posts are sinking in.
Reading the between the lines and obviously receiving a lot of yes’s as well
I don’t need to feel embarrassed or think am I the only one here.
What Ian has written here basically sums it all up. Anyone who hasn’t seen
my postings over the last 24 hours please have a quick read. I know there is
an element of waffling and rambling (but I can’t help that) try to see
through the mist and grasp the message.
I reckon I have made VALID suggestions for tweaks
we need to go back to
them and put them forward as a United group. I don’t think people sending
out ‘’we welcome this and we welcome that’’ helps matters.
Of course, we have got at least something, there has been a slight shift,
but if you chuck in the fact that the Pot is the same, the £15,000 base
figure becomes a bit of a cop out. I was looking for a rise in the Fund,
equally doled out
if it was £10,000 ??? only £5000 ??? this has to be
added to the £15,000 limit which makes it at least reasonable and half
acceptable
. but, when we subtract it from the total because no
improvement on the Pot was forthcoming, then the magical word ‘debacle’
comes into play again.
Tudno and Bay have been totally insulted, they have been bullied, and
treated appallingly (here we go with bunker-mentality again) justifiable
bunker mentality as far as I am concerned. They should be under the same
rules as everyone else, regardless of size of commercial station
.. from my
research the ‘’’apparent’’’ small ILR in Llandudno isn’t actually that, it
is part of a bigger network. We had the same issue here with silk who were
part of the local radio group then Dee
. Their reach was not under £150,000
at all, it was way over if you include their national / regional
advertising.
Of course we are out of the category now because of the power boost for silk
. Lifted out for the completely wrong reason.
I have banged on about this for years
. This is not Rocket science
. Mix and match with the Community Fund and we are NO threat to
Commercial Radio. We need to distribute the broadcasting money out more
fairly.
Nick
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From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Ian Hickling
Sent: 22 January 2015 23:07
To: The Community Media Association Discussion List; Bill Best; DomChambers
Subject: [cma-l] Community Radio Consultation
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/39
7360/Community_Radio_Consultation_Report_-_Government_Response_21_Jan_2015_F
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