[cma-l] Ofcom and Tomorrow

Wed Jul 1 11:09:20 BST 2015

I think it's a little foolhardy to expect that either H M  Government or the BBC itself will contemplate Community Radio completely taking over the position currently occupied by BBC Local Radio.The two can happily work together with BBC Local then taking a more umbrella approach with a reducing budget.
As we've said often - BBC Local serves towns and villages - Community Radio serves streets and houses.From a content and technical viewpoint they can co-exist.The important next step is to formulate individual content and audience responsibility targets - which will inevitably be individually different.I don't do "team" or "committee" - but I'm happy to contribute from a very close association with 20% of the CR market - and indeed a valuable link with the DCMS.
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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2015 08:20:17 +0000
From: lockwood at btinternet.com
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Subject: Re: [cma-l] Ofcom and Tomorrow

Donald
Keep the idea of 'fraction of the cost' quiet! BBC Local Radio spends over £200 million (last time I looked). We can provide a much better service.

Tony: community media should encompass all forms of communication. 

To start with we need to create a small team - anyone willing please contact me. 

Then we can ask CMA Council if our project can work within the CMA. Then look at what grants/support/crowd funding is available to keep us in coffee and biscuits. Trevor Lockwood BSc FRSA
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        From: Tony Bailey <ravensound at pilgrimsound.co.uk>
 To: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk 
 Sent: Tuesday, 30 June 2015, 14:27
 Subject: Re: [cma-l] Ofcom and Tomorrow

    One of the questions I've often asked
      is did we make a mistake back in the 80's in assuming that the
      only route for a truly local radio service was via the then IBA. 
      Our original 1970's community radio project was formed as a group
      to provide programming on the BBC "local" station.  The beeb of
      course had no intention of providing community radio (unless
      forced to by someone else doing it) and probably wouldn't have got
      involved in "local" radio either had it not been for the threat of
      ILR.  Against this background it is easy to see why the commercial
      route was thought by most people to be the only one worth
      pursuing.  It is something of a minor miracle that community radio
      exists at all when you look at the politics and vested interests
      that surround it.  While we are on the subject of the statutory
      services, I feel it should be pointed out that the national tv
      networks don't do very well in "local" news provision either, the
      tv local news we now pay for (a couple of stories and the footy),
      if you can find it in the schedules, is pretty poor in my opinion.

      Tony Bailey

      On 30/06/15 11:41, Donald Mack wrote:

      Hear hear.
      We can demonstrate how CR benefits all sectors and all for a
        fraction of the License Fee or its future equivalent.

      Sign me up

      On 29 June 2015 at 14:39 Trevor Lockwood
        <lockwood at btinternet.com> wrote:

          It's my belief
              that we should now develop a strategy for 2016 when the
              BBC Charter is up for renewal.

          It should
              present us for an excellent opportunity to argue our case
              to replace the present BBC local radio structure.

          We can present
              excellent arguments to support our case.

          I'd be happy
              to be part of a working party that put that strategy
              together.

          In the present
              and future climate within broadcasting this is the best
              opportunity we shall ever have to expand our range, and
              provide a truly local broadcasting network for this
              country.

            Trevor
                Lockwood BSc FRSA
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