[cma-l] The Cost Of The DAB Trials

[tlr@gairloch.co.uk]

No Geoff, small stations don't have to do that sort of reporting at all. At most they do a snapshot on 4 preadvised days in the year. Our they nominate another big station as a proxy, ie one that has broadly similar output.

The payments to the less mainstream artists that feature on small stations must presumably suffer by this system.

Alex

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From: "Geoff Rogers" <geoff at susyradio.com>
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Subject: [cma-l] The Cost Of The DAB Trials
Date: Sat, Mar 14, 2015 02:17

James' point regarding the cost of commercial radio PPL licences is a good one. 
The fact that one for a small commercial station could be less than a CR station is interesting but the reporting requirements for commercial radio are far greater than CR.  CR stations are not required to give a daily return or even a monthly one of what was played when.  Whereas commercial stations have to do this either daily or as a snapshot every few weeks.  Would CR stations be able to do this in a cost effective  way?  I don't think this has been addressed has it?

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