[cma-l] Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015, 2:30pm Tuesday 17th March, Consideration in Grand Committee - Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Wed Mar 18 14:51:16 GMT 2015

They are all Community Radio Stations under the 2003 Act - except that last three are not yet on air.My reckoning is a total of 25 operational stations of which one has three transmitters.

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Subject: Re: [cma-l] Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015,	2:30pm Tuesday 17th March,	Consideration in Grand Committee - Lord Gardiner of Kimble

Bill et al

Cheers for this Bill …..there are a
few new ones on here from the list I had 18 months ago. I’d be interested
to know how many are actual (Community Radio Stations) in the true sense of the
word. I don’t mean that in a derogatory manner or meaning by are they
commercial Stations going under the Radar. For example I think the Colchester one is that Army Barracks isn’t it ??       
and as for the Warminster one …………if they are the group
who I think they are, they were right up against it a number of years ago as
their MCA was under 50,000 let alone 150,000 !

OK, maybe I was slightly out, but on the
absolute spot on CR Station front, I reckon we are no more the ten

If we were all operating correctly and
morally this list ought to be coming back blank as there shouldn’t be
anyone on the list    it is Pathetic !

Thanks anyway

Nick

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Hi Phil

Ofcom has advised us of the following stations that are currently not
permitted to generate income from advertising and programme sponsorship:

 Angel Radio Isle of Wight
 IÚR-fm
 BFBS (Colchester)
 CSR
 Soundart Radio
 Phonic FM
 Swindon
     105.5
 Alive Radio
 Drive FM
 Brick FM
 Tudno FM
 Point FM
 Takeover Radio 106.9
 AHBS Community Radio
 107.8 Academy FM Thanet
 105.9 Academy FM Folkestone
 WCR (Warminster)
 BFBS (Blandford)
 Abbey 104
 Bay FM Radio
 The Voice
 Access FM
 AIR
 Radio Glan Clwyd
 MônFM
 Radio Beca
 TD1 Radio
 Raidió G

The above actually
amounts to 28 licences.

Best regards

Bill

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On 17 March 2015 at 17:14, Phil Edmonds <lists at philedmonds.info>
wrote:

Interesting reading the CMA's briefing note.

A couple of observations, it says:

"CMA analysis indicates there to be 88 commercial stations

broadcasting to a population of fewer than 150,000). Out of these 88 stations
only 20 can be considered to be ‘genuinely independent’ "

I'd concur almost. The last Ofcom published information on coverage areas I've
seen (dated 9 May 2013) lists 89 'Analogue local' licences with MCA's under
150k. You need to discount Nevis FM who surrendered their 'commercial' licence
when awarded a Community Radio licence. Furthermore recently Radio Hafren
ceased operation, leaving 87 stations.

However of these I'd classify eight of the small Scottish stations as
"Community Radio stations with legacy 'ILR' licences". So that leaves
only six small commercial radio stations who are 'independent" of a group.

I also quote from the CMA document

"The most significant change to previous restrictions on advertising and
programme sponsorship revenue is the introduction of a threshold of £15,000
commercial revenue, below which the restrictions will no longer apply. This has
two important effects.

First, it will allow 18 stations that were previously prevented from receiving
such revenues, to receive up to £15,000."

I'd like to have a list of these 18 stations, as it's something that doesn't
appear to be published by Ofcom. I'm trying to do some research into the
"real world" effects of a community station near a small commercial
station, but struggling to find a full list of CR's with restrictions.

Phil.

On 17/03/2015 10:46, Bill Best wrote:

Dear Members and
Supporters

The Lords debate on the Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015 takes

place today:

*Tuesday 17 March at 2.30pm*

Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015 Consideration in Grand Committee

[Lord Gardiner of Kimble

<http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-gardiner-of-kimble/4161>]

25th Report from the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld/ldordpap.htm

You might be able to watch it online here:

http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Lords

More specifically here:

http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/7bc71488-225d-409e-b1f8-8bc009cc6dad

This is Part 1 of the debate; there is a fair chance that the Commons

debate will be early the following week.

The CMA has prepared a supporting briefing note that has been sent to a

selection of Peers. You may download this briefing from here:

http://www.commedia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Community_Radio_Amendment_Order_2015-policy-briefing.pdf

Best regards

Bill Best

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