[cma-l] Ofcom awards four new community radio licences

[Tony Bailey]

Apologies - I should have checked the stats, the previous round of 28 
applicants appears to have resulted in three lots of three awards over 
six months.  Press reports indicate that the local tv scene is treated 
somewhat differently in respect of reasons for rejection.

Tony Bailey

On 20/03/15 07:49, Ian Hickling wrote:
> Ofcom always releases Community Radio Licence Awards in batches.
> Usually after the final batch for a given region it will say that 
> Licences were not awarded to the remaining named Applicants.
> It does not give reasons apart from alleged non-availability of 
> spectrum - but there is a growing opinion that it should be required 
> to do so.
> Our personal congratulations go to Mike at Secklow, Chris and Darren 
> at MK and Terry at NNBC - all of whom have asked previously for our 
> contribution to their projects - and of course to our old friend from 
> back in Youth FM days, Tony Gillham at the Black Cat.
>
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> From: martin at martinsteers.co.uk
> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 21:40:09 +0000
> To: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [cma-l] Ofcom awards four new community radio licences
>
> hi tony,
>
> unlikely for ofcom to ever release why a license was refused but also 
> this doesnt indicate any were refused, ofcom is releasing some 
> licenses in this "area" bit by bit.. I think we have already had some 
> released.
>
> On 19 March 2015 at 17:59, Tony Bailey <ravensound at pilgrimsound.co.uk 
> <mailto:ravensound at pilgrimsound.co.uk>> wrote:
>
>     The applicants list for this round was around 16 - it will be
>     interesting to see why so many were refused.
>
>     Tony Bailey
>
>     On 19/03/15 11:25, CMA-L wrote:
>
>
>         Ofcom has announced the award of four new community radio
>         licences, in Northampton, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, and two in
>         Milton Keynes.
>
>         Licences have been awarded to NNBC for a service in
>         Northampton, Black Cat Radio in St Neots, and MKFM and Secklow
>         Sounds in Milton Keynes.
>
>         Community radio services are provided on a not-for-profit
>         basis and focus on delivering specific social benefits to a
>         local area or a community of interest. Over 200 community
>         radio stations are broadcasting in the UK.
>
>
>
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