[cma-l] Lord Hall - BBC and Community Reporters

[Canalside's The Thread]

This sounds like the same said argument by the PPL /PRS .....we raise some
of our money via advertising. It doesn't make us a commercial Station. The
end result at the end of the year is on our audit we end up with zero.

 

If it doesn't relate to local BBC services then I'm struggling to get my
head around the localness issue >??    Community Radio is very local and
even local news from the local BBC Station might not be relevant as it is
still outside the catchment area

 

Nick

 

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[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Clive Glover
Sent: 07 September 2015 10:18
To: The Community Media Association Discussion List
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Lord Hall - BBC and Community Reporters

 

David

 

My thoughts exactly on hearing about this today!

 

The odd thing is that it does not seem to relate to BBC local radio services
either, so it must have come from the criticisms of BBC News Online.

 

One potential stumbling block is the BBC policy which says they won't
provide news to stations with commercial revenues (i.e who have advertising)
although that only seems to apply to stations within the UK.

 

I too would hope that the CMA will take up this issue with the BBC
immediately (perhaps asking to go on Today someone?)

 

Something to discuss on Saturday in Luton I think!

 

Clive Glover

 

Radio Verulam, St Albans

 

 

 

On 7 Sep 2015, at 08:33, David Duffy wrote:





Dear All,

The BBC's Lord Hall is about to make the first of four speeches outlining
the BBC's future.  What will it mean for community radio?

Among the specific plans he will outline includes a multi-million pound
investment in journalism, with a network of 100 public service reporters
across the country to deliver news from courts and councils. 

This is a great opportunity for community radio as a body to tap into a
publicly-funded journalistic resource that could be and should be working
directly with local stations.

The BBC is also going to create a 'hub' for data journalism, giving local
newspapers access to its statistical analysis, and offer audio and video
clips free to other websites. 

I hope the CMA is talking with both the BBC and DCMS. 

Providing licence fee funded resources to privately owned media
organisations ahead of not-for-profit community broadcasters is clearly
unacceptable. A partnership with the BBC should have ambition and deliver
outcomes that are more tangible than is currently framed in the memorandum
of understanding.

Local news is essential for a strong democracy and community radio needs to
be at the forefront of its delivery. What the BBC is tabling is an
unprecedented offer that would put millions into a local journalism
partnership.  Community radio needs to be an equal partner in that.

 

David Duffy

theradiopeople.co.uk <http://theradiopeople.co.uk/>  

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