[cma-l] Community Radio Licensing Timetable

[Peter Reid]

Hi,


At Ofcom's Draft Annual Plan Stakeholders' meeting in London this week, they stated that they would be issuing invitations to apply for community radio licences in the Greater London area in the next two weeks.


Regards,


Peter.





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Sent: 03 February 2016 13:21
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Subject: Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Licensing Timetable

Hi

And still no clear path for a timetable for them to open up more merit based applications outside of these regions.

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On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com<mailto:transplanfm at hotmail.com>> wrote:
Ofcom issued this notice yesterday:
http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/monthly-updates/update0116
This section is particularly significant:
Community Radio
Community Radio licensing timetable

The community radio licensing timetable has been revised for the final two regions. See here: http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/apply-for-licence/timetable
Ofcom intends to invite community radio licence applications from Region 10 - Greater London and other areas within the M25 during the first half of 2016.

There will be an opportunity to apply for a Medium wave (AM) band community radio licence for locations anywhere throughout the UK in the second half of 2016.


The relevant Timetable section is shown as:

10      Greater London and other areas within the M25   First half of 2016      12 weeks after opening date
11      Medium wave (AM) band, for locations anywhere throughout the UK Second half of 2016     12 weeks after opening date
It appears therefore that Ofcom may have found usable FM frequencies within the M25 - and still is of the opinion that AM is a practical and feasible alternative to FM for Community Radio services.
I feel we need a lot of clarification here.

Ian Hickling
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