[cma-l] Community Radio Awards

Thu Jun 16 09:53:36 BST 2016

Martin and Fraternity

Can I please suggest that Mr Whittingdale and Mr Vaizey are invited to the
bash 

 my opinion is that it’s not us who needs to necessarily shout about
what we do, it is the powers that be who need to understand what it is we
do, and how difficult it is to do it with a bowl of Peanuts and how
difficult it is to be expected to keep pulling Rabbits out of Hats on a
Daily basis.

>From what I have seen you couldn’t ask them to be judges as they wouldn’t
really know what they were judging on.

Seeing as there is no reply yet again to the most important part of my
thread, then could I suggest that at the bash, you put me on the same table
as them and then I could choose the correct moment to ask them the
multi-million dollar question ------- perhaps I could do it right in the
middle of the Rhubarb and Custard 
..although on second thoughts we may get
a better and more positive response if I stall it for 15 minutes and go for
the Cheese and Biscuits and a glass of Port. The flaw in the plan of course
is that they may have moved tables at some time during the cream and
mushroom soup as I would have bored them to death     :-)      LOL

Once again, can I stress that I am not having a pop at anyone, certainly not
the team Lucinda / Martin / Bill / Dom / Phil     and all who work
tirelessly for little reward, I am merely trying to put things in the
correct order.

There could of course be some clever manoeuvres going on here as the awards
could be part of the Plan B ?   but only if the DCMS know what we are
winning awards for.

So, let’s tell them and let us ask the question 
.. yes that question
‘’’the question’’’      the 8 Million quid question.

E-Mails are flying back and forth, and still no one has answered my simple
request. Are we going to ask the question ?   when ?   and when will the
answer be relayed back to us ?    if things run true to course as they have
over the past 14 years then what’s the Plan B so that each Station can start
off each year with a few grand in the Bank. Surely we are going to ask
before Conference ?

I don’t think I am being unreasonable am I ?    if I am, by all means
correct me.

I leave it there for now as (3) three of our 50 Plates have just dropped off
LOL

And    hand on heart 
..good luck with all the awards

Nick

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From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Martin Steers
Sent: 15 June 2016 18:38
To: The Community Media Association Discussion List
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Awards

Replying a bit late on all this.

The communityradioawards.co.uk are the ones that I am running, and the
deadline closed at the weekend.

Its (was?) £5 to enter / submit a nomination, we are about to start
processing the submissions and confirming judges at the moment (so if anyone
on the list offered to get involved watch for an email very soon). We are
running a judge led process for a shortlist and then the Gold, Silver Bronze
will be announced at the awards ceremony which is the same night as the CMA
conference (watch this space for details!),

Its worth stating again, that these are not the CMA awards, any whilst they
are 'endorsed' by the CMA, I/We wanted them to be independent and also open
to all CR licensed stations.

Why awards? well through long conversations, stations felt they wanted
them.. I believe the sector needs to shout louder about what great work it
does in its communities, and some stations said that being nomination alone
would be something to help raise their profile in their local community, to
note on a grant application or as part of conversations with advertisers /
councils etc.. I see lots of many and different benefits of the awards, and
aside for "blowing smoke" its truly showcasing, celebrating and highlighting
those involved in community radio and the fantastic work they are doing.

The awards are very different in various aspects, and it wouldnt be right or
fair for me to attempt to compare them, we have been in communication (and
in fact we started that communication) with the other awards, and are keen
to have a dialog with them, we are currently awaiting a reply from our last
email sent to that effect.

We wish everyone the best of luck to those who have entered the awards, and
hope to see lots of you at the ceremony to celebrate community radio.

Martin

On 15 June 2016 at 13:32, Artisan Broadcast (Sales)
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I heard an interview with the founder of the competing awards to those run
by Martin from CMA. He has tried to communicate and find a middle ground but
was turned away. I almost started another but decided not to before I found
out that there already two. ;-)

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On 15 June 2016 at 10:45, Resonance104.4fm <info at resonancefm.com> wrote:

All of a sudden, there seem to be two lots of community radio awards.

Who can shed light on this situation?

Thanks.

Ed

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