[cma-l] Community Radio Fund & the CMA

Fri May 13 13:16:11 BST 2016

Afternoon

The CMA did not receive any funding from DCMS for 2015/2016 and looking
forward there is currently no long-term funding agreement in place.

Best regards

Bill
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On 13 May 2016 at 13:06, Phil Gibbons <philjgibbons at gmail.com> wrote:

> The CMA have been receiving funding annually from DCMS for many years.
>
> It was £20k in 2012, £19K in 2013, £19K in 2014 and £19K in 2015 and this
> year I believe was £19k again to go into the central core costs of the CMA.
> I'm sure Bill or Cathy can confirm this - but It is all published in the
> accounts.
>
> Phil
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 11:28 AM, David Sharp <
> dave.sharp at academyfmfolkestone.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I agree that regular funding for the CMA would be a major benefit.
>>
>> I assume the CMA has to remain impartial of Ofcom / DCMS etc. If they
>> were taking an important part of their funding from the latter, this could
>> call into question any such impartiality.
>>
>> I'm not questioning their ability to actually be impartial, but how it
>> could open them up to such criticism. However, despite this I would
>> probably vote for such an idea personally.
>>
>> Dave 'completely unbiased coverage of all my major donor's events' Sharp
>> --
>> *Dave Sharp*
>> *Station Manager*
>> *105.9 Academy FM Folkestone*
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>>
>>
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>> *From:* cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk <
>> cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk> on behalf of Ian Hickling <
>> transplanfm at hotmail.com>
>> *Sent:* 13 May 2016 11:05
>> *To:* The Community Media Association Discussion List
>> *Subject:* [cma-l] Community Radio Fund & the CMA
>>
>> Maybe I've missed something here -  but are we proposing asking the DCMS
>> to give £25-30k to the CMA annually?
>> I honestly don't think there's a hope in hell of that ever happening -
>> but I'd be delighted to be proved wrong!
>>
>> Ian Hickling
>>
>> Partner
>>
>> <http://www.transplanuk.com/>
>>
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>>
>> > To: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk
>> > From: eddie at kcr.fm
>> > Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 00:57:26 +0100
>> > Subject: Re: [cma-l] feedback - Community Radio Fund & the CMA
>> >
>> > I'd certainly support a motion along these lines.....
>> >
>> > Eddie
>> >
>> > KCR broadcasts across Moray and beyond on 107.7FM
>> > and to the world on the internet at http://kcr.fm
>> >
>> > KCR is the operating name of Keith Community Radio Ltd.
>> > Registered in Scotland: No SC 173805
>> > Registered Office: 59a Land Street, Keith, Banffshire, AB55 5AN
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 11/05/16 14:02, Canalside's The Thread wrote:
>> > > Dear All
>> > >
>> > > I am just interested in peoples feedback on this one. As you are
>> aware I
>> > > have been banging on about this for quite a while now and with current
>> > > too-ings and fro-ings I think the time is right to pitch it again.
>> > >
>> > > We all know through our own experiences that one of the biggest
>> problems we
>> > > all face is the constant plate spinning. Obviously the running and
>> chasing
>> > > around for funding takes up about 5 wobbly canes, and all the other
>> plates
>> > > spin when we can get to them. Some as we know do fall off.
>> > >
>> > > We have each come to learn how to deal with this and 'manage' .....
>> whether
>> > > 'managing' is what we are meant to be doing I don't know ? but we
>> won't
>> > > trawl over the age old arguments again.
>> > >
>> > > Cutting to the chase, I don't believe the CMA (our representative
>> body)
>> > > should have to operate in this manner ..... it doesn't say a lot for
>> us, nor
>> > > does it help any of us if the CMA cannot represent us properly
>> because they
>> > > to are also spinning plates.
>> > > We at least each have a Broadcasting platform to play around with,
>> they (the
>> > > CMA) do have canstreem, but that in itself is time consuming and
>> doesn't
>> > > leave a lot of time for the admin and the representation.
>> > >
>> > > I hope I am not speaking out of turn (Bill / Martin et al) but I
>> believe the
>> > > Community Radio Fund should automatically every year donate
>> £25,000/£30,000
>> > > to the CMA.
>> > > I believe we would all benefit from it as the CMA would then be doing
>> what
>> > > it is meant to be doing as opposed to learning the craft of plate
>> spinning.
>> > > I suggest they leave that to us.
>> > >
>> > > Over the past few months I have been in liaison with David Rutley our
>> Local
>> > > MP and Ed Vaizey to get feedback from them and whether it could be
>> done.
>> > >
>> > > Obviously the questions are :- can we have a mandate from members
>> please
>> > > to officially put this forward and can I/we get authority from the
>> > > DCMS/Ofcom that this could be made possible.
>> > >
>> > > Thoughts ?
>> > >
>> > > This of course prevents us from going round in circles, or dare I say
>> going
>> > > backwards if people cancel membership because they feel they aren’t
>> being
>> > > represented. I'm not one for Chinese whispers behind closed doors as
>> you
>> > > know, and this should an open discussion. Do it now and then either
>> throw it
>> > > through the window at Conference or officially stamp it.
>> > > I don't particularly fancy still discussing it in ten years time
>> which tends
>> > > to the norm in this game of Community Radio.
>> > >
>> > > The Right Honourable Sir Nicholas H Dumpty / Chairman and current
>> Plate
>> > > spinning World record holder
>> > >
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