[cma-l] Community Radio Fund mini-survey

[Tony Bailey]

One possibility Nick (dredging the memory banks here) wasn't there a 
proposal to introduce community Beeb websites which was seen by some to 
undermine local press?

Tony Bailey

On 23/05/16 12:32, Canalside's The Thread wrote:
>
> QUOTE:
>
> .........I ask the question again and I have asked via my local MP / 
> Mr Vaizey      this money that has suddenly appeared from nowhere to 
> fund Newspaper Journalists (which has absolutely nothing to do with 
> Radio !)(unless I have missed something?)
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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 *Bill Best
> *Sent:* 20 May 2016 17:45
> *To:* cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> *Subject:* [cma-l] Community Radio Fund mini-survey
>
> Hi
>
> Just in case people didn't see this email buried in the long thread 
> entitled 'Community Radio Fund & the CMA' I'm reposting this in a new 
> thread to give it higher profile.
>
> The CMA informed DCMS in its 2014 Community Radio Consultation that we 
> had held a consultation meeting in Sheffield in April 2014 at which 
> members attending the meeting "unanimously put forward the view that 
> the Community Radio Fund should be distributed equally to all eligible 
> stations rather than on a contested basis as is now". However it was 
> apparent at the time that not all members supported that view.
>
> The original question put forward by DCMS in its 2014 Consultation was 
> as follows:
>
>     Question 7 -- How can Community Radio Fund grant funding be better
>     used.
>
>     /There are no plans to alter how decisions are taken to distribute
>     the grant however we welcome views on other ways in which the
>     grant could be better targeted and how might this be done. /
>
> Interestingly there is no acknowledgement of Question 7 in 
> the Government Response to the Consultation on Community Radio here: 
> http://bit.ly/1XmMLaA
>
> The advice I have received on this so far is that a change to how the 
> Community Radio Fund is distributed would not be impossible. However 
> to distribute the Fund equally between all licensed stations would 
> require a substantial change on which DCMS "would probably need to 
> consult".
>
> The agreement between DCMS and Ofcom is written by DCMS - the Fund 
> belongs to DCMS and is merely administered by Ofcom. The Funding 
> Agreement for the next four years now requires updating. For the 
> current year (2016/17), substantial change is not envisaged - the 
> first round of the Fund 
> <http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/> is 
> already open for applications and *closes next week on Thursday 26th May*.
>
> Going forward, DCMS will look more broadly at the CRF to reflect the 
> secured funding of £400,000 for community radio for 2016/17, 2017/18, 
> 2018/19 and 2019/20. Other options for distributing the Fund will be 
> considered.
>
> This week, the CMA has again indicated to DCMS that a proposal to 
> distribute the CRF equally amongst licensed stations remains popular 
> and the CMA will collate the views expressed on this mailing list and 
> submit them to DCMS and to Ofcom. There is also an online form here 
> for members to submit their feedback:
>
> http://bit.ly/2016CRF
>
> We will keep this 'mini-survey' open until *30th June*.
>
> Best regards for now
>
> Bill Best
>
> -- 
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