[cma-l] Community Radio Fund mini-survey

Wed May 25 16:22:09 BST 2016

Alan,

You do raise very good points, and I think you might be right.. but if
anything all we do is ask then at least we have done something.

Martin

On 25 May 2016 at 16:12, Alan Coote <alan.coote at 5digital.co.uk> wrote:

> Martin,
>
> I think the argument to support local papers is that the BBC will gain
> qualified journalists as stringers where they don’t already have them or to
> save money by reallocating staff. I’m not sure what numbers were crunched
> to get to £8M but someone thought about it  -  for a few minutes at least.
>
> Most community stations don’t employ journalists, so it would be difficult
> to justify diverting licence fee money into arguably less suitable
> organisations, especially when they could undermine BBC local radios value
> in serving the community.
>
> Personally – I don’t think there is much opportunity to engage with the
> BBC on this issue.
>
> Alan
> Let’s Talk Business
>
>
> So thats BBC's money to sort of spend as they wish. Its also to fund the
> BBC employment of staff into "qualifying local news organisations" so just
> cash for newspapers.
>
> There may be scope to engage with the BBC to unpick whats involved and to
> see if community stations can be classified into these "qualifying local
> news organisations" for journalists into stations (to not mention access to
> local video etc).
>
> Martin
>
> On 25 May 2016 at 12:53, Two Lochs Radio <tlr at gairloch.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> As per previous postings, Ron, the money would come from the licence fee.
>> The BBC reckons it is a good value for money (£8m/year) in news gathering,
>> giving it and other local media better and cost-effective coverage of local
>> news, particular things such as local authority and public utility news
>> stories.
>>
>> For more details of how the BBC sees it:
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2016/bbc-nma-partnership
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On 25 May 2016 at 12:18 Ron Millet <ronm at bridging-thegap.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> The real set of questions to ask is.
>>
>> 1) where is the money for newspaper journalists coming from?
>>
>> 2) if it has come from Ofcom or DCMS resources from what sector has it
>> been taken?
>>
>> 3) what legislation and relevant section gives authority for granting
>> these monies?
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 25 May 2016, at 19:59, Tony Bailey <ravensound at pilgrimsound.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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 [
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>> <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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