[cma-l] Ofcom consultation survey - Community Radio: future licensing and technical policy

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Ofcom is coming to the end of its third round of community radio licensing
and would like to offer more licences where suitable spectrum is
available.  Ofcom proposes to run a fourth licensing round which is shorter
and more focused than previous rounds, and the Community Media Association
is running a short survey to seek the sector's views on the preferred
licensing approach for this forthcoming round.

Ofcom has also had feedback regarding current technical policy. Some
existing stations and applicants feel that the Regulator does not
sufficiently take into account individual station requirements, which may
differ. As a result, Ofcom is considering changing its policy. Ofcom seeks
views on a revised technical policy which would take into account
individual stations’ requirements, and will consider requests from stations
to improve the coverage in the area they are licensed to cover and/or to
extend the area they are licensed to cover to an adjoining area or locality.

Ofcom also seeks views on which aspects of their community radio work that
they should be prioritise after the current round of licensing is
completed. Ofcom currently considers that inviting applications for new
licences should be the first priority, followed by considering requests for
improvements to coverage within the existing licensed area, and requests
for extending licensed areas into an adjoining area or locality, and then
planning for the future licensing of small-scale DAB services.

Please complete our survey <http://bit.ly/OfcomConsult2016> to inform the
Community Media Association of your views on Ofcom's consultation on future
licensing and technical policy: http://bit.ly/OfcomConsult2016

You may download Ofcom's consultation document from the link below:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/93231/consultation.pdf

The deadline for this consultation is 22nd December 2016.

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