[cma-l] Advice on original output

[Rhys Phillips (Radio Cardiff)]

The new key commitments that were sent out to us were written by ofcom, not
us.

On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:18 Eddie Stuart, <eddie at kcr.fm> wrote:

> Hi Amjid,
>
> You write your Key Commitments, and Ofcom (hopefully) accept them - it's
> up to you what you put in them, I'm not aware of any hard and fast rule.
>
> Until getting our own licence 2 years ago, we ran as a weekday evening
> only community opt-out from the local ILR station under their licence, so
> we only had 4 or 5 hours x 5 days maximum - and that's what our presenters'
> were used to providing for some 17 years.
>
> We emphasised this in our CR application and have since expanded gradually
> to avoid a sudden large increase in commitment that we would have problems
> sustaining.
>
> We use repeats & a sustaining service to fill the 24hrs, but neither count
> as original broadcasting, nor does our "The Week in Holyrood" brought in
> from outside.
> Cheers,
>
> Eddie
>
> KCR broadcasts across Moray and beyond on 107.7FM
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>
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>
> On 30/09/16 17:45, Amjid Riaz wrote:
>
> Hi all
> Wonder if I might take some advice. Is there a minimum for original output
> per week. Currently we are mandated to provide 49 hours / wk (so that’s 7
> live hours / day including weekends). This is proving quite stressful. Is
> that a standard expected of all stations? How do others manage?
>
> Regards
>
> Amjid Riaz
> Unity FM
> Birmingham
>
>
>
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