[cma-l] Invitation of applications for community radio licences
Ian Hickling
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Tue Jul 18 19:33:44 BST 2017
If you go back and follow the sequence, it's quite logical and straightforward.
* Ofcom invited CR Applications from within the M25 (Region 10) of which it received 21, awarded 4 licences, rejected 16 and 1 is unresolved.
* Similarly Ofcom invited UK-wide Applications for AM (Region 11) of which it received 11 and awarded 5 licences
* In response to representation from the sector, Ofcom then invited Expressions of Interest from any further interested parties over the whole UK and received 98.
* The geographical areas associated with those EOIs were divided into those where there was an existing CR operation which would potentially be overlapped - and where there was none.
* A window for Applications was opened on 28 April for the second group which closes on 27 July and another opened today for the more numerous first group which closes on 24 October
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From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk <cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk> on behalf of BUTLER GREG <greg.butler at ntlworld.com>
Sent: 18 July 2017 15:25:01
To: office; Shirley Ludford; The Community Media Association Discussion List
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Invitation of applications for community radio licences
I can see that when the Community stations are "community of interest" rather than just a station for a city, area or region, then overlap can surely occur - ie one station serving say the muslim community and one station dedicated to say, the Arts - then overlap in transmission area is entirely possible.
Greg
On 18 July 2017 at 15:26 Canalside's Thread events guide for NE Cheshire <office at thethread.org.uk> wrote:
Explained more to the point, briefer and possibly better than my assessment Shirley--- but nonetheless the end result being the same. Words like ‘competition’ ‘need’ ‘small scale’ etc etc spring to mind …. These are the famous buzzwords used previously, but now the goalposts have gone on walkabouts again and we have same set of rules but viewed from the other angle.
You honestly couldn’t write the script on this lot.
You may recall I had a ding dong with James on this message board about 3 years ago ……. I stick to my guns and say that I feel I am right. The whole thing is a complete debacle, are folk making it up as they go along ?
So if I’m correct you would now have 2 Community Stations allegedly up against the Local Commercial Outfit, if the Community Station wasn’t of a different ilk, then they also would be competing against each other. However, regardless of what they deliver, the funding opportunities might be the same anyway, thus reducing the size of an already existent Cup Cake. I can feel A i told you so coming on again ……… are we going to take bets on which one of our wonderful fraternity is going to go down the pan owing to this announcement ?
With reference to that classic phrase ‘’expression of interest’’ from what I can recall we offered plenty of expressions of both interest and frustration over the years with in the main no one paying a blind bit of notice. I I don’t understand this one I have to admit ---- I think my legs have been whooshed and whipped from under me.
I had to laugh at the small scale commercial radio list ----- relevant to us here of course in Cheshire, it says Dee …. Dee being part of the same group as Silk who also already have a DAB Station and these are ‘small scale’ at the bottom of the website it actually reads DEE GROUP someone’s avin a Giraffe again I repeat, you couldn’t write this script if you tried. It’s only the fact that it is so highly entertaining that prevents us all from going doo-lally.
Nick H Dumpty keep chucklin’ everyone onwards and upwards
From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Shirley Ludford
Sent: 18 July 2017 13:56
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Subject: Re: [cma-l] Invitation of applications for community radio licences
Overlapping cover is not helpful to pre-existing Stations, I would have thought, and somewhat removes the need to identify a need...?
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Subject: [cma-l] Invitation of applications for community radio licences
Ofcom is today inviting applications for new community radio licences for areas within, or those that overlap with, the coverage area of existing community radio services. These applications will be for services operating on FM only:
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/104651/invitation-overlapping-areas.pdf
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 24 October 2017 at 3pm.
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