[cma-l] C R Licensing - the Methodology
Eddie Stuart
eddie at kcr.fm
Thu Jun 1 15:26:32 BST 2017
Even if you're fully funded, you should run things on business lines & in a business like manner.....
Unless your aim is to become like too many of the nationalised industries of the 60's/70s?
Eddie
KCR broadcasts across Moray and beyond on 107.7FM
and to the world on the internet at http://kcr.fm
https://www.facebook.com/KCR107.7/
KCR is the operating name of Keith Community Radio Ltd.
Registered in Scotland: No SC 173805
Registered Office: 59a Land Street, Keith, Banffshire, AB55 5AN
On 01/06/17 13:47, Associated Broadcast Consultants wrote:
> Agreed - the "cap in hand" or even Ofcom fund approach is too precarious to be viable in the medium and long term.
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> Unless we have fully state-financed community radio (like they do in France I believe?), then each station has to be run along commercial lines.
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> Glyn
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> On 1 June 2017 at 10:56, Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com <mailto:transplanfm at hotmail.com>> wrote:
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> I think we're fooling ourselves if we refuse to accept CR as a small but vital Industry Sector - and each operation as a commercial business.
> The "Not for Profit" element is simply a financial end-of-year adjustment and should be irrelevant to efficiency of operation.
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> Ian Hickling
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> *From:* cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk <mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk> <cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk <mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk>> on behalf of Richard Hilton <Richard.Hilton at bitc.org.uk <mailto:Richard.Hilton at bitc.org.uk>>
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> *Subject:* Re: [cma-l] C R Licensing - the Methodology
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> I’m not sure what’s worse; us becoming an ‘industry’ with our own coat of arms or community radio being run by benevolent dictators (see Ian’s previous email ‘As with running the country - sorry - what works best is a benevolent dictator’)!
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> Cheers
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> Richard
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> *From:*cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk <mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk> [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk <mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk>] *On Behalf Of *Ian Hickling
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> *Subject:* Re: [cma-l] C R Licensing - the Methodology
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> Thanks Trevor.
> I do very sincerely endorse your last point - that community broadcasters have so much more to offer than the Beeb will ever realise.
> Translated into Latin that is:
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> Possit scire plura quam corporate
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> and it can be on our Industry achievement of arms
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> Ian Hickling
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> Partner
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> <http://www.transplanuk.com/>
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> /Office: 016 3557 8435 (07h to 22h GTS)/
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> /6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS/
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> *From:*cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk <mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk> <cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk <mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk>> on behalf of Trevor Lockwood <lockwood at btinternet.com <mailto:lockwood at btinternet.com>>
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> *Subject:* Re: [cma-l] C R Licensing - the Methodology
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> Ian
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> I agree. An individual or a very close-knit team - even with a team there has to be someone in charge.
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> It’s very difficult, and I suspect some stations decay because the a) one person gets fed up or b) an alternative leader tries to take over.
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> >From my own experience I had competition - a small group who wanted to turn the station into a money-making machine. I’d b been at it for six years, and we had 65 volunteers, and it was doing well enough. I didn’t fight to retain control - but the money-makers had left within a month, quickly realising they couldn’t make cash. The station has struggled ever since (IMHO). It’s coming up to 10 years old, not sure of Ofcom are interested enough to notice that it is still trying to be commercial, has very few presenters, whose egos play the music they like, and who have never understood what community meant.
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> I’m concerned now that the BBC seem to have won the right to control - and are playing the ‘big boss’. That’s a great pity because potentially the community broadcasters have so much more to offer than the Beeb will ever realise.
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> That’s another story.
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> Trevor Lockwood
> once of Felixstowe Radio
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