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I agree largely with what Alan says here.<br>
<br>
This is a matter of growing dichotomy within the sector and a coherent
view has to be reached and espoused, starting with the CMA membership
and the process has to be supported by the CMA leadership.<br>
<br>
<b>Q1:</b><br>
Hands up on this list who are happy with the Com Radio Order
restrictions? These being mainly funding proportionment and commercial
restrictions, plus permissible FM reach.<br>
<b><br>
Q2:</b><br>
If you are, in what practical and tangible ways do they aid your
project to achieve 'distinctiveness'?<br>
<br>
<b>Q3:</b><br>
If you are not, how do they impact upon your viability, giving real
practical examples?<br>
<br>
Karl<br>
<br>
Alan Coote wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Phil,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The
current regulation doesn’t create a level playing field
for CR and the more the CMA promote that the sector is content with the
regulations the wider the divide will, come digital switch over.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">You
will be aware that the vast majority of the current regulations
were put in place to protect commercial interests, not to assist the
development
of CR. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">The
regulations have created what amounts to a cottage industry with
1000s of people committed to provide a high quality service. If we are
to grow,
then we should not encourage any feeling that the regulatory status quo
is in any
way satisfactory – it is not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Alan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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lang="EN-US">Alan Coote<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">Managing Director <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">The Bay Radio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"
lang="EN-US"> Phil Korbel
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:phil.korbel@googlemail.com">mailto:phil.korbel@googlemail.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 13 October 2009 10:32<br>
<b>To:</b> Alan Coote; CMA-L<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [comradio-l] [cma-l] Radio Academy podcast<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">well Alan <br>
<br>
Of course the CR Fund is way too small - and of course there shd be no
protection for small ILR stations via station or advertising bans<br>
<br>
But I'm guessing that you'd like to see a homogenised, conglomerated -
semi
commercial community sector...<br>
<br>
Because that's what we'll get if advertising is the main route to
revenue and
joint ownership is permitted... [there are many ways to get economies
of scale
without joint ownership]<br>
<br>
And no route to digital - that's because DAB doesnt do local so it's
useless
for us.<br>
<br>
Far better to have a retained FM allocation after larger stations have
gone to
DAB - and then to the Web when the Digital Divide is history.<br>
<br>
There are big flaws in the regulation but the free market will kill the
sector
stone dead<br>
<br>
<br>
best wishes<br>
<br>
Phil<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2009/10/12 Alan Coote <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal">Having listened to the Podcast I have to say I
totally
disagree with the<br>
statement made by Jaqui that community radio benefits from the current<br>
regulations.<br>
<br>
There is no evidence that this is the case. In fact to the contrary,
current<br>
regulations has well and truly placed Community Radio as a 3rd class
citizen<br>
behind the BBC and commercial radio.<br>
<br>
With a woefully inadequate community radio fund, an arbitrary limit on<br>
coverage, no realistic path to digital and no economies of scale
because of<br>
limits on ownership, then its beggars belief that the regulations are
in any<br>
way helping the sector.<br>
<br>
Commercial radio must be laughing all the way the their deregulated
future.<br>
<br>
<br>
Alan<br>
<br>
<br>
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