<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Can we put it forward that there shouldn't be digital switchover at all for radio.<br>Why should FM belong to businesses? Whose gain is it, behind the govt's move, and how can it possibly be in people's interests?<br><br>If businesses buy up the airwaves and use it for data transmission, what effect will it have in the country? Will there be a lot more data flying through the air, stronger signals, more receivers...what?<br><br>This aside, it's ridiculous that you have to fight for community radio's survival on FM. The only way they can get away with it, is if the population is largely unaware until it's too late. In which case I would suggest a huge, co-ordinated press stunt up and down the country by us all.<br><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.faribradley.co.uk" style="color: rgb(64, 127, 0); font-weight: bold;">Fari sound</a><br><br><a
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/%7Er/SixPillarsToPersia/%7E6/2"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/SixPillarsToPersia.2.gif" alt="Six Pillars to Persia" style="border: 0pt none;"></a><br><img alt=""><br><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(64, 64, 255);"></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span></span><img alt=""><br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 5/12/10, jaqui devereux <i><jaqui.devereux@commedia.org.uk></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: jaqui devereux <jaqui.devereux@commedia.org.uk><br>Subject: Re: [cma-l] Jeremy Hunt MP confirmed as Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport<br>To: "Ian Hickling" <transplanfm@hotmail.com><br>Cc: "cma-l" <cma-l@commedia.org.uk><br>Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 7:47 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Dear all<br><br>Our agenda will definitely
include the following:<br><br>Making the case for an increase in the Community Radio Fund, through<br>(smallish) contributions from other government departments), on the<br>basis that every £1 spent on community radio saves the government at<br>least £2 from other spending sources<br><br>Making the case for the facilitation of community television on Freeview<br><br>Arguing that the best use of any underspend on the Digital Switchover<br>Help Scheme ( which is NOT topslicing the BBC as it does not fund any<br>of the BBC's programme making or other direct activities) would be to<br>commit a major part of that to the development of community media in<br>the UK<br><br>Reminding the new government that it is a signatory to both the<br>European Parliament and the Council of Europe resolutions urging<br>governments to recognise the role of community media in civil society<br>- through direct and indirect funding and support<br><br>Arguing to ensure that the
growth of community media (radio, TV and<br>internet based projects) is recognised, valued and funded in<br>appropriate ways, through appropriate funding and spectrum allocation<br>policies (including power transmission issues for those of you<br>fighting pirate radio)<br><br>Let us know if we have missed anything you would like us to put forward<br><br>Best wishes<br><br>Jaqui<br><br>Director, Community Media Association<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>On 12 May 2010 18:25, Ian Hickling <<a ymailto="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=transplanfm@hotmail.com">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> Could we have an idea please as to what will be the priorities that the CMA<br>> will be putting to the Secretary of State?<br>><br>> Thank you<br>> Ian Hickling<br>> Partner<br>> transplan UK<br>><br>> ________________________________<br>>> From: <a ymailto="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk"
href="/mc/compose?to=cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>>> Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 17:34:32 +0100<br>>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" href="/mc/compose?to=cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>>> Subject: [cma-l] Jeremy Hunt MP confirmed as Secretary of State for<br>>> Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport<br>>><br>>> Dear colleagues<br>>><br>>> Jeremy Hunt MP has been confirmed as Secretary of State for Culture,<br>>> Olympics, Media and Sport.<br>>><br>>> The CMA will be writing to the new Secretary of State at the earliest<br>>> opportunity on behalf of all CMA members.<br>>><br>>> \\<br>>><br>>> Community Media Association<br>>> --<br>>> <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br>>> <a href="http://twitter.com/community_media"
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