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On 28/05/2010 20:27, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Stevensuttie@aol.com">Stevensuttie@aol.com</a> wrote:
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<div>I saw this on Radio Today and thought "blimey!"</div>
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<div>Have a look, it makes community radio sound very commercial,
even though this funding was supposed to help the stations in Greater
Manchester achieve "sustainability." I don't think this kind of comment
helps our incessant chants for more cash! <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.5959">http://radiotoday.co.uk/news.php?extend.5959</a>
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I think far too many community stations are too commercial to be honest.<br>
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Some of the postings on this list about conferences in far away places,
and matched funding which will only cost £x,000 seems to me to people
getting carried away with their own empire building.<br>
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A station I know has village correspondents - usually long retired -
record short pieces about events around them and things like parish
council meetings are mentioned as well. That, to me is the sort of
thing community radio should be doing.<br>
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If indeed a Community Station did receive £40,000 for a new Regional
Sales Manager then I agree with what Penk says and can fully understand
his feelings.<br>
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It's natural in a way. Ambitious presenters can't get on commercial
stations, so to paraphrase Cliff in Summer Holiday "We'll do the
commercial station right here!" <br>
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It's not right though in my opinion<br>
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Gary<br>
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