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Ok so they are still going for a 2015 switch over even tho the uptake of DAB radios is still low<div><br></div><div>so The Plan</div><div><br></div><div>It all starts with the BBC as this is the only organisation the government has any sway over</div><div><br></div><div>1/ The government should cause them to move to DAB only from 2015 and close down all BBC FM operations</div><div><br></div><div>2/ The BBC as part of the settlement should be coerced to do two things</div><div><br></div><div>A. Give every license payer inc pensioners a free DAB set (which would also help British Industry)</div><div><br></div><div>B. Give 1 % to Community Radio Licensees divided equally between license holders apart from 5% of that fund to go to CMA and 25% to develop community television</div><div><br></div><div>The clearance of the FM band for our use should be the primary objective of the CMA and would greatly benefit the growth of the sector</div><div><br></div><div>Yes I know that it could be pie in the sky but if we dont fight we wont win and if we dont ask we wont get</div><div><br></div><div>Mark Polden</div><div>Flame CCR</div><div><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 13:20:12 +0100<br>To: cma-l@commedia.org.uk; comradio-l@commedia.org.uk<br>Subject: [comradio-l] Digital Switchover: Communications Committee Report<br><br><h3></h3>
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House of Lords debates, 12 October 2010,
<abbr class="ecxdatetime" title="2010-10-1219:43:00">
7:43 pm </abbr>
</h4><p class="ecxspeaker ecxliberal ecxdemocrat"><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/?m=100130" title="See more information about Lord Clement-Jones" target="_blank"><strong>Lord Clement-Jones</strong></a> <small>(Liberal Democrat)</small></p>
<p class="ecxspeaker ecxliberal ecxdemocrat"><small></small></p><div style="margin-left:40px">It is also now clearer how better coverage of over 90 per cent, up from the current 85 per cent, will be achieved by the installation of new transmitters. As for DAB+, it is also much clearer that DAB will remain the standard. We heard about the necessity of multi-standard chips from the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood. Crucially-this was an important issue when we debated the Digital Economy Act-there is also a much clearer future for FM radio and a much better understanding of its role. For the foreseeable future, FM will remain as a delivery channel of choice for local and community radio. The Minister could not have been clearer when he launched the action plan and said,<br>
<br><div style="margin-left:40px">"we will not switch off FM. FM will remain a platform for small local and community radio ... as long as these services want it".<br></div><br>Now, that was pretty unequivocal and extremely welcome.<br>
</div><br><b>Hansard source: <a href="http://bit.ly/9mXHD4" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/9mXHD4</a></b><br><br><p class="ecxspeaker ecxlabour"><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/?m=100199" title="See more information about Lord Evans of Temple Guiting" target="_blank"><strong>Lord Evans of Temple Guiting</strong></a> <small>(Labour)</small></p>
<div style="margin-left:40px">When in government, our intention was that these criteria would be met
by the end of 2013, paving the way for the delivery of digital radio
upgrade by the end of 2015. Upgrade was not intended to mean a complete
switch-off of an analogue radio service. Instead, all national and large
local services were to be carried on DAB only and would no longer be
broadcast on analogue, leaving ultra-local radio services to be broadcast on FM. Do the Government intend to stick with the original timetable or will they allow it to slip?<br></div><br><b>Hansard source: <a href="http://bit.ly/d0cwO1" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/d0cwO1</a></b><br>
<br><p class="ecxspeaker ecxconservative"><a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/?m=100521" title="See more information about Baroness Rawlings" target="_blank"><strong>Baroness Rawlings</strong></a> <small>(Whip, House of Lords; Conservative)</small><br>
</p><div style="margin-left:40px">I agree with the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester that it
is important that FM should continue until a decision on switchover is
made. Even after switchover, FM will continue for small local services,
community, hospital and student radio.<br></div><br><b>Hansard source: <a href="http://bit.ly/avVgHc" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/avVgHc</a></b><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>
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