<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Julian<br><br>I agree. It is a project that we should examine. You say 'way to big' but do they have 600 radio stations, 235 with FM licences?<br><br>Collectively we have the experience. I presume somewhere in the depths of the MOD there's someone who knows how to apply - I'll investigate.<br><br>If you don't ask...<br><br>Trevor<br><br><br><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="1">107.5 FM<br>Chairman<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.felixstoweradio.co.uk">Felixstowe Radio Community Interest Company </a></font></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><font size="1">Registered Number 6419058 <br>3 Great Eastern Square, Felixstowe IP11 7DY<br>01394 282123<br>Director <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/">Community Media Association</a><br>Vice Chairman <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://www.savo.co.uk">Suffolk Association of Voluntary Organisations</a><br>Trustee Media Fish Suffolk<br></font></div><br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 28/2/11, Julian Mellor <i><julian@10radio.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Julian Mellor <julian@10radio.org><br>Subject: [cma-l] british community radio runs british forces radio?!<br>To: "CMA-L" <cma-l@commedia.org.uk><br>Date: Monday, 28 February, 2011, 17:42<br><br><div id="yiv419579717"><div><br></div>Saturday's Guardian included an article about British Forces Radio being put out to tender with "concerns that large military contractors with no experience of objective news reporting or radio and television production could bid to run the service as a money-making scheme. Critics of the decision expressed concern that the values and ethos of the broadcasting station would be
lost. Contractors thought to be interested in bidding include Babcock, Serco and BT.<div><br></div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/25/fears-objectivity-british-forces-contract">http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/feb/25/fears-objectivity-british-forces-contract</a></div><div><br></div><div>Can't find anything on mod site but there's discussion here:</div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=48415445">http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=48415445</a></div><div><br></div><div>The service is currently provided by <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ssvc.com/">http://www.ssvc.com/</a>, a charity who, some say, are lining themselves up to get the tender (in which case the Guardian article is just a bit of slightly alarmist reporting). Or maybe not.</div><div><br></div><div>But given that community
radio has strong (maybe shared) "values and ethos", what chance of a collaborative tender between various stations & the CMA?</div><div><br></div><div>Have to admit I know next to nothing about forces radio, and looking at their website makes me think 'ooh, way too big', but nevertheless, it felt like it's a thought worth sharing.</div><div><br></div><div>Comments?</div><div><br></div><div>Julian</div><div><br><div> <div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div><div><div><div>................................................................................</div><div><br></div><div><b>10Radio: community radio for the 10 parishes</b></div><div>105.3fm</div><div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.10radio.org">http://www.10radio.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>West St</div><div>Wiveliscombe</div><div>Somerset</div><div>TA4 2JP</div><div><br></div><div>JM tel: 01984 623 104</div><div>Studio and office tel:
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