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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Alan</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Playing Devil's Advocate for a moment, isn't Ofcom's
position already that it can and will authorize greater powers where a proper
case can be made for that within the purpose of a community radio
licensee?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I noticed, for example, that recently sanctioned station
VoAR had originally been authorized to use up to 50W and that had recently been
increased to permission for 200W, which with a good antenna site should give a
pretty good coverage area. (Mind you, they'll need to make sure now
they have better ready access for commissioning the
new transmitter!)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>I think also in London Desi Radio and Westside are
authorized for well over 25W. Several stations in the midlands are authorized
for more than 25W.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>And bear in mind if they allow more than is needed for
reasonable coverage of the licensed area, that may mean more restrictions
or interference for other stations elsewhere.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Calibri>Alex</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=alan.coote@thebayradio.com
href="mailto:alan.coote@thebayradio.com">Alan Coote</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cma-l@commedia.org.uk
href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [cma-l] E-petition DCMS -
Community Radio - Please sign</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Local radio in the
past was successful in informing communities with local news and specialised
programmes. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">There are numerous
community stations doing that job at present with hundreds of volunteers but
restricted to low power transmission by OFCOM. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">To survive these
stations must be given sufficient power to get out to their whole community.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Your
e-</SPAN>.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>