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Key Commitments are concerned with how you serve your audience in terms of what you provide.<BR>
There is nothing in Key Committmenmts about the size or dostribution of your audience and hence the power you are allocated.<BR>
That comes from the basics of how you specify how you are going to serve the specified community in your Application.<BR>
When you are awarded your Licence, the power is defined at the time.<BR>
If you don't think it's enough - that's the time to contest it - not years later!<BR>Of course, as you expand the demand for your service may well extend outside your MCA.<BR>
Then you assess the additional power you need - or the change to your transmission site - and submit a change request.<BR>
At the moment, Ofcom is specific that it is not in a position to consider these before new station licence applications are resolved.<BR><BR>
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From: alan.coote@thebayradio.com<BR>To: tlr@gairloch.co.uk; cma-l@commedia.org.uk<BR>Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:36:36 +0100<BR>Subject: Re: [cma-l] E-petition DCMS - Community Radio - Please sign<BR><BR>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Alex, Ian, et al,</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In my experience Ofcom have absolutely no interest in ensuring community stations have sufficient output power to meet their key commitments. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In the case of The Bay 102.8;</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt" class=ecxMsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">We’ve now have had all three of our MPs write to Ofcom. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I have absolutely no doubt that the interests of the 250,000+ people that live and work in our are not being served by Ofcom. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Our requirement isn’t unreasonable either, only that we cover the area specified in our key commitments which was agreed by Ofcom. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Ofcom – hopeless!</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US> Two Lochs Radio [mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 05 August 2011 1:29 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Alan Coote; cma-l@commedia.org.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cma-l] E-petition DCMS - Community Radio - Please sign</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I fully appreciate that the power limit is according to application of Ofcom's policies, and that they are not specified explicitly in statute. This is no different than the position for commercial licensees. CR licences are supposed to be granted in terms of the communities (geographic or of common interest) that they are intended to serve, and it was the clear intention of parliament that these would generally be very local communities. The radiated power and the intended geographical area flow from consideration of the community to be served.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The clearly expressed expectation when CR licenses were introduced was that they would be for typical service areas of around 5km radius. But this is only a rule of thumb, not set in stone. Ofcom has the discretion to license for larger areas where it thinks appropriate to a community. So it's not really a 'one size fits all' for power, except that with a rule of thumb 5km radius coverage in typical circumstances 25W would suffice, leaving non-typical circumstances to be dealt with on their merits.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The reason I don't think the petition is ideal at the moment is that it really should be couched more in terms of allowing geographically larger communities to be properly served where it is appropriate to the intended function of communty radio (as for example in CCR's case for macclesfield and neighbouring towns), or to maintaining acceptable signal strength across the licensed area. Increased power (or relay transmitters) would very likely then be required to meet accepted signal strength and protection ratios across a wider area or one wih challenging terrain. But it should be that way around. To simply lobby for increased power would be to call for the tail to be wagging the dog.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Of course, if Ofcom did agree to significantly increase acceptable commmunity radio service areas across the board, it would then be very likely also to decide that fewer stations could be licensed in many areas, owing to the likelihood of interference from other more powerful community stations in the distance. While 25W may give generally acceptable coverage of 5km radius in typical conditions, in particularly good conditions or in particular directions it could easily provide a usable signal 15-20km away, and that has to be allowed for when planning acceptable transmitter locations and frequencies.</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4" class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A title=alan.coote@thebayradio.com href="mailto:alan.coote@thebayradio.com">Alan Coote</A> </SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A title=tlr@gairloch.co.uk href="mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk">'Two Lochs Radio'</A> ; <A title=cma-l@commedia.org.uk href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</A> </SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Friday, August 05, 2011 1:04 PM</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> RE: [cma-l] E-petition DCMS - Community Radio - Please sign</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hi Alex,</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt" class=ecxMsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In many cases the extremely low power affects a station’s ability to fully meet their key commitments, particularly in dense urban or hilly areas. </SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt" class=ecxMsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Ofcom have the ability to allocate more than 25W if the choose – their ‘Policy’ is NOT to. </SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt" class=ecxMsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">There are currently 21 Community Stations that have greater than 25 Watts – mostly in hilly or sparsely populated areas of the UK </SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt" class=ecxMsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The statute does not specify a power limit - it is Ofcom which apply their own ‘policy’.</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt" class=ecxMsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Retrospectively altering the power requirement is often permitted for commercial stations – almost never for community stations</SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt" class=ecxMsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The new round 3 application form does not even have a section for power requirement </SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-INDENT: -18pt" class=ecxMsoListParagraph><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The one size fits all rule is a nonsense. It assumes every town, city, village is exactly the same. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Please sign the petition there really is reason not to.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Kind Regards</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-US> Two Lochs Radio [mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 05 August 2011 11:45 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Alan Coote; cma-l@commedia.org.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cma-l] E-petition DCMS - Community Radio - Please sign</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">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!)</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:06 PM</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> [cma-l] E-petition DCMS - Community Radio - Please sign</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><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. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><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. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><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. </SPAN></P>
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