<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>London to Edinburgh / Glasgow - 4.5 hours</div><div>London to Penzance - 5.5 hours</div><div><br></div><div>It's not just a north south thing!</div><br><div><blockquote type="cite"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="blue"><div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; color:windowtext"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"> </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Tahoma;color:windowtext"> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk [<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Eddie Stuart<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> 05 September 2011 22:46<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [cma-l] Meeting for <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> wide advertising for community radio (and laterpossibly TV...)</span></font><font color="black"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nick,<br> <br> To us, <st1:city w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:city> *is* <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city>, only often more expensive and harder to get to!! (Far more trains & planes to <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from the frozen North than to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:place></st1:city>). It's better - a decade ago, BA would return trip me to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city> for a bought well ahead hundred quid or so. <st1:city w:st="on">Aberdeen</st1:city> to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:place></st1:city> used to be £464. (Not a typo....!!) Overnight sleeper meant Euston then an expensive peaktime train back to <st1:city w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:city> or getting off at <st1:place w:st="on">Crewe</st1:place> at 4am.<br> <br> Even <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Edinburgh</st1:place></st1:city> is a (lousy) 4hour drive or multiple trains. We do however have it easier than people in the Hebrides etc.....<span class="moz-smiley-s1"> :-) </span><br> <br> You're right though - many <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> based folk regard Doncaster as The North despite there being a mile or two of <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region> higher up, let alone <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region>! People in Shetland regard <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Aberdeen</st1:place></st1:city> as "The South"<br> <br> So forget <st1:city w:st="on">Birmingham</st1:city> - why not hold one meeting a year (at least) in <st1:city w:st="on">Newcastle</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on">Edinburgh</st1:city>, <st1:place w:st="on">Inverness</st1:place>?<br> <br> Eddie<br> <br> KCR is the operating name of Keith Community Radio Ltd - The Friendly Sound<br> Broadcasting to the whole of Moray & beyond on 102.8FM<br> and to the World at <a href="http://kcr.fm">http://kcr.fm</a><br> <br> Keith Community Radio Ltd<br> Registered in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region> No.SC173805<br> Registered Office: <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">59a Land Street</st1:address></st1:street>, Keith, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Banffshire</st1:city>, <st1:postalcode w:st="on">AB55 5AN</st1:postalcode></st1:place><br> <br> <br> On 05/09/2011 18:23, Office - ccr-fm wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place">Jaqui n all<u1:p></u1:p></u1:smarttagtype></u1:smarttagtype></u1:smarttagtype></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">At last
! the issue for me is the ability to tap into the national advertisers. These are the Companies who are all over the Country and if you go to the local branch (as an individual) we get swot away like a fly
.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">If we could tap into these guys, and there are plenty of them
.. each station may only get a few hundred quid
. But alas ! a few hundred quid from a lot of Companies is rather good dont you think ?<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I notice the meeting is in <st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city> again
. Do people down there get a nose bleed the moment they go past Watford Gap </span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Wingdings"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family: Wingdings;color:navy">J</span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> for reasons of fairness, wouldnt Birmingham be more suitable for everyone
.. just a thought thats all.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Im just checking if I can make it
. counting up the pennies etc
. How long does it take to get to <st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city> from Macclesfield on a bicycle ? does anyone know ? then again, I suppose it depends on how fast you pedal.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">LOL<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Regards<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Nick<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> <hr size="2" width="100%" align="center" tabindex="-1"> </span></font></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> <a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Jaqui Devereux<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> 05 September 2011 16:55<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> cma-l<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] <st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region> wide advertising for community radio ( and laterpossibly TV...)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <u1:p></u1:p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><u1:p> </u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear all<br> <br> We have been working with Donald McTernan since the CMA Conference in June to take forward his proposals to create a <st1:country-region u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region> wide ads agency for the community radio sector, and in the longer run possibly to include community/local television as well. <br> <br> We are now at a point where we would like your views on how it could work for you (licensed stations/internet radio/RSLs). We would not want to supplant in any way stations' current advertiser pools but do believe there is a potential ads market out there for stations that can take on air advertising and for stations' internet presence as well.<br> <br> To that end there will be a meeting in <st1:city u2:st="on"><st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city> on 7th October - venue to be confirmed later - for people interested in exploring this with us. <br> <br> If you would like to attend please do get in touch with us on <a href="mailto:advertising@commedia.org.uk" moz-do-not-send="true">advertising@commedia.org.uk</a><br> <br> Best wishes<br> <br> Jaqui<br clear="all"> <br> -- <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Jaqui Devereux</span></b><br> Director, Community Media Association<br> Community Media Association<br> <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.commedia.org.uk</a><br> <br> t: 0114 279 5219<br> <br> Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br> <a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br> <br> <a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br> <br> <br> </span></font></p><fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></font><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div> <pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size="2" color="black" face="Courier New"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Reply - 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