<html><head><base href="x-msg://29/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">er, can we just take a reality check? Many community stations are volunteer run. There is no one to "allow" or not, let alone audition. <div><br></div><div>It's the point I was trying to make; the rules are written on an assumption of resources and capacity to implement. But that is not the reality of a small community station with no paid staff. </div><div><br></div><div>One station's self harming tendency will be another's survival strategy!</div><div><br></div><div>Julian<br><div>
<br><div><div>On 19 Sep 2011, at 23:28, Ian Hickling wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><div dir="ltr"><br>How to avoid the pitfalls?<br>Simple.<br>Don't play it unless you've auditioned it.<br>The Licensee is totally responsible for the station's output.<br>Accepting that the odd track can get through is lousy management - sorry!<br>Ans allowing all and sundry to add to the playlist is utter madness.<br>There are enough influences out there trying to kill off your station without adding Self Harming to the list!<br><br><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span>------------------------------------</span></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b><span style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); ">Ian Hickling<br></span></b><b><span>Partner<br>transplan UK<br></span></b></p></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>