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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Yes that's right stick to the charts,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>play what you are supposed to play...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>it seems in many cases the only unique qualityof
Community Radio is the freedom of choice not dictated by commercial or
safe (in the instance of BBC local Radio) interests...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>perhaps the government could help by banning unsavoury
recordings...!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>best to all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Roger Drury</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>SOUNDWORK Community Projects</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=transplanfm@hotmail.com href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com">Ian
Hickling</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=sandra.martin@saintfm.org.uk
href="mailto:sandra.martin@saintfm.org.uk">Sandra Martin</A> ; <A
title=cma-l@commedia.org.uk href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l</A> ; <A
title=julian@10radio.org
href="mailto:julian@10radio.org">julian@10radio.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 19, 2011 11:28
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [cma-l] Offensive language on
radio - how to avoid the pitfalls</DIV>
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<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>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt" class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(38,38,38)">Ian
Hickling<BR></SPAN></B><B><SPAN>Partner<BR>transplan
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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:57:03 +0100<BR>From:
sandra.martin@saintfm.org.uk<BR>To: cma-l@commedia.org.uk;
julian@10radio.org<BR>Subject: Re: [cma-l] Offensive language on radio - how
to avoid the pitfalls<BR><BR>
<META name=Generator content="Microsoft SafeHTML">Agree entirely with Julian,
without someone who's sole responsibility it is to maintain the music library,
be responsible for uploading, editing and scheduling the music daily the
community world is at a disadvantage. We have to rely on our volunteers
and our training, consequently with the best will in the world a non radio
edit occasionally slips through the net.<BR> <BR>
<P style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace; WHITE-SPACE: nowrap">SANDRA AMEY-MARTIN
<BR>STATION MANAGER <BR>SAINT FM 94.7 <BR><BR>01621 787829 <BR>07988 986975
<BR>www.saintfm.org.uk </P>
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<BR> <BR><BR>On 19 September 2011 at 11:11 Julian Mellor
<julian@10radio.org> wrote: <BR><BR>
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has already raised some issues and concerns for us.
<DIV>Underlying it is I think the whole regulatory setup of radio i.e.
everyone plays by the same rules. In itself there's nothing wrong with
that, but when the rules are written by organisations with professional and
paid capacity, those rules can easily be blind to the challenges that they
pose to organisations running under limited volunteer steam.</DIV>
<DIV>At 10Radio we have a huge music library gleaned from our members' and
volunteers' personal collections. Over the years we have weeded that
to take out the explicits, but the occasional blip does still happen on our
sustaining service (and results in immediate deletion). We encourage
people to add new tracks and keep the collection alive (and we give them
guidelines), but we don't have the capacity to supervise or double-check
everything that has been added.</DIV>
<DIV>Furthermore, we don't insist that people only play from our own music
library, so many bring in their own tracks. Again, we train presenters
so that they know not to play explicits especially when children are in the
likely audience, but some people may innocently play something that is
deemed offensive (look at the words to almost every Amy Winehouse track!).
A professional station may have the capacity to make sure that that
doesn't happen. We simply don't.</DIV>
<DIV>We have even had an instance where someone with a grudge against us
sent in a request to a new presenter for a particular track. When it
was played they complained about the explicit references. Again, we
don't have studio producers weeding out that sort of sabotage.</DIV>
<DIV>I know that we have signed up to Ofcom's regulatory framework and that
is fine. But I would hate to think that this furore about offensive
language ends up with more layers of regulation that we will simply be
unable to implement. Some commercial stations would probably love to
see the back of the pesky community sector ("they can't meet comply with the
code, therefore they have to go"), but if we are to continue providing the
local and accessible community service which we are committed to then at the
meeting in October the CMA must fight for a realistic approach which
accommodates all sectors of the radio industry, and not just the big
boys.</DIV>
<DIV>toodlepip</DIV>
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<DIV>On 19 Sep 2011, at 10:24, Jaqui Devereux wrote:</DIV><BR
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Dear all in radio <BR><BR>As you will be aware, Ofcom informed
broadcasters in a ‘Note to Broadcasters’ (in Broadcast Bulletin 188 - <A
href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/enforcement/broadcast-"
target=_blank>http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/enforcement/broadcast-</A>
bulletins/obb188/obb188.pdf) of their concern about offensive language in
radio programming. This concern arose from a number of Findings,
published in Broadcast Bulletin 188, which <BR>featured offensive language
in sound recordings and live music performances broadcast on radio
services, especially those broadcast when children were particularly
likely to be listening. <BR>We strongly suggest that you read Ofcom's
note, and we will be attending a special meeting in late October called by
Ofcom to discuss the issue, we will feed back the outcomes from the
meeting <BR><BR>Best wishes <BR><BR>Jaqui <BR><BR>-- <BR><STRONG>Jaqui
Devereux</STRONG> <BR>Director, Community Media Association <BR>Community
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