<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Interesting debate.</div><div><br></div>It does seem that there are two models of community radio.<div><br></div><div>One is a radio station that happens to use community and voluntary resources. The operational style is probably very similar to commercial radio.</div><div><br></div><div>The other is a community project that happens to produce radio. </div><div><br></div><div>It's not to say one is better than the other, and I'm sure some stations combine both. But we very much fall into the second model.</div><div><br></div><div>Hardly anyone had previous radio experience before we setup six years ago, but we had lots of community development experience. We setup primarily to do community development. In that context, we're not going to be negligent and we're not going to ignore what we have signed up to do. But we are going to be realistic about what volunteers can be expected to do, and what they can achieve and deliver in the absence of full-time hands-on management. From the conversations I've had, people from the more commercial and possibly top down model really struggle with this approach. But it works for us, it works for our community, and from what Ofcom have said having monitored our output, it works for them as well.</div><div><br></div><div>So getting back to the original point, a regulatory system which relies upon stations having fully resourced staff and management teams presents extra challenges for volunteer run stations such as ours. If, at the meeting in October, Ofcom seem inclined to move towards increased regulation or expectations, I would ask that the Jaqui and the CMA represent the difficulties that this will pose for stations operating with minimal resources.</div><div><br></div><div>Julian</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: 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 style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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 style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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 style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><div>................................................................................</div><div><br></div><div><b>10Radio: community radio for the 10 parishes</b></div><div>1 Croft Cottage, West St, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, TA4 2JP</div><div>Hear us on 105.3fm & <a href="http://www.10radio.org">www.10radio.org</a></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br></span></div><div>JM tel: 01984 623 104</div><div style="font-size: 11px; ">Studio and office tel: 01984 624 137</div><div><br></div><div>For details of our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>training, team building, hire and broadcast services</b>, please go to <a href="http://www.10radio.com">www.10radio.com</a></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size: 9px; ">10Radio CIC </div><div style="font-size: 9px; ">Registered Office: 1 Croft Cottage, West St, Wiveliscombe, Somerset, TA4 2JP</div><div style="font-size: 9px; ">Registered in England and Wales Number: 6004252</div></div></div></div></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br><div><div><br></div></div></div></body></html>