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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Looks like we’re number crunching
again …….. surprise surprise, some of us are on the
wrong side of the number line </span></font><font size=2 color=navy
face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:navy'>L</span></font><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>
<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You have to laugh though </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'>
this really is comical.<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'><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'>So ……. To conclude, on this
one it is towns over a certain population, but on the advertising rules for
community radio it is towns below a certain population. As I have always said
ladies and
gentlemen
these characters are excellent at moving the goalposts. It basically is
whatever suits.<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'><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'>I’m not complaining, I am merely
making a point. And furthermore, my observations and points have ALWAYS been
consistent since day dot !<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'><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'>No goalposts to move at this end of the
pitch.<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'><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'>Regards<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'><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'>Nick
</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'> laugh again<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 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'>
cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Two Lochs Radio<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 19 October 2011 13:13<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> cma-l<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] The BBC will fund
taking DAB up to 97% coverage</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>The BBC has confirmed it will pay for taking DAB
coverage up from 90% to 97%, reaching all towns with a population greater than
5,000. Sadly (or not!), we don't have any towns with a population of over 5,000
within 50 miles of us! I presume also that it will continue doing this in our
part of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>
with insufficient capacity on an inefficient single DAB multiplex to carry even
all of its own national channels, let alone any community-based stations!</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<u>From the Guardian:</u><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
The BBC has confirmed it will pay for the rollout of digital audio broadcasting
(DAB) radio to 97% of the population, but culture minister Ed Vaizey has warned
a "huge amount of work" remains to be done to get to switchover.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>The corporation's director of audio and music, Tim
Davie, said the BBC would fund the expansion of its national DAB platform
– coverage currently stands at just over 90% – "despite the
tough financial environment".<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>He said that every town with a population of more
than 5,000 people would have indoor DAB coverage, but admitted that "small
pockets of poor coverage in some of these areas" would remain.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Davie</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
said the priority was "solid coverage" in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>'s top 25 cities, with boosts to the signal in
areas including <st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>, Leicester, <st1:City
w:st="on">Glasgow</st1:City>, <st1:City w:st="on">Coventry</st1:City> and <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Swansea</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>In a speech to the Drive to Digital conference at
the BBC's Broadcasting House in central <st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>
on Tuesday, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Davie</st1:place></st1:City>
eschewed mention of a switchover date – preferring to talk about
"radio's digital hybrid future".<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Vaizey picked up on the 2015 switchover target now
effectively abandoned by the industry and said it "still has an important
purpose".<br>
"You will no doubt have heard the negatives of digital radio, there has
certainly been no shortage of column inches devoted to the subject," he
added.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>"They often suggest that DAB is an out-of-date
technology, that coverage and sound quality are inferior to analogue and
listeners are already happy with what they've got, so why change?"<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>"There are of course elements of truth in all
these statements," admitted the minister, a sentiment that may have sent
eyebrows soaring towards Broadcasting House's newly-refurbished roof.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><a
href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/18/bbc-rollout-dab-radio">http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/18/bbc-rollout-dab-radio</a></span></font><span
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