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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Ian,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I 100 percent agree. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A contingency plan which all CRs can afford is to feed the output codec at the TX; often this can as simple as from the stations internet stream into a Barix Exstreamer. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>On more than one occasion we needed the TX fed from another location for total STL failures, studio power outages and station moves. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Although Ujima’s issue is more complex, I’d advise all CR stations to have a contingency plan which assumes lengthy problems at the studio. This could be easy to engineer for a couple of hundred quid. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Alan Coote<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Managing Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>5 Digital Limited<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.letstalkbusinessonline.com/"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue'>Hear Alan Every Week on Let’s Talk Business The UK’s Premier Radio Programme For Current and Future Entrepreneurs - Now Broadcast To 4 Million People </span></a><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ian Hickling<br><b>Sent:</b> 17 March 2014 12:17<br><b>To:</b> Julian 10 Radio; cma-l<br><b>Subject:</b> [cma-l] Ujima Radio off air over power dispute<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>This is all too common a situation.<br>Could we please have new guidance from the CMA to all CR stations as to how to achieve:<br> <br>The right kind of Tenancy Agreement with a site Owner for Studio and Transmitter facilities.<br>Adequate Insurance by means of a CMA list of preferred Insurers for Community Radio.<br>Stipulation of 24/7/365 access to a transmission system as is required by Ofcom under the WTA.<br>Sensible UPS equipment that won't die at just the moment when it's needed - not that it would solve Ujima's particular problem.<br>Better understanding by Ofcom of how difficult it can be for a small not-for-profit organisation to stand its ground against a forceful Landlord - with tangile back-up available when needed.<br> <br>-----------------------------------------<br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>> From: <a href="mailto:julian@10radio.org">julian@10radio.org</a><br>> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:27:34 +0000<br>> To: <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>> Subject: [cma-l] Bristol's Ujima Radio off-air over power dispute<br>> <br>> A lesson, maybe, for all sub-tenants…<br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-26560232">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-26560232</a><br>> <br>> Live broadcasts from a community radio station in Bristol have stopped after power to its studios was cut off.<br>> <br>> Ujima Radio said the "vital community service" was forced off-air on Tuesday when the energy supplies were cut owing to landlords not paying the bills.<br>> <br>> Radio station chair Roger Griffith said it was "out of their control".<br>> <br>> Leaseholders Ceed claimed Ujima's rent did not cover the amount of electricity the station used and hoped it would be restored by Monday.<br>> <br>> Ujima Radio is based in a council-owned building in Wilder Street, which is let out to Ceed.<br>> <br>> Bristol mayor George Ferguson said he was "asking for an urgent report" into the situation at the station.<br>> <br>> The power was switched off on Tuesday at 13:00 GMT after supplier Utility Warehouse issued a court order for non-payment of bills.<br>> <br>> Mr Griffith said Ujima Radio was fully up to date with all rent and rate payments and was planning a peaceful demonstration on Friday.<br>> <br>> Joseph Gomwalk, of Ceed, said: "We are in contact with Utility Warehouse to sort out payment and we hope the power will be back on by Monday."<br>> <br>> Utility Warehouse said: "Unfortunately, the landlord has not paid for any of the electricity used in his entire building for a considerable time.<br>> <br>> "We sympathise wholeheartedly with Ujima Radio and their listeners, but their dispute is with the landlord, not ourselves."<br>> <br>> Ujima Radio is licensed by Ofcom and is run by more than 130 volunteers. It broadcasts music and talk shows and has between 19,000 and 24,000 listeners.<br>> <br>> An Ofcom spokeswoman said Ujima Radio has alerted it of the situation.<br>> <br>> "We are considering the appropriate next steps," she added.<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> <br>> Reply - <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>> <br>> The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk">http://www.commedia.org.uk</a><br>> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/community_media">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br>> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation">http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br>> Canstream Internet Radio & Video: <a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> <br>> Mailing list guidelines: <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/">http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/</a><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> <br>> To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<br>> <a href="http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l">http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>