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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>The purpose of my posting was to illustrate by perceived take-up the appeal to potential CR Licensees of an AM facility - not so much the cost of operation compared with other platforms which is not my field.<div>To quantify this a little - the disadvantages of setting up a CR station on AM compared with FM are:</div><div><br></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lower listener appeal</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lower audio quality even with good processing</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lower ease of access owing to lack of comprehension of MW</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Variable reception daytime/evening</span></li><li><font size="3">Non-</font>availability<font size="3"> of propagation prediction software</font></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Higher cost of equivalent transmission equipment</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Higher cost of an effective antenna</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Space required to accommodate the antenna</span></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>There may well be more.</div><div><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: alan.coote@5digital.co.uk<br>To: martin@martinsteers.co.uk; cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk<br>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 12:04:57 +0100<br>Subject: Re: [cma-l] Community Radio on AM<br><br><style><!--
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--></style><div class="ecxWordSection1"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">It’s hard enough to make ends meet on FM yet alone AM. </span></a></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Let’s face it, these days no one is inclined to tune in and most don’t even know what the AM button is for! </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">The only way AM may work is by having exclusive mass appeal content, such as football, broadcast to an in car audience. </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Although I’ve not done the analysis, I suspect the cost would not be too much more for broadcasting similar as a popup service on a regional DAB. </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Alan</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><a href="http://www.letstalkbusinessonline.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";">Hear Alan Every Week on Let’s Talk Business The UK’s Premier Radio Programme For Current and Future Entrepreneurs - Now Broadcast To 4.3 Million People </span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Email - </span><a href="mailto:alan.coote@5digital.co.uk"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";">alan.coote@5digital.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Phone - 0800 949 6655</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Mobile - 07801 518858</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Twitter - </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheAlanCoote" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";">@TheAlanCoote</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">Web - </span><a href="http://www.5digital.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";">http://www.5digital.co.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"><img border="0" width="200" height="71" id="ecxPicture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.gif@01CFD744.A3401E70" alt="cid:image001.gif@01CE03CD.223AC920"></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;">The Media Production, Broadcasting and Training Company</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;"> </span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><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";"> <a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Steers<br><b>Sent:</b> 23 September 2014 15:16<br><b>To:</b> The Community Media Association Discussion List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] Community Radio on AM</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">whats the coverage like on AM at 10w, 4w and 1w?</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">On 23 September 2014 15:11, Ian Hickling <<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" target="_blank">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</p><div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">I updated our own internal record of Community Radio stations today with the most recent additions.</p><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">This is based with acknowledgement on Ofcom's published TX Parameters and shows that out of the 267 individual CR transmitters (as opposed to the number of broadcasters) licensed, 231 are currently on air.</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">I will happily pass this document on to any interested parties that message me.</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">At the same time I looked at the number of CR transmitters operational on Medium Wave (AM) and the power they are using.</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">There are just seven out of that total of 267, - two using 100W EMRP, two at 70W which is the normal maximum allocated to a CR, one at 10W, one at 4W and the last which we know well at 1W.</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">This illustrates I suggest the level of uptake of AM - that Ofcom is offering as an alternative where it says that no FM frequency is available.</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal">-------------------------------------------------</p></div><div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div></div></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><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" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk</a><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video: <a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">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/" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</a></p></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________
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