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<DIV>Suggest Direct Action</DIV>
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<DIV>All Community Stations to have an hour of silence or a complete switch off
for the day to protest at the lack of Government support to allow Community
radio Stations to earn enough to keep the stations</DIV>
<DIV>viable.</DIV>
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<DIV>Target Ed Vazey and demand action this day.</DIV>
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<DIV>The alternative national media would have to cover the story.</DIV>
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<DIV>www.terrymechan.com
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=office@thethread.org.uk
href="mailto:office@thethread.org.uk">Canalside's The Thread</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 17, 2014 10:48 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk
href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">'The Community Media Association
Discussion List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [cma-l] FW: Superstation in Orkney ceases
broadcasting</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">Dear
All<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">Yet another one going
belly up (t ……………..up) in our neck of the Woods ….. I sent an apology via this
message board to Mr Vaizey as I had as good as accused him of not caring. Of
course he cares as no doubt others in authority do and folk in fraternity most
certainly do ….. however, I am an Action man (not literally </SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy size=2 face=Wingdings><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: wingdings; COLOR: navy">J</SPAN></FONT><FONT
color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">) and
actions speak louder than words.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">It’s almost as if
someone has a fiddle and we’re doing a
‘’’Nero’’’
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">The whole malarkey from
the outset has allowed the commercial radio mob to dictate the situation …
completely, totally and utterly wrong in my opinion, though I’m sure everyone
knows my strong opinion on all of this.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">So, for a quick re-cap
:-<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">1) If the DCMS / Ofcom
/ CMA / Community Radio Brotherhood / Uncle Tom Cobbley n’ all decide that we
are going to have this wonderful thing in this Country called ‘’’Community
Radio’’’ with of course all it’s warts n’ all (as that is the
charm) then for goodness sake ‘let’s get on with it …. We ought to
have done this from the outset.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">2) Commercial Radio has
absolutely NO BEARING and NO BUSINESS to be even given a second thought. They
look after their sector, and we will look after ours. They have the option of
operating not-for-profit if they wish, no one is stopping them, or making less
money or more money or whatever ? I quite frankly couldn’t give a
flying cactus whether they make a fortune or not … it is not my concern nor my
business. So why since the outset have they been poking their ore’s in the
process ? I’m sure us charging a couple of hundred quid a year for a
sponsorship is not going to affect them at all, in fact a Business good run with
both as our prices are so low ?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">3) They claim
‘commercial viability’ (I think that’s the term?) well, what
about our viability and sustainability ….. if they have an issue with it, don’t
we ? I would argue that sat watching 23 Station fall over, the
majority of them to do with lack of funding is a good enough reason to actually
do something about it. Whether we have a Station here or not, whether I am
involved in Radio or not, the end result is that the fraternity will end up
having to do it the way I suggested from the outset anyway - so why all the
dithering around ?… surely better now, sooner rather than later, before it is
toooooo late !?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">4) I repeat :- It isn’t
how we earn the money, it is what we spend it on that matters. As long as the
money goes towards the ‘provision of service and commitments’ ‘with a
not-for-profit’ structure, then where is the problem ? there isn’t a
problem. The problem has been invented and cooked up because commercial radio
have poked their noses in pot, and worse still, they been allowed
to.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">It really has just
become a complete debacle, and coming into work again this morning and reading
this just exasperates me even more.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">Please bear in mind
that this isn’t quite as simple as someone not getting sponsorship ….. a Radio
Station could get £50,000 sponsorship and NO Grants or Public Money support
! if this is the case then they also end up in a pickle as they
don’t fulfil the 50% rule. I know the CMA managed to push through the Volunteer
time to off-set against the overall funding …..but alas ! are we not again just
creating more admin, more bureaucracy instead of doing what we are meant to be
doing ? How many hours and days have all of us spent writing
e-mails complaining about all of this ? the meetings ? the letters
? the phone calls ? not just with each other, but with Local
MP’s etc etc it really is pathetic
!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">Are we actually going
to wait for the 23 to become 43, then 93, then 153, then 193, then 223 .. and
then with one left (possibly <st1:place
w:st="on">Swindon</st1:place>) LOL [well done
everyone] and then decide ‘’er,
hang on a mo’ something isn’t quite right here’’<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">And finally, it is
absolutely disgusting and sickening that we still have a few Stations on the ‘no
on-air advertising at all’ especially when you see the
absolutely Bull that the commercials have come up with ! most of these
Stations are not independent, they are part of conglomerates and bigger networks
but feign that they are small ILRR ……..<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">One absolute final
thing :- if anyone wishes to throw in the argument about commercials not getting
grants and we do, then let me remind everyone that this is a red herring ….
THERE ARE NO GRANTS AVAILABLE ANYWHERE FOR PROVIDING RADIO
! the grants are for providing ventures / training /
accessibility / projects etc THIS HAS NO BEARING IN COMPETING (or
apparently competing) with commercial radio. On the contrary actually … it soaks
up a lot of time and in facts damages our ability to compete as volunteer and
staff time is taken up away from actual Radio
output.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">What a load of twoddle
….. it has been twoddle from the start, it still is twoddle, and I shall
continue to shout twoddle until it is done and dusted. Every opportunity I get,
whether in Radio or not I shall carry on as I feel so strong about
it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">Commercial Radio has
NOTHING to do with Community Radio and should have no influence at all.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">Rant
over<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">Regards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">Nick<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">PS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy">I await another e-mail
next week for another Station going belly-flop …. Perhaps we could run a sweep
or something and place bets ??<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><A name=_MailEndCompose><FONT color=#1f497d size=2
face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri; COLOR: #1f497d">Shame as I
sometimes listened online. The Super Station was run from
</SPAN></FONT></A><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><FONT color=#1f497d
size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri; COLOR: #1f497d">Manchester</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:city><FONT
color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri; COLOR: #1f497d"> I understand.
</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri; COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri; COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri; COLOR: #1f497d">Kind
Regards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#1f497d size=2 face=Calibri><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri; COLOR: #1f497d">Alan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri; COLOR: #1f497d"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Apparently, it fell off the air at midday
today.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A
href="http://media.info/radio/news/superstation-orkney-ends-community-radio-broadcasting">http://media.info/radio/news/superstation-orkney-ends-community-radio-broadcasting</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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