<div dir="ltr">Thanks Bill. That's a great argument in favour of getting funding up to a level so we can all run out stations properly.<div><br></div><div>So the obvious follow up is ... why has the Government ignored it? And what's the next step?</div><div><br><div style="font-size:13px">Cheers<br></div><div style="font-size:13px">Paul</div><div style="font-size:13px"><a href="http://www.phoenixfm.com/" target="_blank">www.phoenixfm.com</a></div></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 January 2015 at 11:06, Bill Best <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill.best@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">bill.best@commedia.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Yes, of course the CMA still actively petitions for higher funding for the sector. It's one of our main lines of activity.<div><br><div>Please read pages 16-20 of the CMA's response submitted last April to the DCMS Consultation Community Radio Consultation which has led to the Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015:<br><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CMA-Response-to-DCMS-Consultation.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CMA-Response-to-DCMS-Consultation.pdf</a><br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Comparative figures for European funding of community radio are in there citing an average of £31,100 per French community radio station.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div><br></div><div>Bill Best</div><div>-- </div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Operations Manager<br>Community Media Association<br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/community_media</a><span class=""><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br></span><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div></div></div><div><div class="h5">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 January 2015 at 08:41, Paul Golder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul@pvg.co.uk" target="_blank">paul@pvg.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good news for very small stations where this was a concern, but probably not very exciting for a lot of us. Have to admit I'm totally underwhelmed.<div><br></div><div>The CMA used to petition for higher funding - is that still actively being pursued? It's crazy that radio gets so little when so much money is thrown at other projects which impact on far fewer people.<br><div><br></div><div>I did ask a question on here about funding in other countries - I read a few years ago that French stations get over 30,000 Euros a year from their government but I can't seem to see the source. My lesson learned over the years is that politicians will never say they don't support something as worthy as community radio - even if they have no intention of putting their money where their mouths are. Perhaps more pressure could be put on them as to why they don't think community radio is as valuable in the UK as it is in other countries?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers<br></div><div>Paul</div><div><a href="http://www.phoenixfm.com" target="_blank">www.phoenixfm.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 January 2015 at 23:06, Ian Hickling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" target="_blank">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">I'm sorry - I'm a day behind with all this - I've been out on site getting our 52nd CR transmitter on air.<br>Having had a brief glance through the Amendment, I'd summarise it as:<br><ol><li><span style="font-size:12pt">The Government is</span><b style="font-size:12pt"> planning</b><span style="font-size:12pt"> to </span><b style="font-size:12pt">bring forward</b><span style="font-size:12pt"> changes that mean that all CR stations will <b>maybe</b> be allowed to raise £15,000 from advertising from their own efforts regardless of present restrictions and the said present restrictions on advertising still remain in force after that amount.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:12pt">Ofcom will allow another 5 years on existing licences as it has done previously.</span></li></ol><div>Is that all?<br>Have we waited for over two years for just this?</div><div>How many people slaving away day and night did it take to produce this?<br>Am I the only one here that feels insulted by this utterly valueless handout?</div><div>And then to cap it all we predictably have the Commercials' Union - the RadioCentre - crying foul?</div><div>All those money-grabbing Community weevils stealing our customers!</div><div>Nothing personal - but it make you wonder what colour the sky <b>is</b> on Siobhan Kenny's planet.</div><div><div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Government is therefore planning to bring forward the following package of </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">changes to the Community Radio Order 2004</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:monospace;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">•</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For all</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">community radio stations to be able to raise annual income to a </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">maximum</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">level of £15,000 from </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">advertising and</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">/or</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">sponsorship before </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">appl</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ication of any other current rule (</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">i.e. </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">50% of annual income from </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">advertising and</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">/or sponsorship </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">applies</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">)</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:monospace;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">•</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For small community radio stations </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">operating</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">in the same locality of a small </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">commercial station</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(where t</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">he commercial station takes no benefit under the </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Digital Economy Act 2010) </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">to now take income from </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">advertising and/or </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">sponsor</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">s</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">hip to </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">a maxi</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">m</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">um level of £15,000</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:monospace;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">•</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For small community radio stations operating in a same locality of a small </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">commercial station </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">where th</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">e commercial station </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">or group of stations </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">receives a benefit under the Digital Econom</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">y Act 2010 </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">i.e</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">shares local or </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">programmes costs) then the c</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ommunity</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">radio station will</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">take income from</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">advertising and</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">/or sponsorship </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">at a max</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">m</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ium of £15,000</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">,</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">as</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">determined </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">by Ofcom</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">,</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">an addit</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">i</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">onal level of </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">annual </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">income</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">of up to</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">50%</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">from advertising </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and/or sponsorship. </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">E</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">xample</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Where a </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">community</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">adio station</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">has an annual income of £100,000 it would </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">be allowed to raise £15,000 per annum from advertising and/or sponso</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">rship </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and a further 50% (maxi</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">m</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">um) of their annual</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">income disregarding the </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">£15,000 (i.e. (£100,000</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">-</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">£15,000=£85,000)</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">x 0.5=£42,500) from the same </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">so</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">urces. </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The total raised would be</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(£15,000+£42,000) £57,500.</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:monospace;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">•</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">To provide Ofcom with power to exten</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">d</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">licence for community radio for a </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">further</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ter</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">m of up to 5 years, where it is satisfied the community radio station </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">continues to meet its licencing conditions. This will allow licences to increase </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">from current total of 10 years to 15 years. </div><div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The Government is therefore planning to bring forward the following package of </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">changes to the Community Radio Order 2004</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:monospace;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">•</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For all</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">community radio stations to be able to raise annual income to a </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">maximum</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">level of £15,000 from </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">advertising and</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">/or</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">sponsorship before </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">appl</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ication of any other current rule (</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">i.e. </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">50% of annual income from </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">advertising and</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">/or sponsorship </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">applies</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">)</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:monospace;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">•</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For small community radio stations </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">operating</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">in the same locality of a small </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">commercial station</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(where t</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">he commercial station takes no benefit under the </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Digital Economy Act 2010) </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">to now take income from </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">advertising and/or </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">sponsor</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">s</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">hip to </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">a maxi</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">m</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">um level of £15,000</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:monospace;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">•</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">For small community radio stations operating in a same locality of a small </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">commercial station </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">where th</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">e commercial station </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">or group of stations </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">receives a benefit under the Digital Econom</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">y Act 2010 </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">i.e</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">shares local or </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">programmes costs) then the c</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ommunity</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">radio station will</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">take income from</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">advertising and</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">/or sponsorship </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">at a max</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">m</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ium of £15,000</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">,</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">as</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">determined </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">by Ofcom</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">,</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">an addit</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">i</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">onal level of </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">annual </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">income</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">of up to</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">50%</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">from advertising </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and/or sponsorship. </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">E</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">xample</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Where a </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">community</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">adio station</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">has an annual income of £100,000 it would </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">be allowed to raise £15,000 per annum from advertising and/or sponso</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">rship </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">and a further 50% (maxi</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">m</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">um) of their annual</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">income disregarding the </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">£15,000 (i.e. (£100,000</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">-</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">£15,000=£85,000)</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">x 0.5=£42,500) from the same </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">so</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">urces. </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The total raised would be</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">(£15,000+£42,000) £57,500.</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:monospace;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">•</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">To provide Ofcom with power to exten</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">d</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">licence for community radio for a </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">further</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ter</div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">m of up to 5 years, where it is satisfied the community radio station </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">continues to meet its licencing conditions. This will allow licences to increase </div><div style="padding:0px;margin:0px;color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:20px;font-family:sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">from current total of 10 years to 15 years. </div><br><div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:33:56 +0000<br>To: <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>Subject: [cma-l] Community Radio Consultation Report - Government Response January 2015<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Community Radio Consultation Report - Government Response January 2015</div></div><div><br></div><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397360/Community_Radio_Consultation_Report_-_Government_Response_21_Jan_2015_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/397360/Community_Radio_Consultation_Report_-_Government_Response_21_Jan_2015_FINAL.pdf</a><div><br></div><div>\\</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div>Community Media Association</div><span><font color="#888888"><div>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">
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