<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 26px; font-family: Arial;">I just want to share that we have</span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 26px;" class=""> teamed up with transplan UK to offer help and advice to any groups thinking of applying for the recently announced small scale DAB broadcasting trials.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 26px; font-family: Arial;">For those who may have missed it, following a consultation last year, <span class="" style="color: rgb(54, 61, 66);">Ofcom has announced plans for up to ten trials of small scale DAB across the UK allowing new digital radio services to broadcast to local areas, exploring how groups of radio stations can work together.</span></span><span class="" style="color: rgb(54, 61, 66); font-family: Arial; line-height: 26px;"> </span><span class="" style="line-height: 26px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(54, 61, 66);">The trials are expected to run for nine months and t</span><span class="" style="color: rgb(54, 61, 66); font-family: Arial; line-height: 26px;">he deadline for applications is 3pm on 7 April 2015.</span><span class="" style="color: rgb(54, 61, 66); font-family: Arial; line-height: 26px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="" style="line-height: 26px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(54, 61, 66);">As we all know, the cost of broadcasting on DAB radio is currently beyond the reach of many community radio stations. But this new initiative means that stations could start broadcasting on DAB radio for a fraction of current costs. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="line-height: 26px; font-family: Arial;">For those who don’t know, transplan UK is well respected for implementing small and large scale stations. </span><span class="" style="line-height: 26px; font-family: Arial;">The Radio People has a successful track record of winning licences on behalf of commercial and community broadcasters.</span><font face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="line-height: 26px;"> By </span><span class="" style="line-height: 26px;">coming together we hope to </span><span class="" style="line-height: 26px;">have everything covered from the application through to implementation. Whilst </span></font><span class="" style="line-height: 26px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(54, 61, 66);">Ofcom has invited a</span><span class="" style="line-height: 26px; font-family: Arial;">pplications from commercial, community and Internet broadcasters as well as new entrants to the sector, we want to make sure that community radio is well represented both as operators of the multiplex or as a content provider on a mux. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21px;"><font face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="line-height: 26px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(54, 61, 66);">If you have any questions whatsoever then you can email us on our joint email <a href="mailto:team@localDAB.co.uk" class="">team@localDAB.co.uk</a> You can also follow the trials on Twitter </span></span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/localDAB" class="">@localDAB</a></font></p><div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">David</font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class="">The Radio People</font></div><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Email: <a href="mailto:david@theradiopeople.co.uk" class="">david@theradiopeople.co.uk</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Website: <a href="http://theradiopeople.co.uk" class="">www.theradiopeople.co.uk</a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/theradiopeople" class="">@theradiopeople</a></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" class="">Facebook:<span style="color: rgb(95, 134, 255);" class=""> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/theradiopeopleuk" class="">facebook.com/theradiopeopleuk</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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