<div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;"><div>No Geoff, small stations don't have to do that sort of reporting at all. At most they do a snapshot on 4 preadvised days in the year. Our they nominate another big station as a proxy, ie one that has broadly similar output.</div><div><br></div><div>The payments to the less mainstream artists that feature on small stations must presumably suffer by this system.</div><div><br></div><div>Alex</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div id="htc_header">----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Geoff Rogers" <geoff@susyradio.com><br>To: "The Community Media Association Discussion List" <cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk><br>Subject: [cma-l] The Cost Of The DAB Trials<br>Date: Sat, Mar 14, 2015 02:17</div></div><br><div dir="ltr">James' point regarding the cost of commercial radio PPL licences is a good one. <div><br></div><div>The fact that one for a small commercial station could be less than a CR station is interesting but the reporting requirements for commercial radio are far greater than CR. CR stations are not required to give a daily return or even a monthly one of what was played when. Whereas commercial stations have to do this either daily or as a snapshot every few weeks. Would CR stations be able to do this in a cost effective way? I don't think this has been addressed has it?</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Geoff Rogers<br>Programme Director<br>Susy Radio, Local Community Radio for Redhill and Reigate<br>On-air across Sussex and Surrey on 103.4FM NOW<br>Web: <a href="http://susyradio.com">susyradio.com</a> <<a href="http://www.susyradio.com">http://www.susyradio.com</a>><br><br>Susy Radio Ltd. A company registered in England and Wales.<br>Registered Office: 54 Nutfield Road, Merstham, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 3EP.<br>Registered Number: 06748586<br><br></div>
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