<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=""><font style="color: rgb(70, 78, 84);" face="Arial" class="">Hi All</font><div class=""><font style="color: rgb(70, 78, 84);" face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><font style="color: rgb(70, 78, 84);" class="">This is going to be a big election period for community radio and a first time for many stations. So we, at The Radio People, have put together a FREE Election Handbook which you can download here: </font><a href="http://www.theradiopeople.co.uk/election" class="">www.theradiopeople.co.uk/election</a><font style="color: rgb(70, 78, 84);" class=""> </font></font></div><div class=""><font style="color: rgb(70, 78, 84);" face="Arial" class=""> </font><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class="">As we are now in ‘Purdah’, it is important that stations achieve a balance between all parties and candidates in their programmes. </font></span><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" style="color: rgb(70, 78, 84);" class=""> </span><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class="">Another potential danger zone for community broadcasters is the use of libellous or defamatory comments by your presenters. It's important to know what you can say and what you can’t! So m</font></span><span style="color: rgb(70, 78, 84);" class="">ake sure all your on-air presenters get a copy. </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 78, 84);" class=""> </span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class=""><br class=""></font></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class="">We hope you find the handbook useful, that the </font></span><span style="color: rgb(70, 78, 84);" class="">guidelines answer many of your questions about election coverage and </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 78, 84);" class="">that it helps your station stay legal during Election2015.</span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class=""><br class=""></font></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class="">All the best</font></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class=""><br class=""></font></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class="">David</font></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class=""><a href="http://www.theradiopeople.co.uk" class="">www.theradiopeople.co.uk</a> </font></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class=""><br class=""></font></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><span "font-family:helvetica;mso-bidi-font-family:="" helvetica;color:#757575;mso-ansi-language:en-us"="" class=""><font color="#464e54" class=""><br class=""></font></span></font></div><div class=""><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></div></div></body></html>