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</head><body style=""><div>Yes, but do you know what they would charge you for a full -time DAB simulcast licence? Maybe that £66/month is a discounted rate from what you would pay if you went full time!</div>
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<div>Or not. One of the reason we chose not to do any RSLs before applying for our licence was that the costs with PPL et al were wholly disproportionate  for short term services, and would detract seriously from the money we could spend on setting up the full-time service. Maybe PPL regards this as a monthly licence, for which they feel justified in applying charge a higher rate (admin costs, overheads, blah blah), and they are not offering any discount for 9 months as they might for a full year.</div>
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<div>Out of interest, have you asked what they would charge for a full year's licence?</div>
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<div>Alex</div>
<blockquote type="cite" style="position: relative; margin-left: 0px; padding-left: 10px; border-left: solid 1px blue;">On 17 July 2015 at 12:38 Bruce Rodger <bruce@celticmusicradio.net> wrote:<br><br>yes, we were aware of the costs beforehand - but it’s only now that I look in more detail that I see that their charge for the pilot DAB service is 66 per month, whereas an FM-only charge would be less (63)
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<div>Just highlighting the ridiculousness of the fees.<br>
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<div>B.</div>
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