<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div><div>Here’s three other ideas;</div><ul><li>Rather than sell the mux capacity to competing stations sell it to non-competing. </li><li>Find companies that want a branded station. (The Bay also ran Chicken FM which was funded by a local takeaway entrepreneur – great source of income.)</li><li>Segment your existing audience and create separate branded stations for each. Simulcast Breakfast and Drive, automate the rest. Selling advertising across the whole at a premium.</li></ul><div>This isn’t rocket science!</div><div><br></div><div>PS. PRS and PPL are no doubt looking forward to a big pay day with the potential of hundreds of DAB stations over the coming years. Time to start negotiation better terms? </div><div><br></div><div><div id=""><div>Kind Regards</div><div>Alan</div><div> </div><div>Alan Coote</div><div>Executive Producer Let’s Talk Business</div><div><br></div><div>Hear Alan Every Week on Let’s Talk Business The UK’s Premier Radio Programme For</div><div>Current and Future Entrepreneurs - Now Broadcast To Over 5 Million People <<a href="http://www.letstalkbusinessonline.com/">http://www.letstalkbusinessonline.com/</a>> </div><div> </div><div>Email - <a href="mailto:alan.coote@5digital.co.uk">alan.coote@5digital.co.uk</a></div><div>Phone - 0800 949 6655</div><div>Mobile - 07801 518858</div><div>Twitter - @TheAlanCoote <<a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheAlanCoote">http://www.twitter.com/TheAlanCoote</a>></div><div>Web - <a href="http://www.5digital.co.uk">http://www.5digital.co.uk</a> <<a href="http://www.5digital.co.uk/">http://www.5digital.co.uk/</a>></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Let’s Talk Business </div><div>Twitter - @LTBShow <<a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheAlanCoote">http://www.twitter.com/TheAlanCoote</a>></div><div>Web - <a href="http://www.LetsTalkBusinessOnline.com">http://www.LetsTalkBusinessOnline.com</a> <<a href="http://www.5digital.co.uk/">http://www.5digital.co.uk/</a>></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>On 21/07/2015 21:47, "fantasy office" <<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> on behalf of <a href="mailto:office@fantasyradio.co.uk">office@fantasyradio.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div>What a great idea... stick a whole new extra tranche of stations on in </div><div>your own area to compete with. A financially unsupportable notion.</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry, it cannot work. There is only a finite amount of money available </div><div>for advertising in any given area and almost nothing in the way of </div><div>grants or donations.</div><div><br></div><div>Phil Dawson</div><div>FANTASY RADIO 97FM</div><div>Devizes, Wiltshire.</div><div><br></div><div>On 21/07/2015 15:39, <a href="mailto:cma-l-request@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-request@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> wrote:</div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div> Send cma-l mailing list submissions to</div><div> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit</div><div> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l">http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</a></div><div> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to</div><div> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:cma-l-request@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-request@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div> You can reach the person managing the list at</div><div> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="mailto:cma-l-owner@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-owner@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific</div><div> than "Re: Contents of cma-l digest..."</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> Today's Topics:</div><div><br></div><div> 1. Re: DAB Trials (James Cridland)</div><div> 2. PRS PPL and DAB trials (office)</div><div> 3. Community radio station film (CMA-L)</div><div> 4. The Community Media Conference - 12th September 2015 (CMA-L)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> ----------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div> Message: 1</div><div> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 11:54:08 +0000</div><div> From: James Cridland <<a href="mailto:james@cridland.net">james@cridland.net</a>></div><div> To: The Community Media Association Discussion List</div><div> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>>, <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a></div><div> Subject: Re: [cma-l] DAB Trials</div><div> Message-ID:</div><div> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="mailto:CAGyDWzYrx_0oA9ovWrWxTBEhfFp7KxDctSsR5K1EvyRuNSEfig@mail.gmail.com">CAGyDWzYrx_0oA9ovWrWxTBEhfFp7KxDctSsR5K1EvyRuNSEfig@mail.gmail.com</a>></div><div> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"</div><div><br></div><div> Hi,</div><div><br></div><div> 6 channels? You could run more if you wanted. But you don't have to.</div><div><br></div><div> Nor do *you* have to run them. Indeed, you could sell them. Got a sizeable</div><div> Chinese community? Sell a slot to China Radio International. Or RFI. Or any</div><div> number of broadcasters who want to be in your area. Earn money from this,</div><div> don't let it cost you.</div><div><br></div><div> Or rebroadcast channels your audience might find interesting (under</div><div> agreement). Just like BBC World Service is rebroadcast by some US public</div><div> stations on their DAB-equivalent.</div><div><br></div><div> Use a channel as a part-time "extra" audio feed for rebroadcasting of</div><div> council meetings or other things. Leave it dormant the rest of the time.</div><div><br></div><div> Or, slag the whole thing off before you even start thinking of the</div><div> possibilities. That, too, appears to be a choice.</div><div><br></div><div> J</div><div><br></div><div> On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 20:41 CMA-L <<a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote id="MAC_OUTLOOK_ATTRIBUTION_BLOCKQUOTE" style="BORDER-LEFT: #b5c4df 5 solid; PADDING:0 0 0 5; MARGIN:0 0 0 5;"><div> ---------- Forwarded message ----------</div><div> From: Nick Mallinson <<a href="mailto:nickm@seahavenfm.com">nickm@seahavenfm.com</a>></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> One thing that occurred to me, and I?m not aware of any comments so far,</div><div> but may have missed them:</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> There 6 ?channels? on these small scale MUXes. Will that mean if the</div><div> tests are successful and we are able to go ahead and have a local community</div><div> MUX, some areas will be able to have 6 community radio stations in each</div><div> area?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> I don?t know about anyone else, but the practicality of 6 stations in our</div><div> area is going to be?.. well I was going to say ?a challenge? but we have</div><div> that anyway with just us, so with 6 stations I can see some ?small? issue</div><div> of viability.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> Nick Mallinson</div><div><br></div><div> MD Seahaven FM</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> _______________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div> Reply - <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div> The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community</div><div> Media Association - <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk">http://www.commedia.org.uk</a></div><div> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/community_media">http://twitter.com/community_media</a></div><div> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation">http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a></div><div> Canstream Internet Radio & Video: <a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a></div><div> _______________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div> Mailing list guidelines:</div><div> <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/">http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/</a></div><div> _______________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div> To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:</div><div> <a href="http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l">http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</a></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div>Reply - <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a></div><div><br></div><div>The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk">http://www.commedia.org.uk</a></div><div>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/community_media">http://twitter.com/community_media</a></div><div><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation">http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a></div><div>Canstream Internet Radio & Video: <a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div>Mailing list guidelines: <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/">http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/</a></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div><br></div><div>To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:</div><div><a href="http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l">http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</a></div><div><br></div></blockquote></body></html>