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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Well done you guys - now the proper hard work starts.<div>Looks like I've another four promotional mailings to write.<br>Well, three actually, because we've been working with Miles at Funky SX for some time now.</div><div>There's a bit of background here which is relevant.</div><div>Miles doesn't disguise that he was a very active pirate - who decided to turn legit - as Ofcom is always offering as a solution to illegal broadcasting.</div><div>But Ofcom said "Sorry - no frequencies"</div><div>We said "Yes there are - there's a pirate here been unchallenged for 11 years - there's an assigned frequency for a station that never took it up - and there are quite a few others that are suitable.</div><div>The DCMS appeared to agree - and there might possibly have been some sort of message sent over.</div><div>Ofcom than called and said - "OK - come in and let's talk about it"</div><div>Seven of us sat around a table with seven of our friends at Ofcom.</div><div>We were shown the precise frequency clearance procedure which I don't think anyone on the outside had ever seen before.<br>We all thought it was far too complex and unnecessarily limiting.</div><div>We saw how a CR station in Southend on the cleared "vacant" frequency would not interfere with any existing broadcaster, but could seriously suffer from incoming interference in sporadic tropospheric propagation conditions from a 4kW station in northern France.<br>The potential Licensee said he didn't care - he could explain that to his listeners on the odd occasion when it was likely - so why couldn't he have the frequency?<br>Ofcom said they'd have to go away and think about it.</div><div>Shortly afterwards, Ofcom announced that after some investigation there was a suitable frequency for that area of Essex, invited applications, and put back the deadline just for that small area to enable applications to be prepared.</div><div>Now, MIles has his licence</div><div>I suggest that this shows that by asking nicely and putting forward a reasoned argument, Ofcom can be persuaded to change its view.</div><div>That bodes well for all the other changes that some of us consider need to be made.</div><div><br><br><div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="3"><b>Ian Hickling</b><br></font></div><font style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:12pt;" size="3"><font style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Partner</font></font><br><br><a href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><img alt="" src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2SkDsnIzSZgRbNnNKBSiwxiFhFQWRGV55mTjVL23fulnJpstZmYxeKrrYefY4qxiSgkMrAETld64XINLXCsujE_zI5gAsQyWeCWvHixcrNYtar3Sij4YlVBgN2NSQ-n2DsgZvrnpWZlfwCQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png"></a><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">Office: 01635 578435 (7am-11pm UK time)</font></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)</font></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</font></i></div></div><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:29:49 +0100<br>To: cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br>Subject: [cma-l] Four community radio licence awards in the East of England: July 2015<br><br><div dir="ltr">Ofcom's Broadcast Licensing Committee ('BLC') awarded four community radio licences in July 2015. The licences are for services in the East of England region.<br><br>Ofcom's BLC made a licence award to each of the following:<br><br><ul><li>Harbour Radio (Harbour Radio Ltd), Great Yarmouth, Norfolk</li><li>Colne Radio (Colne Radio Community Interest Company), Wivenhoe, Essex</li><li>Chelmsford Community Radio (Chelmsford Community Radio Community Interest Company), Chelmsford, Essex</li><li>Funky SX (The Funky Academy Ltd), Southend, Essex </li></ul>Source: <a href="http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards-round-3/four-awards-july-15" target="_blank">http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards-round-3/four-awards-july-15</a><br><div><br>\\<br><br clear="all"><div><div class="ecxgmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Community Media Association<br>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br><span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d;" lang="EN-US">CMA AGM/Conference Saturday 12th September 2015<br><br></span></b></span>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div></div></div></div>
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