<div dir="ltr"><div>I must admit that I am nervous about this as many discussions have been happening over the last number of years with David Holdsworth - head of local radio for England and Wales. We (the CMA), along with several Community stations have been working with local BBC radio stations on building projects that would make content sharing easier so that we would have access to their archive material, and that we could offer content and journalists. Yes, the MOU addresses some of this concern, but as has been pointed out here, this seems to have fallen by the wayside. The Community Media Day was a great success and should have fed into this document as well so let's see if all our hard work gets recognised or not.</div><div>It will be a great shame at this stage not to be included in the future planning of the BBC.</div><div><br></div><div>The CMA should have sight of the proposals and the Chair needs to make a response immediately stating our case and disappointment in the exclusion of Community Radio in any future plans.</div><div><br></div><div>Phil</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Ian Hickling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" target="_blank">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr">An excellent proposal - but for me it's far more important to improve the quality of broadcast journalism than simply increase the number generating it!<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;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="3"><b>Ian Hickling</b><br></font></div><font size="3" 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;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12pt"><font style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Partner</font></font><br><br><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="" src="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;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;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;word-spacing:0px"><i><font size="3">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</font></i></div></div><br><br><div><hr>From: <a href="mailto:david@theradiopeople.co.uk" target="_blank">david@theradiopeople.co.uk</a><br>Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 08:33:00 +0100<br>To: <a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a><br>Subject: [cma-l] Lord Hall - BBC and Community Reporters<br><br><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Dear All,</div><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The BBC’s Lord Hall is about to make the first of four speeches outlining the BBC’s future. What will it mean for community radio?</div><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Among the specific plans he will outline includes a multi-million pound investment in journalism, with a network of 100 <u>public service</u> reporters across the country to deliver news from courts and councils. </div><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">This is a great opportunity for community radio <i>as a body</i> to tap into a publicly-funded journalistic resource that could be and should be working directly with local stations.</div><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">The BBC is also going to create a 'hub' for data journalism, giving <u>local newspapers</u> access to its statistical analysis, and offer audio and video clips free to other websites. </div><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">I hope the CMA is talking with both the BBC and DCMS. </div><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Providing licence fee funded resources to privately owned media organisations ahead of not-for-profit community broadcasters is clearly unacceptable. A partnership with the BBC should have ambition and deliver outcomes that are more tangible than is currently framed in the memorandum of understanding.</div><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">Local news is essential for a strong democracy and community radio needs to be at the forefront of its delivery. What the BBC is tabling is an unprecedented offer that would put millions into a local journalism partnership. Community radio needs to be an equal partner in that.</div><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><br></div><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)">David Duffy</div><div style="padding:0px 0px 0.8em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://theradiopeople.co.uk" target="_blank">theradiopeople.co.uk</a> </div><br>_______________________________________________
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