<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="">Lucinda<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You ask vital questions. In brief art should not be dependent upon money, on viewing numbers, on any form of classification..</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">BBC local radio spends a fortune every year - it should be controlled by community radio network. In France just asking to run a local station means the government will fork out cash - over £30,000 pa last time I looked.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here we are hidebound by tradition, or is it seems as a means of control?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There’s lots of new initiatives abut, and a few old codgers (like me) who’d be grateful for a few listeners.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When I ran a community station I told all my team not to be concerned with listener numbers - if one person listened and gained something, then the job was done.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The big question you raise is how do we work together. I love your station - it should form the base for a network of stations. I have two domain names: <a href="http://www.debenradio.co.uk" class="">www.debenradio.co.uk</a> and <a href="http://radiowoodbridge.co.uk" class="">radiowoodbridge.co.uk</a> that I’d love to link into a network. Station controllers should be able to choose programmes from a database to build their own stations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Using Airtime or Mixcloud we can produce a selection of stations for every region and taste.They can also serve as listener news programmes…</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I can moan on for ages - hope to see you next Saturday.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m the ole Suffolk boyo with straw in my hat and trousers tied up with string.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’ll send you an ole Suffolk folk tale - as one small example - I want to produce short stories.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kindly</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Trevor Lockwood BSc FRSA</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>