<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="">I am not sure 4 weeks to fully comprehend and respond to this is sufficient or fair especially since the regulator has taken two years to come up with this. Requesting for it to be extended until December or at least their own RECOMMENDED 10 WEEK'S is not unreasonable and is fully justified.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am sure there are many differing and complex opinions. I note the consultation question does not include the redacted references to the Art 3 Community Radio Order as per their Annex 4. Forget the templates, check the detail.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">BT</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 22 Sep 2015, at 16:51, CMA-L <<a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" class="">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">Community radio services broadcasting on FM or AM provide social gain and other community benefits on a not-for-profit basis.<br class=""><br class="">Each station is required to provide the service described in its licence, which is based on the proposals it made during the application process for the licence.<br class=""><br class="">These service descriptions recorded in community radio licences are called ‘Key Commitments’.<br class=""><br class="">This Ofcom consultation seeks views on a proposal to streamline and simplify the Key Commitments.<br class=""><br class="">This will free up community radio stations, enabling them to focus on serving their target communities, adapt better to the changing needs of those communities, and deliver social gain. <br class=""><br class="">Ofcom invites written comments on the questions raised in this consultation, to be submitted by <b class="">5pm on 21 October 2015</b>. Ofcom strongly prefers to receive responses in electronic format and their web form will allow you to indicate your data protection preferences and send your views to the team responsible for this consultation.<br class=""><br class=""><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/key-commitments/" target="_blank" class="">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/key-commitments/</a><br class=""><br class="">\\<br class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Community Media Association<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888" class=""><br class="">-- <br class=""><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br class=""><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank" class="">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank" class="">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br class=""><br class="">Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br class=""><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank" class="">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></font></span></div></div></div></div>
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