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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thing is Ian ….we don’t want a
100 watts, we just need the transmitter shifting ˝ half a mile towards Macc,
and Macclesfield putting officially (as a whole) on the licence.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Without Macc we are dead as a dodo ...we’ve
tried all the arguments and keep hitting the buffers. Of course, we are aware
that our coverage in certain areas of Rainow and Kerridge are a bit dodgy, so
using these as the leverage ‘may’ work and possibly would. I am
fairly certain Ofcom would allow us to move it ˝ half a mile. But alas, that
isn’t the point and we shouldn’t have to resort to playing silly
games all because someone can’t sign something off at the DCMS.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As per my previous e-mail ………Commercial
Radio seem to be able to pick and choose, swap and change whenever it suits and
within a timeline of about 10 weeks ……… as for us it takes 4
years and a load of aggro and arguing. It’s pathetic !<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Apologies to everyone and you have all
possibly heard enough, but these are my feelings and my thoughts and I ain’t
changing them as I believe we have a valid case.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A mistake was made at the outset, does it
really matter whether it was our fault / my fault / Ofcoms fault / DCMS fault /
Uncle Tom Cobbleys fault ?? no it doesn’t … there is a slight
problem and it can be easily rectified without affecting anyone …….
But it is easier to make excuses, and that is the crux of the matter, just the
same as with the restrictions … they are excuses, that’s all.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Anyway … have a good weekend
everyone<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Nick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Ian Hickling<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 16 October 2015 16:06<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> The Community Media
Association Discussion List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] Review of the
approach to community radioKey Commitments</span></font><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Calibri><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Calibri'>Yeah - you say that about the 25W transmitter Nick - but
as I've pointed out just once or twice before - 37 out of the current 232 CR
stations on air have convinced Ofcom that they need more than that - and have
got it.<br>
100W is not uncommon - one has 850W!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>The time to do it is when you get
your frequency and power allocation - after that it gets much harder - but it's
still been done.<br>
You have to present an argument which says that without the right power
allocation you cannot run a viable business.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-weight:bold'>Ian Hickling</span></font></b><font size=2 color="#222222"
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;font-style:italic'>Office:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>From: office@thethread.org.uk<br>
To: cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk<br>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:47:47 +0100<br>
Subject: Re: [cma-l] Review of the approach to community radioKey Commitments<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Richard et al</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I have submitted the ‘rant’
as some in our fraternity will of course call it (I think
not) all I am is merely a person who is sick to death of going
around in a circle for 9 long years arguing and debating the same old debacle
on a ground hog day basis. Commercial Radio influencing decisions and poking
their conks into a project that has NOTHING at all to do with them. I
don’t interfere with them but they have influence on what we do. They
seem to be able to have power boosts, change programming and key commitments at
the drop of a hat and yet we’re trying to work in a straight jacket and
jump through hoops with only a quarter of the resources.</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I’ll tell you the biggest
restriction we all/each have A 25 WATT TRANSMITTER
! we don’t need anymore
restrictions, that alone is enough. We’re trying to provide a service to
people and for people who can’t hear us ??? and then they put
restrictions on us
who thought that one up ? a madman !?? </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I try when possible to ad a bit of humour
into the situation because if we didn’t laugh we’d go bonkers. Some
would argue I already have LOL </span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>For the record, the submission was made
clearly saying that I don’t care who reads it. I have long gone past all
of that /confidentiality nonsense’ what you
see is what you get, like it or lump it. Too much pussy-footying around, being
walked all over, we need to stand up and be counted with a bit more thrust and
determination. Remember that most of the comments coming back having a pop at
me are from the ‘’I’m alright Jack brigade’’</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Under the confidentiality section I have
written ‘’announce it to the
World’’ my name is on it, so we don’t
have Mr Anon or Mrs pseudonym facebook or Mr AKA Twitter …..stand up and
be counted.</span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I notice others on the message board who
also place posts that are quite forthright, I know quite a few of these folk,
they are fine …. They’re just fed up with the going round in
circles as well. Then of course there’s the silent majority. I know this
because they contact me and tell me …. They don’t want the aggro so
don’t get roped in … they still support the sentiment. So let us
not underestimate the ‘will’ to overcome.</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I will make my statement one more time.
Yes, we here at Canalside did understand the rules and implications at the
outset (we didn’t agree with them, but hey, such is
life) what we DID NOT EXPECT THOUGH, is to be
arguing about the same things 12 years down the line and listening to hot air
coming from Ministers saying how much they support Community Radio
……………do something about it then.</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I’ll try to copy and paste
…….(copy and rant) </span></font><font size=2
color=black face=Wingdings><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;
color:black'>J</span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Restrictions = Get Shot of the <st1:place
w:st="on">Lot</st1:place></span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Regulate the spend and not the earn ..
this way there would be technically a limit (it would remain
not-for-profit) money earned would have to be re-invested into the
project and there is an element of protection for Commercial Radio</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Key Commitments ------- most of these
were written (me included) with all good intentions .. but in reality some not
achievable. They contained items that ticked boxes, wouldn’t offend
commercial radio and looked fluffy and nice ……. I was cringing
whilst writing them as I would imagine many others were. We were being pushed
down a road that we didn’t want to go down by the way the rules have been
laid out.</span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The final straw for me is seeing people
being hauled over the coals for completely trivial matters and words like
‘investigation’ ‘in breach’
etc being attached to that Station. Completely unacceptable.</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Setting the Bar high and
‘’’at least avin a go’’’ should be
commended, not ridiculed if you fall slightly short. This is obviously one of
the reasons why this ‘consultation’ has come about .however, like
with everything else it ought to have been done 3 years ago when folk like me
and others saw the warning lights flashing. It would possibly have saved me in
total about a month of my life off the e-mail and phone.</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I stick by the word I first mentioned 8
years ago ‘debacle’ I
think this was the word that upset one or two as I was on the receiving end of
a lecture. It of course went straight over my head.</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Of course life is about opinions, some
will agree, some will disagree ….but one thing is for sure, if you do
nothing about it, don’t get involved, don’t roll your sleeves up,
you will forever be trodden on.</span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Time to cut-loose and let Community Radio
really flourish.</span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>By the way, read the comments from 3
years ago re:-TV ………….. correct again. It
was never going to work and the money ought to have been put into Community
Radio. We’d have a descent Pot, Commercial Radio would be protected
(they’d like that) and we’d only need to rummage
through a few adverts and everyone’s a happy bunny.</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I can’t remember the Minister at
the time (Jeremy Hunt possibly?) but my exact words to him
were ‘’don’t you think you ought to be sorting
out Community Radio first, before mIthering with Community TV?’</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I’ve virtually covered the entry,
but I send it over</span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:
Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Love you all xxx keep
on truckin’</span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:
Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Sir Hamster Wheel-Wright [<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Pott Shrigley</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>]</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>By the way …… I think Ofcom
have read it as there has been correspondence this morning .and I reckon
it’s food for thought. My command of English isn’t good & sadly
I didn’t get A Level or O Level English as you can see …….
The message is clear though and that’s what matters.</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Richard Hilton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 16 October 2015 09:26<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> The Community Media
Association Discussion List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [cma-l] Review of the
approach to community radioKey Commitments</span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Glad you have done
this. Is it possible to share your submission as a guide and
encouragement to others to get involved in this vitally important
consultation? </span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:
Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Richard</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'> </span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri'>
cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Canalside's The Thread<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 15 October 2015 19:35<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> 'The Community Media
Association Discussion List'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [cma-l] Review of the
approach to community radio Key Commitments</span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Done and Dusted !</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Seek under the headline/title
---- ‘’not pussy-footying
around’’ [part 1 ‘’hot under the
collar’’] [sub clause 4 ‘’haven’t we been
here 20 times before?’’] [sub section 2b ‘’seeing
is believing’’] [clause 5 ‘’it’s
about time’’]</span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sir Nicholas Henry Hamster Wheel-Wright
[Professor of Community Radio Economics] [<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pott Shrigley</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>]</span></font><font
face=Calibri><span style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>
[<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>CMA-L<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 15 October 2015 17:35<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <a
href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] Review of the
approach to community radio Key Commitments</span></font><font face=Calibri><span
style='font-family:Calibri'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Community radio services broadcasting on FM or AM provide social gain
and other community benefits on a not-for-profit basis.<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
These service descriptions recorded in community radio licences are called
‘Key Commitments’.<br>
<br>
This Ofcom consultation seeks views on a proposal to streamline and simplify
the Key Commitments.<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
Ofcom invites written comments on the questions raised in this consultation, to
be submitted by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>5pm on 21 October 2015</span></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>
<br>
<a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/key-commitments/"
target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/key-commitments/</a><br>
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