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<DIV>Hi Tony,</DIV>
<DIV>As far as I know the JFMG contract is now with Ofcom.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>I would like to call this post born to fail.</DIV>
<DIV>I have personally worked on over 100 rsl stations as the equipment provider and many have gone on to win a full time licence.</DIV>
<DIV>Why do many of these stations still struggle?</DIV>
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<DIV>And what about the ones that sold out to commercial concerns </DIV>
<DIV>The take the money and run attitude that was the result of the Sallie licences (remember them)</DIV>
<DIV>Another licensing shambles.</DIV>
<DIV>OK Richard Branson and Chris Evans did Ok from it but people thinking that playing with radio in order to just make money is part of how this system works.</DIV>
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<DIV>The funding is a big part but the lack of coverage to get any commercial support is always the final killer.</DIV>
<DIV>We can go a long way on 25 watts but in an urban enviroment with bad terrain and local RF pollution it is a no hoper.</DIV>
<DIV>Link FM in Havering Essex gave back their licence for this reason and are not the only ones.</DIV>
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<DIV>I really only do community stations now abroad where we can have 1kw FM transmitters!</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> Tony Bailey <A href="mailto:ravensound@pilgrimsound.co.uk"><FONT color=#0000ff><ravensound@pilgrimsound.co.uk></FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk"><FONT color=#0000ff>cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><B>Date:</B> Tue, 08 Dec 2015 18:20:34 +0000</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject: <U>Re: [cma-l] 4ZZZ accounts and parameters</U></B></DIV>
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<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>Alex:<BR><BR>There has probably been more contention about delivering that part of Section 105 than any other and not confined to community radio either.<BR><BR>I hadn't heard that JFMG no longer had that contract, it looks like the new contractor bounced it.<BR><BR>I thought that most radios used a high local oscillator which would start around 98 megs? Is the other one an image?<BR><BR>I also thought that one of the arguments for low power (<=25 W) was that overseas co-ordination wasn't required.<BR><BR>The point about users having control over the assets is that the parameters can be changed.<BR><BR>Regards, Tony<BR><BR>On 08/12/15 17:09, Two Lochs Radio wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Alan Coote wrote: I’ve long contended that Ofcom have a responsibility to only license stations that stand a fair chance of being financially sustainable. </EM></DIV>
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<DIV>Isn't that a legal obligation on Ofcom when awarding licences, Alan? It certainly is a primary consideration when licensing commercial stations. In fact, while they aren;t in orde rof priority, it happens to be the very first of the criteria laid down in the Broadcasting Act, Section 105, which says:</DIV>
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<P>Ofcom is required to have regard to...<BR>(a) the ability of each of the applicants for the licence to maintain, throughout the period for which the licence would be in force, the service which he proposes to provide;...</P></DIV>
<DIV>Maybe it's not the same for community licences, I haven't checked, but I thought it was.</DIV>
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<DIV><EM>Tony Bailey wrote: Actually now may be the time for the CMA to bid for this, if the authorities wish to devolve licensing? For special events (JFMG) and radio amateurs (RSGB) are doing it already.</EM></DIV>
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<DIV>Didn't Ofcom most recently move in the other direction - I thought they brought JFMG back in-house? </DIV>
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<DIV>It would be easy to underestimate the amount of work that would be involved in administering a community sub-band. The coordinating body for such a sub-band wouldn't have a free hand within that band, since as well as keeping clearances within the band, you also have to keep clear of local transmissions that are +/-10.7MHz from any given frequency, and around the periphery also coordinate with the French/Dutch/Irish and co. That's a fair bit of work, and potential duplication of effort in parallel with the same coordination done for BBC/ILR frequencies. If the frequency coordination and clearance paramters weren't changed it seems unlikely that a separate body could do a much better job - it's the parameters being used for frequency planning that generally control the way things end up, not who does the leg work.</DIV>
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<DIV>Alex</DIV>
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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=alan.coote@5digital.co.uk href="mailto:alan.coote@5digital.co.uk" moz-do-not-send="true">Alan Coote</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 08, 2015 12:59 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cma-l] 4ZZZ accounts</DIV>
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<DIV>A prominent person at Ofcom told me that there wasn’t a community station in the country that doesn’t want more power – which tells you quite a lot about Ofcom and their willingness and ability to support the sector!</DIV>
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<DIV>I’ve long contended that Ofcom have a responsibility to only license stations that stand a fair chance of being financially sustainable. It stands to reason the larger the audience the greater the potential revenue. </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-US>Kind Regards</SPAN></P>
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