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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>I guess some community stations are more viable
than others... Nevis was no surprise, as it was a successful commercial licence
holder that converted to a community licence a couple of years back, and I love
the though that another station blamed and "oversight due to internal issues
that have now been sorted" for its high income. We could do with some of those
issues!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#363636 size=2 face=Tahoma><STRONG>Ofcom has found three
community radio stations in breach of their licences for bringing in too much
money.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#363636 face=Tahoma><A
href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/enforcement/broadcast-bulletins/obb294/issue_294.pdf"><FONT
size=2>http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/enforcement/broadcast-bulletins/obb294/issue_294.pdf</FONT></A><FONT
color=#000000 size=2> (pp32-34)</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>Nevis Community Radio reported in 2014, 98% of its income was
derived from on-air advertising and sponsorship. But after questions by Ofcom,
the station re-submitted its Financial Report saying it
had under-estimated the amount of ‘in kind’ income from volunteers in its
report.</FONT></DIV></LI>
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size=2>Peace Full Media in Manchester said its 65% commercial income was
as a result of an oversight “caused by internal issues which have now been
sorted."</FONT></DIV></LI>
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size=2>Bishop FM in Bishop Auckland reported that 60% was commercial due to a
misallocation of commercial production revenues between years and revised it
to 54% – which was still in breach.</FONT></DIV></LI></UL></FONT></STRONG>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ravensound@pilgrimsound.co.uk
href="mailto:ravensound@pilgrimsound.co.uk">Tony Bailey</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=transplanfm@hotmail.com
href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com">Ian Hickling</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk
href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">The Community Media Association
Discussion List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:22
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [cma-l] 4ZZZ & born to
fail</DIV>
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<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix>Ian, you are clearly an optimist to be working for
community radio - long may you succeed. Perhaps we should rename this
thread "regulated to fail" instead as the issue is more about the environment
in which CR has to exist than a defect at birth.
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