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<p>At Ofcom's Draft Annual Plan Stakeholders' meeting in London this week, they stated that they would be issuing invitations to apply for community radio licences in the Greater London area in the next two weeks.</p>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk <cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk> on behalf of Cannock Radio <office@cannockradio.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 03 February 2016 13:21<br>
<b>To:</b> The Community Media Association Discussion List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Licensing Timetable</font>
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<div>And still no clear path for a timetable for them to open up more merit based applications outside of these regions.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Ian Hickling <span dir="ltr">
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<div dir="ltr">Ofcom issued this notice yesterday:
<div><a href="http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/monthly-updates/update0116" target="_blank">http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/monthly-updates/update0116</a></div>
<div>This section is particularly significant:</div>
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Community Radio licensing timetable</h3>
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The community radio licensing timetable has been revised for the final two regions. See here: <a href="http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/apply-for-licence/timetable" target="_blank" style="vertical-align:top; margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; text-decoration:none; color:rgb(108,123,2)">http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/apply-for-licence/timetable</a> <br>
Ofcom intends to invite community radio licence applications from Region 10 – Greater London and other areas within the M25 during the first half of 2016.</p>
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There will be an opportunity to apply for a Medium wave (AM) band community radio licence for locations anywhere throughout the UK in the second half of 2016.</p>
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The relevant Timetable section is shown as:</p>
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Greater London and other areas within the M25</td>
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It appears therefore that Ofcom may have found usable FM frequencies within the M25 - and still is of the opinion that AM is a practical and feasible alternative to FM for Community Radio services.<br>
I feel we need a lot of clarification here.</div>
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