<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">It is very badly written but it looks like Ofcom are recommending that Commercial Radio should just carry on with less or no regulation.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also I think allowing the stations to retain their licences in perpertuity.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All very strange and hardly makes efficient use of the spectrum.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/radio-research/radio_deregulation/Letter_to_Ed_Vaizey_MP_230216.pdf" class="">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/research/radio-research/radio_deregulation/Letter_to_Ed_Vaizey_MP_230216.pdf</a> On 15 Mar 2016, at 11:49, Ian Hickling <<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" class="">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><font class="">Sorry - I wasn't aware of that Bob - can you give us more details?<br id="FontBreak" class=""></font><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 21.3px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22.72px;" class=""><font face="Calibri" size="3" class=""><span style="line-height: 22.72px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 22.72px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Ian Hickling</span></span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 17.9867px;" class=""></span></font></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22.72px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="line-height: 22.72px; 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font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""></span></font></div></div><div style="line-height: 21.3px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22.72px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" class=""><i style="line-height: 22.72px;" class=""><span style="line-height: 22.72px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class=""><font size="2" class="">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</font></span></i></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><hr id="stopSpelling" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bobtyler@btinternet.com" class="">bobtyler@btinternet.com</a><br class="">Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 11:02:23 +0000<br class="">To: <a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk" class="">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a><br class="">CC:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" class="">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br class="">Subject: [cma-l] Radio De-regulation letter.<br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria;" class="">I was wondering if anyone has, or is responding to Sharon White’s letter to the DCMS?</span> <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> </div><br class="">_______________________________________________ Reply -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" class="">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" class="">http://www.commedia.org.uk</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Twitter:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" class="">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" class="">http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Canstream Internet Radio & Video:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" class="">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>_______________________________________________ Mailing list guidelines:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/" class="">http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/</a>_______________________________________________ To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l" class="">http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</a></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>