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</head><body><p>So to go back to someone else's suggestion, if everyone puts in an identical application for funding for the same purpose, they should all have the same merit, and be awarded equal dibs!<br></p><p>I'll get my coat.<br></p><blockquote type="cite">On 17 May 2016 at 21:36 Bill Best <bill.best@commedia.org.uk> wrote:<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>Good evening</div><div><br></div>The CMA put forward the request from CMA members for the Community Radio Fund to be shared equally between community radio stations but Ofcom advised that the rules that govern how public money can be spent would not permit the CRF to be used in this way - applications to the Fund have to be awarded on merit.<div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div><br></div><div>Bill</div></div></blockquote></body></html>