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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Suggested this 3 years ago ! and all the
other things that folk are now pointing out. It is very nice to see more people
chucking their three-pennith in ….. everyone appears to have woken up and
smelt the coffee.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In the event of just another
observational whinge, let’s change our name to ‘Here we go round
the Mulberry Bush Radio’<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>[Alan] 2 Minutes ! 2
Days more like<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>OK, some might not blink … it could
turn out to be a waste of time, but what it most definitely isn’t is it
is not pointless because it proves we at last after 14 years of pussy-footying
around, whinging whilst at the same time being insulted we have a Plan B.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Read between the lines what Plan B’s,
mandates, supported leadership, policy is ….. you do not have to be a
rocket scientist. For anyone still in any doubt or struggling to get their head
around the concept before falling over / going belly-up / keeling
over and/or doing a dying fly we would take the plunge and break the rules ….
We’ll face the consequences later.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The key bit here is that if another 249
are thinking along the same lines then those who have been insulting our
intelligence for years might just at least listen for a change as opposed to
brushing it off or scraping it off the bottom of their shoe !<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I know you all know this already, but
just for the record ………. Discussions, friendly persuasion,
hob-knobbing is all well and good …… but if you keep drawing
blanks, keep NOT being included in any extra funding and continue to knock when
no one is in you MUST MUST MUST have a Plan B.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Off the top of my head, I think the
Junior Doctors had a Plan B. Can I suggest that our Leaders give em a quick
bell and then let us know when the funding meeting is and what we intend to do
if/when/not if etc etc<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Sorry to appear aggressive and uppity ….
but I am so frustrated. Get some fire in our bellies for petes sake, friendly
persuasion is not working.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Nick Dumpty<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
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cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk
[mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alan Coote<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 18 May 2016 11:51<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [cma-l] Community
Radio Fund & the CMA</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>What the government needs to see is a
coherent approach to funding a sector which is in dire need of it. I think you
only need to be involved in community radio 5 minutes before you see this is
the case.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Not to highlight the seriousness of this
issue and the evident injustice funding local TV and print Journalist instead
is madness!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>I advocate that every Community Station
falls silent for two minutes on a National Community Radio Day. Maybe the CMA
could organise that?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Kind Regards</span></font><font size=2
color=black><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Calibri><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Alan</span><u1:p></u1:p></font><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Alan Coote </span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION">From: </span></font></b><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>>
on behalf of Ron Millet <<a href="mailto:ronm@bridging-thegap.co.uk">ronm@bridging-thegap.co.uk</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Reply-To: </span></b>"<a
href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>"
<<a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Date: </span></b>Tuesday, 17 May 2016 at
22:10<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To: </span></b>"<a
href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>"
<<a href="mailto:cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject: </span></b>Re: [cma-l] Community
Radio Fund & the CMA<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Good points by Phil and Alex.... I do get
a little restless --- then let's campaign to change the rules. As a starter
let's have a look at what the wording of the rules is.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Quite seriously - whose rules? - are they
defined by Ofcom themselves or by statute? what is meant by merit? by
what criteria? and who can interpret them in a truly objective and
dispassionate fashion? Phil,'s point ...<i><span style='font-style:italic'>"<span
style='background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)'>so the government has already
accepted that there is a value to society </span><span style='background-color:
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)'>in having these stations..." </span></i>Is in<i><span
style='font-style:italic'> </span></i>itself an implication of
"merit" - Ofcom wouldn't grant a licence to an organisation that was
mediocre.. Would they?</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Another way forward would be a 2 tier
system with 50% of the fund given as an equal sum to every station, as of right...
And after they had submitted and had approved their annual return by Ofcom (to
keep them happy). The other 50% would be on merit.. whatever that means. I do
worry slightly if this is a bit like bank loans to business where those that
don't really need it get it and those that are in trouble are too much of a
risk.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Bill there is a good discussion here with
the elements of a coherent policy and campaign being developed. Obviously we
want more money to be distributed in a responsible fashion. The suggestions for
a re jig of what is already there is the core starting point. Can you
"curate" (ugh not always quite sure what that means) this to work it
up into a firm proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Could you forward me the actual wording of
the rules and the precise source that empowers them...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Ron<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On 18 May 2016, at 06:36, Bill Best <<a
href="mailto:bill.best@commedia.org.uk">bill.best@commedia.org.uk</a>>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>On 17 May 2016 at 17:22, Phil Edmonds <<a
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Thinking aloud here....<br>
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Every Community Radio station has the Ofcom Licence fees (which unless it's
changed since I last looked a couple of years back, that if you were an
analogue Commercial Radio station would be zero rated if you had the turnover
of an average CR station) plus at least the 'minimum' PRS/MCPS and PPL fee.<br>
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So there's 500k in the Community Radio fund....<br>
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Maybe someone should put in an application to the Community Radio Fund to mass
pay "everyone's" Ofcom and minimum music royalties basic costs (hey
it might even mean that PRS can sort out the admin correctly on such a 'block
booking'!)<br>
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Back of the fag packet calculations gets me broadly to the 500k mark with this.<br>
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I could be even more radical and suggest a mass submission of the same
"spilt up the fund to all stations equally" set of applications...<br>
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Now my initial thought on this front was somewhat "tongue in cheek",
but maybe there is a little nugget of an idea in there?<br>
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I'll duck and cover now....<br>
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Phil.<br>
(Personal views, not necessarily those of any organisation I'm involved with.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On 17/05/2016 13:24, Alex Gray, Two Lochs Radio wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Clearly a grant to
Community Radio is not in any way a handout to a<br>
‘begging bowl’. The whole justification for there being CR licences<br>
available is that such stations are expected to provide ‘social
gain’ –<br>
so the government has already accepted that there is a value to society<br>
in having these stations. In which case it seems to me that in principle<br>
it would be perfectly proper for public funds to contribute to<br>
delivering that social purpose.<br>
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As has already been mentioned, that was indeed proposed to the tune of<br>
£30k per station in the original 2003 recommendations for CR licensing.<br>
That didn’t happen, presumably because of a lack of political<br>
will/lobbying from the commercial companies.<br>
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There is another potential practical route to value this social purpose<br>
– one that has worked well for us in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region> for the stations that were<br>
licensed prior to CR licences and their restrictions on commercial income.<br>
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That is to persuade the Government of the need and value to run ‘public<br>
service’ and ‘social message’ advertising on community-based
stations.<br>
This avoids any need to think about or discuss ‘begging bowls’
since we<br>
are selling them a product of value in return for the income, not asking<br>
for ‘something for nothing’.<br>
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In <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region>
the Scottish Government instructs the advertising agencies<br>
to place a small share of the overall public service advertising budget<br>
with the community-based non-profit stations such as ours, and it has<br>
been a very important income stream.<br>
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Of course there is a problem in this scheme in that as things stand it<br>
couldn’t be applied to stations with CR licences that limit or bar<br>
commercial airtime income, but maybe it would be easier to persuade<br>
Ofcom/DCMS that this requirement should be eased/removed in the case of<br>
official social/public service messages from Government – ie that such<br>
advertising would not count as commercial income for Ofcom purposes, or<br>
that licence conditions would be amended to permit such income.<br>
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Just an idea. While it’s provides nowhere near as much as the originally<br>
proposed core CR funding from Government, It has been a substantial<br>
help for us for over 10 years in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<br>
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Let’s not get into the debate re:- value of the product<br>
our product is viewed differently by possibly every Tom, Dick and Harry<br>
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