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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">One possibility Nick (dredging the
memory banks here) wasn't there a proposal to introduce community
Beeb websites which was seen by some to undermine local press? <br>
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Tony Bailey<br>
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On 23/05/16 12:32, Canalside's The Thread wrote:<br>
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<span>………I ask the
question again and I have asked via my local MP / Mr
Vaizey this money
that has suddenly appeared from nowhere to fund Newspaper
Journalists (which
has absolutely nothing to do with Radio !)(unless I have
missed something?)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>
[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>] <b><span>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Bill Best<br>
<b><span>Sent:</span></b> 20 May 2016 17:45<br>
<b><span>To:</span></b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>
<b><span>Subject:</span></b> [cma-l] Community Radio
Fund mini-survey</span><span lang="EN-US"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hi</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Just in case people didn't see
this email buried in the long thread
entitled 'Community Radio Fund & the CMA' I'm
reposting this in a new
thread to give it higher profile.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The CMA informed DCMS in its 2014
Community Radio Consultation that we
had held a consultation meeting in Sheffield
in April 2014 at which members attending the meeting
"unanimously put
forward the view that the Community Radio Fund should be
distributed equally to
all eligible stations rather than on a contested basis
as is now". However
it was apparent at the time that not all members
supported that view.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The original question put forward
by DCMS in its 2014 Consultation was
as follows:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Question 7 – How can Community
Radio Fund grant funding be better
used. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span>There are no plans to alter
how
decisions are taken to distribute the grant however
we welcome views on other
ways in which the grant could be better targeted and
how might this be
done. </span></i><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Interestingly there is no
acknowledgement of Question 7 in
the Government Response to the Consultation on Community
Radio here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bit.ly/1XmMLaA" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1XmMLaA</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The advice I have received on
this so far is that a change to how the
Community Radio Fund is distributed would not be
impossible. However
to distribute the Fund equally between all licensed
stations would
require a substantial change on which DCMS "would
probably need to
consult".</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The agreement between DCMS and
Ofcom is written by DCMS - the Fund
belongs to DCMS and is merely administered by Ofcom.
The Funding Agreement
for the next four years now requires updating. For the
current year (2016/17),
substantial change is not envisaged - the <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/radio/community-radio-fund/"
target="_blank">first round of the Fund</a> is already
open for
applications and <b><span>closes next week on
Thursday 26th May</span></b>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Going forward, DCMS will look
more broadly at the CRF to reflect the
secured funding of £400,000 for community radio for
2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19
and 2019/20. Other options for distributing the Fund
will be considered.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>This week, the CMA has again
indicated to DCMS that a proposal to
distribute the CRF equally amongst licensed stations
remains popular and the
CMA will collate the views expressed on this mailing
list and submit them to
DCMS and to Ofcom. There is also an online form here for
members to submit
their feedback:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bit.ly/2016CRF" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2016CRF</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We will keep this 'mini-survey'
open until <b><span>30th June</span></b>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Best regards for now</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Bill Best</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Canstream
Internet Radio</span></p>
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target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>Book your
tickets now for
the Community Media Conference
2016: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf"
target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2016CMAConf</a></span></b></p>
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