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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">To be fair I should take back my initial comments about this not looking like a survey. Alan’s comments that they don’t ask about the staff they have employed who gained experience from community radio is valid.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">To save you the time going through their questions, below is a quick summary of the survey:-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Do you strongly agree, agree, neither agree or disagree, disagree etc to the following:-<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Question : Community radio stations are distinct from commercial radio <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Question : Community radio stations are successful in delivering social objectives (or social gain), including training and outreach work with local communities<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Then a set of questions about the impact community radio has had and might have in future on their 1) Ad revenue and 2) audience.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.25pt">It then asks if they have contacted Ofcom with concerns or complaints about community radio and if yes, please provide details and whether you were satisfied with Ofcom’s response and whether you think it had
any effect.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.25pt">Question :- Do you believe Ofcom regulates community radio effectively?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:2.25pt">Question:- Please tell us if your station(s) or group has been impacted in any other way by the activity of local community radio stations - providing brief examples where applicable.
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<p class="MsoNormal">“The list below, which is not exhaustive, highlights some of the principal issues. <br>
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- Commercial activity<br>
- Nature of editorial content/ speech<br>
- Distinctiveness of music (ideally supported by data)<br>
- Compliance with key commitments<br>
- New licence applications<br>
- Transmission/ technical issues”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">So the survey assumes commercial stations are knowledgeable in whether we are successful in delivering social objectives (or social gain), including training and outreach work with local communities. It also assumes they are experts
in how Ofcom regulates our sector. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">It would have been interesting to see them ask where, given all the threats they face (BREXIT, BBC, online advertising, economy etc.) where community radio stands in the hierarchy of threats to their audience and ad revenue.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">But they are communicating with their members and hopefully the answers will challenge the apparent bias and ignorance in some of their questions. And hopefully they will share some of their finding with us and no just issue a press
release and start lobbying Ofcom.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Richard<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"> cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan Coote<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 15 July 2016 16:00<br>
<b>To:</b> cma-l@mailman.commedia.org.uk<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Joint Music Licence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">They skilfully (or otherwise) don’t ask;</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Please specify how many people your station has employed with valuable prior experience gained from Community Radio?<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">RadioCentre appear incredibly naïve with this survey when obviously the biggest challenge to revenue is online advertising, and the biggest fight for listeners is with the BBC and non RadioCentre
commercial stations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Either way it’s definitely not the £1 a spot community station transmitting with less power than a bedside light!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">A RadioCentre faux pas of epic proportions?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Alan</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Twitter - <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheAlanCoote"><span style="color:#6B006D">@LTBShow</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Web - </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#6B006D"><a href="http://www.5digital.co.uk/">http://www.LetsTalkBusinessOnline.com</a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><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 Richard Hilton <<a href="mailto:Richard.Hilton@bitc.org.uk">Richard.Hilton@bitc.org.uk</a>><br>
<b>Reply-To: </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>Date: </b>Friday, 15 July 2016 at 11:57<br>
<b>To: </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>Subject: </b>Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Joint Music Licence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Very interesting.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I don’t think this doesn’t sound like a survey but more a (fishing) expedition for (probably non-scientific) evidence of non-performance in our sector. And surely they prejudice any replies
by saying they have raised concerns about our sector. I’d be more impressed if they simply asked their members in a neutral manner for their experiences of community radio stations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">I’d also be more impressed if they did conduct a proper survey rather than ask for ‘experiences’ . Maybe we should ask to be allowed to contact their members to conduct a proper survey! At the
very least we should ask them to share the feedback they receive (all names retracted of course!).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">But interesting that they acknowledge the ‘continuing growth of the sector’.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Richard</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a> [<a href="mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk">mailto:cma-l-bounces@mailman.commedia.org.uk</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Two Lochs Radio<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 July 2016 21:45<br>
<b>To:</b> The Community Media Association Discussion List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [cma-l] Community Radio Joint Music Licence</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:black">Meanwhile, the commercial radio stations are also engaged in a survey:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:12.0pt">We want to hear directly from [commercial radio station] members about their experiences of community radio stations. The Radiocentre Policy Group has raised concerns about the continuing growth of the sector and the need to ensure
that community radio stations, run on a not-for-profit basis, really deliver content such as training, news and discussion which is of benefit to local communities, as required by the terms of their licences.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="ox-684d671dab-msonormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black">In order to inform the CMA’s discussion with PPL and PRSfM the CMA has published an online survey seeking views from members and the wider sector on the proposed Joint Licence from
PRSfM and PPL.<strong> Additionally, should any CMA members wish to share any particular views we would very much like to hear from you via this form:</strong></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ox-684d671dab-msonormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black"><a href="http://bit.ly/PPLPRS2016" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/PPLPRS2016</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="ox-684d671dab-msonormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;color:black"> On 14 July 2016 at 14:39 CMA-L <<a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a>> wrote:</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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