<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-bottom:10px;font-size:12px">Ofcom has published a review of its<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ofcom.cmail20.com/t/i-l-kktrujy-ptyuturk-h/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(43,166,203);font-family:arial,sans-serif">community radio licensing and technical policy</a>. </p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-bottom:10px;font-size:12px">Ofcom has been awarding community radio licences for more than a decade, and there are now nearly 250 stations in the UK.  These stations are small, not-for-profit services which bring a range of benefits to their target communities, and are run with the help of volunteers.</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-bottom:10px;font-size:12px">As Ofcom comes to the end of its third round of community radio licensing, the regulator is seeking views on proposals to:</p><ul style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-bottom:10px;font-size:12px"><li style="margin-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;list-style-position:inside">run a short, focussed fourth round of community radio licensing; and</li><li style="margin-left:5px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;list-style-position:inside">revise their technical policy to allow improvements to coverage areas for community stations, taking into account individual stations’ requirements.</li></ul><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-bottom:10px;font-size:12px"><b>Today’s consultation closes on 22 December 2016</b>.</p>\\<br><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Community Media Association<br>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br>Canstream Internet Radio &amp; Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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