<div dir='auto'><div dir="auto">As far as I can see there is no particular restraint on Community Radio as regards polictical issues being discused on air other than those which apply to all non-national stations.</div><div dir="auto">It is not necessary to be "non-political", merely to provide balance of views expressed across the range of programming broadcast. </div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div></div></div><div><br><div>On 14 Jan 2017 12:25, Martin Steers <martin@martinsteers.co.uk> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Community Radio on air has to be non-political, thats more about balancing debates and not supporting or opening opposing government policy etc.<div><br></div><div>But they can contact their own MP etc to forward their own needs, and certainly the role of the CMA is to do this as well on behalf of the sector and our members.</div><div><br></div><div>You can be sure that commercial radio stations and their sector representative (radiocentre) are doing their own lobbying work.</div></div><div><br><div>On 14 January 2017 at 09:22, Ian Hickling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Slightly weird. Conservative Government arguing for not for profit MUX providers and Labour Shadow Minister asking why commercial bidders excluded!
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