<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Nick<br class=""><br class="">I think, your good friend, Mark Blackman's post was pragmatic. It is about the imminent handing-back of a community radio licence or its transfer to another Ofcom-approved body. Perhaps other licensees would have fared better if they had reached out to their communities for a successor organisation. And, I’m not sure what the "what size screw you need to hold the DAB front panel in place” refers to. <br class=""><br class="">With respect to the team at Pure 107.8, I don’t think the "Let us do some things that are at least possible with a bit roll your sleeves up and whooomph” is helpful. 'Smiling through and having a chuckle' isn’t what’s going to keep stations going. Pragmatically facing up to the reality of where radio fits into people’s media consumption these days and, therefore, the value that it offers is what is going to see you through.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As you quite rightly say, ‘let’s get real’.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David </div><div class=""><a href="http://www.theradiopeople.co.uk" class="">www.theradiopeople.co.uk</a> <br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 22 Feb 2017, at 16:10, Canalside's The Thread <<a href="mailto:office@thethread.org.uk" class="">office@thethread.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""> <br class=""> <br class="">From: Canalside Community Radio Ltd [<a href="mailto:office@canalsideradio.net" class="">mailto:office@canalsideradio.net</a>] <br class="">Sent: 22 February 2017 14:59<br class="">To: 'Canalside's The Thread' <office@thethread.org.uk><br class="">Subject: the mind boggles<br class=""> <br class=""> <br class="">Dear All<br class=""> <br class=""> <br class="">We talk about being positive and making sure that success breeds success (as opposed to what’s wrong and doom and gloom) yes I agree wholeheartedly ………….. however re:- current conversation on Clockface surprise surprise the conversation has drifted into how you hand a licence back, what someone might do who takes over the licence and what size screw you need to hold the DAB front panel in place as opposed to --------- what has led to the fact that 29 have gone bon voyage, 50 are bobbing about in the water without a lifejacket and another hundred are staring at the abyss.<br class="">For Petes sake guys ……. Let’s get real.<br class=""> <br class="">Let us do some things that are at least possible with a bit roll your sleeves up and whooomph<br class=""> <br class="">Keep smiling though and have a chuckle … it’s what keeps us going<br class=""> <br class="">Lord Dumpty / Chairman UK Argy Bargy Society<br class=""> <br class=""> <br class=""> <br class=""> <br class=""><span id="cid:image005.jpg@01D28D1C.23E3AD50"><image005.jpg></span><br class=""> <br class="">Canalside Community Radio Ltd.<br class="">Canal 2B, <br class="">Clarence Mill, <br class="">Bollington,<br class="">Cheshire,<br class="">SK10 5JZ<br class=""> <br class="">01625 576689<br class="">office@canalsideradio.net<br class=""> <br class="">www.canalsideradio.net<br class=""> <br class=""><span id="cid:image006.jpg@01D28D1C.23E3AD50"><image006.jpg></span><br class="">www.twitter.com/canalsideradio<br class="">www.facebook.com/canalsideradio<br class=""> <br class=""> <br class=""> <br class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class="">Reply - cma-l@commedia.org.uk<br class=""><br class="">The cma-l mailing list is a members' service provided by the Community Media Association - http://www.commedia.org.uk<br class="">Twitter: http://twitter.com/community_media<br class="">http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation<br class="">Canstream Internet Radio & Video: http://www.canstream.co.uk/<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class="">Mailing list guidelines: http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class=""><br class="">To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<br class="">http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l<br class=""></blockquote><br class=""></div></div></body></html>