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<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(246, 247, 249);"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Interesting
that this has come out today, when the closing date for "non-competitive" Applications isn't for another 9 days.</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Maybe Ofcom didn't get as many in that tranche as anticipated?</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">A few points in that document:</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"*NB We have recently completed a community radio licensing round in London and other areas within the M25, as a result we have carried out extensive
frequency availability work in these areas and it is highly unlikely that we will find additional frequencies for sites in the areas asterisked.</span></i></span><br>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No - You just have to look harder - and get rid of the 40 or so pirates who are occupying otherwise "safe" channels.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is our usual policy to license community radio services utilising only one transmission site; all applications should therefore be based on
the use of a single site only. Any information about further transmission sites will not be considered at this stage.</span></i></span><br>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No - That wasn't in the previous format. Some Applications will legitimately require more than one site to be efficient.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are not able to enter into correspondence about transmission arrangements. The only exception to this is if we need to seek clarification from you about your transmission arrangements. </span></i></span><br>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No - You can ask questions but we can't?</span><br>
<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Isn't that unconstitutional?</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I'm afraid Ofcom is all too quick to say what it can't do - when what it really means what it isn't prepared to do.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br>
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