[CMA R] Ofcom today announced the membership of its Community Radio Fund Panel

[Alan Fransman]

Ofcom today announced the membership of its Community Radio Fund Panel.
CMA Treasurer Richard Hilton will serve on this three-member panel.

You can find out more about the Community Radio Fund in a special 
session with Soo Williams and Laurie Hallett at next week's CMA 
Conference and AGM:
11/12 November 2005
NCVO Conference Suite, London
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Ofcom today appoints Community Radio Fund Panel members

The Panel has been set up under the Communications Act 2003 to manage 
and administer the new Community Radio Fund. The three-member panel will 
report to the Ofcom Board and produce an Annual Report.

The Community Radio Fund was established by Government to provide 
financial support to new community radio broadcasters. For the current 
financial year, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has 
made £500,000 available to the Fund, and has indicated that a similar 
figure will be available for the next two years.

The three members are:

Kevin Carey (Chair) is the founder Director of humanITy, a charity which 
focuses on Information and Communications Technologies and social 
inclusion. He is also a National Endowment for Science, Technology and 
Arts Fellow in accessible broadcasting, and Vice Chair of the RNIB. 
Kevin is a member of Ofcom's Content Board.

Richard Hilton is Head of Management Accounting at Business in the 
Community, a charity and membership organisation that works with 
companies to improve the positive impact of business on society. He is 
also Treasurer of the Community Media Association (CMA) which is a UK 
membership association that supports organisations that manage local 
community-based radio, television and internet projects.

Thomas Prag is Chairman of Media Support Solutions which specialises in 
setting up radio stations within developing countries such as 
Afghanistan and Botswana. He was the Radio Authority’s member for 
Scotland and Chairman of its Access Radio pilot scheme. Previously, he 
was Managing Director of Moray Firth Radio, Inverness. He is a member of 
Ofcom’s Advisory Committee for Scotland.

The Community Radio Fund Panel will be inviting applications for the 
2005/06 Fund towards the end of November 2005. Any group that holds a 
community radio licence will be able to seek financial support from the 
Fund.

Further information is available on the ofcom website:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2005/11/nr_20051103

-- 
Alan Fransman
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