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<DIV>Dear Karl,</DIV>
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<DIV>I am delighted that your immediate funding problems have been answered
in such a spectacular fashion... and I do hope that the national, regional and
local media will make a big deal of this. I also hope that your long term
funding questions are answered.</DIV>
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<DIV>However, I'm a little concerned that your immediate funding crisis was not
made clearer amongst the CMA members / CMA List prior to this time. I would hate
to get an e-mail telling me that the highly regarded 209radio had
closed down. Everybody in the CMA / Community Radio sector would.</DIV>
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<DIV>But reading between the lines of this last
minute, temporary success, it appears that we were all faced with a
disturbing fact. </DIV>
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<DIV>CR001 (Forest Of Dean Radio) is due to stop broadcasting on New Years Eve
due to funding problems. </DIV>
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<DIV>They were not licensed as number 1 for nothing!!</DIV>
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<DIV>This dreadful fact asks a couple of pertinent questions...</DIV>
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<DIV>Is this sector in crisis? </DIV>
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<DIV>Or are we all doomed?</DIV>
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<DIV>Where is the TOGETHERNESS of our sector?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><B>Kindest
Regards<BR>Steve Suttie<BR>Station Manager, 94.4FM Salford City
Radio</B><BR>office<B> 0161 793 2939 </B><BR>mobile <B>07772 355 852</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#ff00ff size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR>WINNERS - Community Award - Salford Business Awards
2009</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12"><BR>Visit our Website </FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=5 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="18"><A href="http://www.salfordcityradio.org/listen.asx">www.salfordcityradio.org</A></B></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>