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Community Radio News Updated 25.7.08

Ofcom Awards Four New Community Radio Licenses
Ofcom has awarded community radio licences to the following applicants in the Midlands: Hermitage FM (Coalville, Ibstock and Ashby-de-la-Zouch), Cross Rhythms Coventry, The Hillz Radio (Coventry) and Inspiration FM (Northampton). More info on the Ofcom website.

Counting Volunteer Time
Ofcom has released its guidance on valuing volunteer time as part of your income streams. The guidance can be found here. The CMA will be working with Ofcom and members to help you have the systems in place to be able to take advantage of the new scheme. They will be producing more detailed guidance very shortly - in the meantime, feel free to contact them.

Proposed changes to Copyright Exemptions in respect of Music Licensing
A consultation on exemptions to copyright law for certain charitable and not-for-profit organisations has been launched by the UK Intellectual Property Office. The Music Licensing Review consultation will seek views from music rights holders, representative bodies of users and rights holders and users on two exemptions which allow charitable organisations to pay for only one of two licences normally required for playing music. More info here.

Ofcom Awards Three New Community Radio Licences
Ofcom has awarded community radio licences to the following applicants, each of which will provide a service in Leicester: EAVA FM (East African Voice Association), Demon FM & Kohinoor FM. More info here.

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"Community Radio & the Digital World"
Read the Interim Report from the Digital Radio Working Group for the Department of Culture, Media & Sport. The CMA are really interested in your views as they will be part of the second phase of work and want to make sure the views of the sector are represented - read the report & contact the CMA here.

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WPCC (Westminster Papers in Communication & Culture) is published four times a year. The latest issue is all about community radio & is available to read or download here.

Spotlight On: Station Websites
We hope you’ve been enjoying our current series of ‘how tos' on building and using a website to benefit your community radio station.

In the forums
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Shared resources
Are you involved with children and young people at your station? Read the new Ofcom guidance on working with under 18s (see 8. Programming and the Community).

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For those of you that haven't seen this (and a gentle reminder for those of you that have), here is a message from Jaqui Devereux at the CMA - please take the time to read the consultation & respond to the CMA, Ofcom or both!:

Changing Community Radio Key Commitments?

Ofcom has issued a consultation on how it might proceed should a station want to amend its Key Commitments within its licence award.

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/regulation_cr/

We would very much like your views on this consultation before we
prepare the CMA response.

Our initial thoughts are that there may be legitimate reasons why a
station might want to change its KCs (changing population in the
community for example) but that there should be no relaxation or
weakening of accountability, community involvement and other rules that demonstrate community radio's distinctiveness.

We will be preparing a response form for you over the next few days, please do take time to both let us know your thoughts and to respond to the consultation itself.

Closing date is 21st July 2008.

Best wishes

Jaqui

jaqui.devereux@COMMEDIA.ORG.UK

The Community Media Association will be pushing hard over the next two years to persuade the Government that the Community Radio Fund needs to be substantially increased in the next Comprehensive Spending Review. Indeed our vision is for a multi-million pound Community Media Fund to ensure that the widest cross-section of voices across the UK are encouraged and supported on community radio, TV and online!

We will also work with the other political parties to persuade them of the value created by community media and the need to increase the Fund should they come to power.

The DCMS Consultation on Community Radio also examines the possibility of using a small part of the Community Radio Fund to support the CMA's work in sector development to create a fairer and more sustainable future for community media.

We need you to submit you ideas, thoughts and feedback to DCMS before the deadline of 6th June either using the simple form below, or by post (details here).

This is a key chance for our sector to access some core funding to support the CMA's strategic work - so we need all your responses in as soon as possible!

The consultation paper sets out:
i) DCMS’s response to Ofcom’s review of community radio
ii) to seek views on the future scope of community radio funding.

Please take a few minutes to use the online submission form and help secure the future viability of community radio in the UK:

http://consult.commedia.org.uk

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