Community Media Association

Ofcom has announced the award of five new community radio licences in South East England.

We’ve started a photo blog for 2010 and we want you to participate. We’d like you to send us photos of your community project that we will publish on “Community Media 365″.

Ofcom’s Community Radio Fund Panel met on Monday 25 January to consider applications for the second round of grant awards for 2009/10. 14 applicants were awarded grants which totalled £226,532.

The CMA has written to all MPs and key Peers to urge them to support the radio clauses of the Digital Economy Bill, highlighting the significant benefits that the community radio sector will receive as FM spectrum becomes available following digital radio switchover.

The House of Lords Select Committee on Communications has announced a short inquiry into the progress of, and prospects for, digital switchover of both television and radio in the United Kingdom.

Ofcom has published its revised 2009 Broadcasting Code (“the 2009 Code”) which sets rules for TV and radio broadcasts.

Ofcom has announced the award of one new community radio licence to OX4 FM in Oxford.

Volunteering England has created an independent Volunteer Rights Inquiry to look at volunteers’ experiences.

This updated Memorandum of Understanding will help to support current and future working arrangements between community media groups and the BBC in England.

Radio Teesdale has been selected as the North East Station of the Year (under 300,000) in the Radio Academy Nations & Regions Awards 2009.