This is a list of applications received by the closing date (3pm on Thursday 27 July). The proposed service area for each station in the list below is taken from the application. Basingstoke Radio (Basingstoke, Hampshire) Website: www.basingstokebroadcastingcompany.co.uk Blackburn Youth Radio (Blackburn, Lancashire) Name: Brendan Ferguson Bounce FM (Banbridge, County Down) Read more +
Community Radio Station Supporters’ Scheme Survey
The Community Media Association is conducting a quick survey into the relative value of different sources of income, other than grants and contracts, for community radio stations. We are particularly interested in supporters’ subscription schemes, ‘friends of’ arrangements and paid memberships. Only Q1 is compulsory and you are free to Read more +
Community Radio Fund: Award of grants 2017-18 Round 1
Ofcom’s Community Radio Fund Panel (‘the Panel’) met on Tuesday 20 June 2017 to consider applications in the first round of funding for 2017-18. The Panel went through each application and awarded funding based on the information provided and with reference to the Community Radio Fund guidance notes. The Panel Read more +
Ofcom invites applications for community radio licences
Ofcom has today opened invitations for applications for new community radio licences for areas within, or those that overlap with, the coverage area of existing community radio services. These applications will be for services operating on FM only: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/104651/invitation-overlapping-areas.pdf The closing date for applications is Tuesday 24 October 2017 at 3pm.
Five AM community radio licence awards: May 2017
Ofcom has awarded five medium wave (AM) community radio licences in May 2017. The licences are for stations serving different communities in Glasgow, West Leicestershire, Leicester, Suffolk and northern parts of Essex, and Yeovil and South Somerset. A licence award has been made to each of the following: Ark AM Read more +
Ofcom response – Community radio: future licensing and technical policy
Ofcom has published a statement following its review of community radio: future licensing and technical policy: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-2/cr-future-licensing Ofcom has been awarding community radio licences for more than a decade, and there are now nearly 250 stations on air in the UK. These stations are small, not-for-profit services which bring a Read more +
Community Station Sedgemoor FM Saves The Breeze
Sedgemoor FM, a community radio station based in Bridgwater Somerset are committed to all aspects of their community, including what some might consider, rival commercial radio stations. In a gesture of good-will and community support, Sedgemoor FM have ensured that the commercial station, The Breeze, (operated by Celador and broadcasting Read more +
Community Radio Networking & Information Day
Vale of Belvoir community radio station 103 The Eye welcomed broadcasters from other stations as far afield as Essex, Hampshire, the West Midlands and Norfolk to a networking and information day in the Civic Suite at Melton Borough Council’s Parkside Offices in Melton Mowbray. It was the third time the Read more +
MKFM shortlisted for Milton Keynes Inspirational Award
Milton Keynes local radio station MKFM has been shortlisted as one of five for the ‘Most Charitable Business’ award at The MK Inspirational Awards 2017. The awards are taking place at Jury’s Inn Milton Keynes on 10th June and are set to be a spectacular red carpet event. Organisers say Read more +
Media Against Hate video contest – Announcing the “Favourite 5”
March 21st, 2017 Media – in all their forms – play a crucial role in the shaping of identities, in the promotion or inhibition of dialogue, solidarity and recognition. Which strategies and tools can empower counter-narratives and challenge mainstream perceptions of refugees, of migration, of marginalized groups in general? The Media Read more +
Third Annual Community Radio Networking and Information Day – Saturday, 1 April 2017 – Melton Mowbray
103 The Eye is holding its third annual Community Radio Networking & Information Day in Melton Mowbray on Saturday, 1 April 2017 and those involved in the sector are very welcome to attend. This event follows the success of two previous events held by the award-winning station which is in Read more +
Chelmsford Community Radio launches 18th March!
Chelmsford Community Radio (CCR) is pleased to announce that on Saturday 18th March 2017 at 8am the station will officially launch on 104.4FM. On-Air Director Hal MacLean (52) adds: “Through FM we are committed to share, showcase and celebrate what is going on in and around Chelmsford, whilst providing the opportunity for people of Read more +
SSDAB & Community Radio: Past, Present, Future University of Bedfordshire, Luton – Saturday 25th March, 11am to 4pm
SSDAB & Community Radio: Past, Present, Future University of Bedfordshire, Luton – Saturday 25th March, 11am to 4pm This FREE event is for community radio stations, commercial radio broadcasters and individuals interested in small-scale digital audio broadcasting (SSDAB) and community media. Find out what has been happening so far with Read more +
The Future Sounds Bright For Radio Cardiff
Radio Cardiff, Cardiff’s only community radio station, marks ten years of broadcasting later this year and today announces a new phase in its development as it becomes part of Voluntary Community Service (Cymru) with enhanced community engagement and training capacity, along with a refreshed schedule. Each week more than 60 Read more +
Oxford Media Convention 2017, 8th March – 20% discount for CMA members
Oxford Media Convention 2017 Britain’s Media: Our Place In The World The UK’s media is at a crossroads. Will it continue to evolve a European- style mixed media system based on public ownership, public value and public service alongside a dynamic market? Or should it evolve into an American model Read more +
Community Radio Fund: Award of grants 2016/17 Round 2
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) confirmed a total of £392,500 was available for the Community Radio Fund for 2016/17. The amount awarded in the first round of grants was £201,365, leaving £191,135 for the second round of funding. Ofcom’s Community Radio Fund Panel (‘the Panel’) met on Read more +
World Radio Day: 13th February
World Radio Day partners: How to get involved UNESCO invites all radio stations and supporting organisations to sign up to join in on 13 February for World Radio Day 2017, a chance to celebrate radio and how it helps shape our lives! Radio is still one of the most dynamic, Read more +
Media Against Hate – project launch
Community Media Forum Europe (CMFE) is partnering with the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), ARTICLE 19, Media Diversity Institute (MDI), Croatian Journalists’ Association (CJA), Cooperazione per lo Sviluppo dei Paesi Emergenti (COSPE) and Community Media Institute (COMMIT) in the Europe-wide campaign Media Against Hate, to counter hate speech and discrimination Read more +
Expression of interest in applying for a community radio licence – deadline 22/12/16
Ofcom is considering whether and how to invite further applications for community radio licences.PDF online: http://bit.ly/2h78ncNInformation requiredIn order to assist our planning for future community radio development, Ofcom is inviting prospective applicants for a community radio licence to submit an ‘expression of interest’ outlining their intention to apply.An ‘expression of interest’ should include the Read more +
2017 Sandford St Martin Awards opens for entries
The Sandford St Martin Trust is calling for entries to the UK’s most prestigious awards for radio, TV and online content exploring religious, spiritual or ethical themes. Applications are encouraged from news, current affairs, drama, music, arts, children’s and comedy genres, as well as from specifically ‘religious’ commissions. Stephen Fry’s Read more +
Raidió Fáilte – another step forward
Raidió Fáilte, Belfast’s award-winning Irish language community radio station took another major step forward in its plans to build a new Irish language media, broadcasting and training centre, when planning permission was granted by Belfast City council for the proposal. The planned new centre, at the junction of the Falls Read more +
Community radio: future licensing and technical policy
Ofcom has published a review of its community radio licensing and technical policy. Ofcom has been awarding community radio licences for more than a decade, and there are now nearly 250 stations in the UK. These stations are small, not-for-profit services which bring a range of benefits to their target Read more +
Community Media, Social Housing and the NHS Sustainability & Transformation Plans – An Opportunity to Change the National Wellbeing Landscape?
For those of you who were able to attend the CMA’s Community Media Conference this year, you will know that one of the principal discussions concerned the role of community media as an essential partner in enabling and improving social change and wellbeing. Although I don’t come from CM I Read more +
Sell-out success for the Community Media Conference 2016
Volunteers, students, and professionals who are passionate about improving their communities met in Birmingham on Saturday 10th September, to learn from, and inspire, one another. The event was the annual Community Media Conference, and those who came represent small independent radio stations, TV channels and publishers from all over the Read more +
Arts Council England and Community Media – some post-conference reflections
In the lead-up to this year’s conference, we contacted several funders to invite them to have information stands and network with our members. On the whole, replies were along the lines of ‘too busy’ – except for the Midlands team from Arts Council England. They got back to us straight Read more +
Community Media Changing Lives – CMA Strategy 2016 – 2021
The digital revolution has brought media production into the hands of many people, but not always the opportunities to create, share and consume content on community-owned, not-for-profit platforms. Not content with simply being the audience, or subject matter, communities around the UK want to tell and distribute their own stories. The Community Read more +
Creativity, Diversity, Wellbeing – what’s behind our conference theme
Over the last year, discussions at CMA Council meetings have often been about how we could help to change public perception of community media. Are we amateurs, playing at radio, TV and print? No! We are professionals, working in community development. We have found the ‘magic bullet’ for transforming the Read more +
Dom Chambers to host the Community Radio Awards
The inaugural Community Radio Awards - taking place on the 10th September at Birmingham City University – are excited to announce that they will be hosted by Dom Chambers. The Awards will celebrate, champion and promote the amazing work of community radio throughout the UK. With 235 nominations received for 16 categories, Read more +
Ofcom Community Radio Survey
Ofcom is preparing a public consultation on community radio to seek views on its licensing and technical policy. There will be a chance to respond to the consultation later this year. As a first step Ofcom is informally collecting views from the sector on current challenges and how these might Read more +
Hereward Television to Benefit From High-Tech Skills Taught to Local Citizens
Media training resource for Peterborough and the Fenlands gets ‘thumbs-up’ from the Charity Commission Hereward Media took a huge step towards meeting its long-term objectives this week, as the Charity Commission approved its application to become a registered charity. The media training provider will introduce high-tech skills to those seeking Read more +
