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Director of RADIO CLYDE are In Australi a, Commerci al shortly to hold a second Radio stati ons have Just meeting to discuss their reached agreement wher e particular moves. they are to pay less than GORDON has talked of a HALF A PERCENT of commercial Radio ban on any Advertisi ng Revenue in new product for a period of return for UNLI MITED three months - but wants to NEEDLETI ME. see the BBC, especially RADIO ONE and RADIO TVO Join the IBA TO OP E N 12 NE W IR banning campaign. However he ST A TI O N S is reported as saying a great dealf of trust would be The IBA is to move ahead with needed for the two the establishment of a dozen competitors to Jointly scrap new commercial local Radio current material from music stations. playlists. 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ROSE (JAY JACKSON) Published by: Now Radio Communications, PO Box 45, Kettering, Northants, NN16 ONW Telephone: (0536) 51 44 37 (24 hours) All contents @ Now Radio Communications 1987 i RA DI O FE S TI V A L '87: Thursday afternoon saw a live link BI G G E S T & B E S T SO from Bristol to RUGGid (on RADIO FA RI ONE) and that morning delegates provided an expert audience for the RADIO QUIZ produced by GVR. Visite CL/YE 6LOVER For NOV RADIO were also arranged to the BBC's new Drama studio at Christchurch in Bristol and those delegates still The 1987 RADIO FESTIVAL, organised by the RADIO ACADEMY and held at surviving by the Friday night were able to attend JOHN TEILPS3I's final Bristol University from 15 to 17 July was generally agreed to be the appearance as Chairman on RADIO FOUR'S 'Any Questions', which came bigts,,t and best Festival to date. There were around 350 delegates, from Bristol University. only half of them from the existing On the social side of the Festival, the highlight lust had to be the Radio 'establishment', i.e. the BBC, after-dinner speaker on the Thursday IBA and IR stations. There were strong contingents from the night, NED SHEER II, who had everyone COMNUIITY RADIO ASSOCIATION, the rolling in the aisles - literally! So, CSV (which is establishing a number a splendid time was had by all - and of Community Radio training all thanks and credit must go to KAUREEN VHINIALL and everyone at COUTGeG). the ASSnCIATION FOR the RADIO ACADEMY for the effort BROADCASTING DEVELOPIEIT and various aspiring 'New Entr ants'. The that went into it. remaining delegates included various M . 01 0 17 M M T I V . , . 7 (print) journalists, freelancers and a solitary brave representative of the copyright bodies (from FRS). OF M O T H E R H E N S AN D Also present (in something of a CHI C K E N S departure from normal Vhitehall CL/YE 6L0VER practice?) w ere most of the HOME For ROY RADIO OFFICE officials responsible for Radio broadcasting. One of the subjects which came up Th busy programme included sessions on Industrial Relations in the Radio time and time again throughout the RADIO FESTIVAL was the concept of industry, Broadcasting by Satellite, Social Action Broadcasting, Making IMBEFEIDENT RADIO stations acting as Trails and Promotions. Buying A 'Mother Hens' to groups of small Selling Radio Programmes, Realities Csoamunty' Radio in surrounding of Music Radio, Educatianal areas. These inevitably thankfully Broadcasting and the EBC EXTERNAL managed to avoid too many of the SERVICES. Uppermost in most more obvious puns about getting egg delegates' minds, inevitably, was the on their faces, etc... Green Pacer. Although its Potential New Entrants - and implications were discussed in especially members of the CONMIJIITY virtually every senrion, there were RADIO ASSOCIATION (GRA) were highly two sessions dealing with the Green suspicious of the motives of the IBA Paper. Last - and, as they say, by no and individual IR stations, such as m eans leact - was the Keynote RADIO CLYDE, in advocating the Address by Home Secretary, DOUGLAS Mother Hen' approach to the HUED, who spoke on (you've guessed development of Community Radio. (JEKNY GORDON was heard to ask if it!) the Green Paper. he could get a 'bulk discount' on a Apart from the formal 00.65RMS, batch of the IBA's TAmwmunity Radio there were a number of Radio Studio' on show at the Festival!) prqgrammes being made at the There remains a fundamental Festival. All through the Festival an difference between what the CRA and EBA 'Community Radio' studio was used for various live programmes on the EBA call 'Community Radio'. The RADIO TVO, GVR, BBC RADIO BRISTOL, CRA's concept of democratically- SEVERN SOUND and LBC RADIO. controlled, non-profit distributing Radio stations is quite different mc wt o r e ol l voAL_ from that of the IBA, which SCOG them Just as smaller versions of B R O A D C A S T I N G BY existing IR stations. S A T E L LI T E There were clear suspicions amongst CRA membe rs at the Festival (which, CLIVE GLOVER I should mention, included myself) For NOW RADIO that the real interest in IR stations such as RADIO CLYDE and OWE in One of the best attended s essions 'mothering' Community Radio stations was that on 'Broadcasting by was to attempt to limit the Satellite'. Speakers at this senrion, competition they might provide for chaired by PAUL BROWN of the both audiences and advertising LIDEPENDEIT BROADCASTING AUTHORITY, revenue. MARK JONES (EAST NEWCASTLE were SIMON M UTE, General Manager COMMUNITY RADIO) pointed out that Engineering in BBC Radio and TONY the local IR group in Bristol, GWR, CURRIE, responsible for Programming had already produced a small Chicken at the CABLE AUTHORITY. In Tavistock and - more recently - a After a general introduction by SIMON SAUTE very large one in Bath. These on the principals of satellites and stations, occupying new frequencies broadcasting from thee, TONY CURRIE with a 'sustaining service' from GVR explained what was already being done and and a few local opt -out programmes what the future offered for Radio had apparently been approved by the broadcasters, Distribution of Radio IBA although they had not been on programmes to networks was already the original list of areas approved commonplace in the USA, where it was by the HOME OFFICE. What was to cheaper than terrestial links for networks prevent IR stations hatching new of over 30 stations, For example, the Chickens all over the country in the SATELLITE MUSIC NETWORK offered seven next year or two before genuine different music formats to stations across independent Community Radio stations the country, Similar satellite-delivered could be licensed? networks were now common in France, the RAT BEATY (CRA) returned to this largest being NRJ, point at another session.