Maldon Community Radio licence application form
1. Station Name Guidance Notes What is the proposed station name? This is the name you expect to use to identify the station on air.
Maldon Community Radio (MCR) NOTE: We may be using the name ‘Oyster FM’ which reflects the area’s large coastline and maritime focus, its worldwide fame for native oysters, and which lends itself to a series of marketing straplines involving pearls, etc. The company has yet to decide on this, so, for the purposes of this application, we will stick to MCR.
2. Community to be served Guidance Notes Define the community or communities you are It is a legislative requirement that a service is intended proposing to serve. Drawing from various sources of primarily to serve one or more communities (whether or data (e.g. from the Office of Population, Census and not it also serves other members of the public) and we Survey) and in relation to your proposed coverage need to understand who comprises that community or area, please determine the size of the population communities. The target community will also be concerned and the make-up of the population as a specified in the licence, if this application is successful. whole, along with any relevant socio-economic The legislation defines a ‘community’ as: people who live information that would support your application. or work or undergo education or training in a particular (Please tell us the sources of the information you area or locality, or people who have one or more provide.) interests or characteristics in common. Answer in fewer than 300 words:
We are proposing to serve the Maldon District. The majority of people live in the small rural villages, many of which have their origins in connections with the coast or agricultural economy. Many people know the district from its association with sailing, sea-salt, oysters, fishing, barges and marshland. According to the 2011 Census, the population of the district is as follows:
Ages Population 0-15 10,825 16-24 5,634 25-44 13,910 45-59 13,785 60-74 12,077 75-84 3,879 85 + 1,519 TOTAL 61,629
1. Maldon District Council has identified an issue of low population density, with the area showing 173 people per kilometre, contrasting with Chelmsford (503) and Braintree (244). 2. A significant portion of the population live either in Maldon (now around 16,000) and Burnham (now around 8,000). The remaining 37-40,000 are scattered across the district into small towns and villages of varying sizes. 3. 28% of the people in the Maldon District are 60+, 4. 17% of the population report that their daily lives are affected by disability, with 7.5 per cent saying disability imposes limits on their daily activities. 5. 64% of the population describes itself as Christian, while 26% state they have no religion. There are 152 Buddhists, 60 Hindus, 99 Jews, 171 Muslims, 28 Sikhs with 199 saying they are religious but not in the categories listed here. 6. Ethnically 96% of the population is White British, the remaining 4% made up of a range of nations including 201 people describing themselves as Gypsy or Irish Traveller. The true figure for this is
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thought to be much higher. Source: Maldon District Council: Equality and Diversity Update, Fourth Edition: January 2015. It is highly likely that most of these figures are increasing – there has been a large amount of new build in the district over the last five years.
3. Proposed area Guidance Notes What is the area you propose to serve? Although we believe it is helpful to set guidance that frequency availability may often limit transmission powers to around 25 watts and the coverage radius to around 5km, we are adopting a more flexible approach and will consider applications for wider areas where applicants can demonstrate that the proposed coverage area will better serve the target community, and where it is technically possible. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/10 1459/community-radio-future-licensing-technical-policy- statement.pdf
As you will see from the above, the Maldon District has a low density population, so we are hoping that you will allow us to broadcast with a higher wattage to reach across the district We would like provide service from Maldon to Burnham, across the Dengie Hundred and, if possible, into the north of the Maldon District. This is pretty much as per Saint FM’s 2005 licence application (section 5.1): ‘Our target will be the geographic area of the Dengie Hundred peninsula in the county of Essex and the north bank of the River Blackwater. We are located in the town of Burnham-on-Crouch but hope to reach the residents of the Maldon district’. However, the transmission power granted made it difficult to provide a reliable FM signal and even the reception in the target town, Burnham-on- Crouch, was patchy. We are therefore appealing to you to allow us to increase the range of Saint FM’s current transmitter on Mayland Hill, including the possible use of repeater aerials to ensure black spots in Maldon and Burnham and out towards the north and east, west and southwest of the district are sufficiently covered (see map below). There is no other radio station operating in the area that specifically covers this area – though there are a number of commercial radio stations that include the district in a wider area. Clearly these are rarely able to give the wealth of specific local information and support that the villages and towns in the Maldon District need. BBC Essex does a better job of being local, but, stretching across a big county, cannot hope to be as relevant as we can. The following map will give you some indication of the issue. The red line indicates the boundary of the Maldon District:
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Programmes and programme output: Definitions: Studio location: The studio from which the service will be broadcast should be located within the licensed area. Locally-produced: Locally-produced output is output made and broadcast from within the service’s licensed coverage area. (It is anticipated that most stations will produce the bulk of their output themselves, in the locality. However, for some target communities it may be appropriate for fairly high levels of output to originate from outside the licensed area.) Live output: is that which is produced by a presenter in the studio at the time of broadcast. (The amount of live output may vary between different services depending on the needs or expectations of the target community.) Original output: output that is first produced for and transmitted by the service, and excludes output that was transmitted elsewhere before. Original output can be live or voice-tracked. Repeat broadcasts of original output do not count towards the minimum requirement. Peak time: it may be helpful to state what material will be broadcast in ‘peak time’. If you do, please say what you consider peak time to be for your target community (this may vary from station to station). Automated output/voice-tracked material: most stations will carry automated output at some time. The amount of automated or voice-tracked material does not need to be specified in the Key Commitments. Sustaining service/third party produced material: if you intend to broadcast material produced by a different organisation please state what it is and how much (per day or week as appropriate). 4. Programming output Guidance Notes Please fill-in all three questions below The law requires applicants to state their proposals for Question A asks you to describe your programme providing a service that would: service. (i) cater for the tastes and interests of members of its Question B relates to how your output will serve the target community or communities (or for any tastes and interests of your target community. particular tastes and interests in those communities); Question C is about how your service will broaden (ii) broaden the range of programmes available on non- the range of local (non-BBC) services available in BBC local services (commercial and community your area. stations) to members of the relevant community or communities; Later in this form you will be asked to draft your own ‘key commitments’. This will form the basis of your (iii) broaden the overall range of such non-BBC local licence and is what Ofcom will judge you against. It services provided in the area concerned; and should include a summary of your proposed (iv) have a distinct nature, or provide distinct content, programme output as set out below and reflect your from any non-BBC local services with which it would commitment to cater for relevant tastes and interests, overlap. to broaden the range of relevant programmes and Ofcom is required to consider the extent to which an services and to provide a service with a distinct applicant’s proposals will cater for the tastes and nature and content as set out in the Guidance Notes
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in the column opposite. interests of members of its target community or communities. Ofcom is also required to consider the extent to which proposals for a community radio station would broaden the range of programmes available by way of non-BBC local services (both commercial and community stations) in the area concerned (especially, the extent to which a proposed service would have a distinct nature or provide distinct content from any overlapping non-BBC local services). The information given here should be more detailed than what you set out in your draft key commitments (later in this form), and will help us gain a fuller understanding of how you will serve your target community and what the station will sound like. 4. Programming output A: Please tell us about your programme service. The following questions may help you describe your programme service (but should only be used as a guide): Answer in fewer than 1,000 words:
What will the service sound like? Maldon Community Radio will sound how we believe a community radio station should sound. MCR will be lively and entertaining, sometimes controversial. MCR will become a regular talking point and its audience will grow. It will sound professional and authoritative without sounding ‘slick’. It will be alive with local voices talking to the community about the community. It will focus upon the characters, talents, issues and concerns of people in the Maldon District. It will be the go-to radio station for truly local new, views, features and documentaries. It will be the place to go to where people can grow their confidence and learn vital new skills. Maldon Community Radio will be an important community hub. What music will you play? The station plans to give the presenters as much freedom as possible to broadcast what they believe their local community will like to hear. The majority of the potential audience is aged 25-59, enjoying music from the 90s to today. But all audiences show appreciation for classic rock from the 50s to the 80s, even the teenagers, who more and more show evidence of listening to and appreciating their parents’ music. Young people will present the music their parents and grandparents enjoy. We will, of course, have young people presenting contemporary music from Drum n Bass to Hip Hop and House, and the older generation presenting music of their contemporaries. We will also be featuring programmes dedicated to classical music and will encourage the religious presenters to broadcast music inspired by their faith, be it classical or modern. Peak time shows, such as Breakfast, Lunch and DriveTime, will tend to feature more popular music. There will also be specialist shows catering to specific musical genres. We envisage that the percentages of professional recorded music will be along these lines: Hits/Pop/Rock/easy listening/Motown/Oldies 35%, Techno, Drum n Bass, Urban (hip hop/garage/house) Reggae/Ska 20%, Country&Western/Folk/World music 15%, Blues/RnB 15%, Jazz 8%, Classical 7% Original Music The Maldon District is remarkable for its plethora of musical talent and a number of the company’s directors are directly involved in its fostering and promotion. We plan to broadcast live music on a regular basis, from full studio sessions broadcast from satellite sound studios to simple acoustic performances in the main broadcast studio, plus material sent in by our listeners. We will provide a regular platform promoting local creative and performance talent for musicians in
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the area to broadcast their material and improve their broadcast and presentation skills. What are the main speech elements of the service and how will the social gain/community benefits you propose be reflected on-air? The main speech elements will be local news, local views, local events, local politics, international news with discussions by local presenters about its implications, interviews with local people and famous people who have local roots about their lifestyle, adventures, achievements, enterprises, problems and successes. It will include health advice, flood warning, weather forecasts – very important for a maritime and farming community. Business matters, political discussion, the creative arts, food programmes, events guides, will also be in the mix. Young people discussing a range of matters on air will be a particularly important element. And we plan to set up a young people’s news service, training teenagers to produce and present local news items. There will also be full introductions to the music being played, especially in specialist music programmes. The District’s vibrant creative community will also be reflected in programming about local arts, crafts, theatre and creative writing. We want to encourage local groups to create radio plays. We will use Sky News as the national/international news provider. What is the likely music to speech ratio? We will aim for 50% talk during the daytime hours of broadcast. We believe this high ratio will give the station a unique character in the region that will resonate on a more personal level with the local population. We realise this is a high target and may take some time to achieve. Will this vary at different times of the day or week (or year)? This should not change, though, of course, the content may do so, in order to reflect, for example, farming and sporting seasons (e.g. the main sailing season is from March to October). Overnight, programme will be automated – playing out music and repeats of daytime programming, until and if it becomes possible to have volunteers broadcasting overnight. Radio Caroline has offered to provide some programming overnight and in the early morning, this until we build up a new stock of good-quality locally produced material. Where possible, we will use overnight shifts to provide opportunities for on-air presenter training. Do you intend to broadcast live output? If so when and how much do you propose to do? The vast majority of our programming will be live during daylight hours. We want this station to feel as alive and relevant and up-to-the-minute as possible. Will you broadcast in languages other than English (what languages and how much)? With a ‘White British’ population of 96% in the area, we currently see little demand for broadcasting in another language. However, we will, of course, remain open to approaches from minorities who are seeking to spread their voice. We are actively seeking contacts within the small communities of ethnic minorities to feature in a regular programme called Minority Report. We will also poll those communities to see if there is a clear need. Will your output be original i.e. specifically produced for your service? The vast majority of our presenters and interviewees will be providing original material and broadcasting live, including documentary and news reporting. Will it be locally produced? The majority of our programming will be produced within the district. Do you intend to repeat material? Yes, we will repeat material generated during daytime programming during the night. We also plan to produce local drama which will be repeated as needed and as demanded by the listeners.
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B. What is the address of the proposed studio (if known)?
1. We aim to have two studios; one will be at the Plume Academy: Plume Academy, Fambridge Road, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6AB. 2. The second, yet to be confirmed, may be at The Marine Police Unit, 49-51 Station Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex,CM0 8HF.
C: Based on what you have said above, how will your proposed radio service cater for the tastes and interests of your target community/communities? Answer in fewer than 400 words:
1. We know there is a thirst for local news, events, traffic and weather. We will institute a network of District reporters, who will regularly feed in the news from the District’s towns and villages, including live reporting from events as diverse as Maldon’s Shakespeare in the Park to the Tillingham Flower Show. We aim for every town and village to have at least one volunteer reporter. These reporters will be from across the age and ethnic spectrum and will report into Breakfast, Lunchtime and DriveTime shows. 2. We will run national and international news every hour via a news service. 3. We know there is a growing interest in local politics. Therefore local politicians, including the local MP, John Whittingdale, will be contributing to dedicated programming. 4. We will provide Question Time-style discussion forums, taken, where possible, live from different locations around the area, using a chaired panel of local experts and politicians facing either a live audience in a studio, or employing a phone-in format. 5. We know young people like new music. We will have young presenters, some of them school age, presenting new tunes in a professional, entertaining style. 6. We know older people like period music and the classics. We will have older presenters, many of them retired, providing the music and entertainment they want to hear in an engaging style. 7. There is a vibrant arts and music community here. We will have local artists, writers and musicians presenting and guesting shows which reflect the local community. We will encourage local writers and ‘am dram’ producers to produce radio drama, contributing original material for broadcast upon Maldon Community Radio. We will provide the training to help them do this. 8. We have a big farming community and a large maritime/sailing community. There will be programming dedicated to both these sectors. 9. We have a growing business community. We will have local entrepreneurs offering business advice to encourage learning, development and economic growth. 10. We will provide regular slots for social services such as the Citizens Advice Bureau, the police, the coastguard, using a phone-in format. 11. We know that people want to hear about health matters. We will have local retired GPs offering advice on call-ins, and local fitness experts helping people do daily exercises.
D: How will your proposed community radio service add to the range of programmes available on non- BBC local services (commercial and community stations) to members of the relevant community or communities, add to the overall range of such services in the area concerned and be different and distinct from them? Please tell us which non-BBC local services your station will overlap with.400 words:
The following stations broadcast widely across the county and are listened to in the Maldon District. 1. Heart Essex (formerly Essex FM) – broadcasting from Chelmsford. 2. Chelmsford Radio 107.7 – broadcasting from Southend. 3. Southend Radio (former Essex FM presenters) broadcasting from Southend. 4. Dream 100 FM (North Essex) – broadcasting from Colchester and serving Tendring. 5. Gold 1359/1431 (once Breeze FM now part of the Gold Radio network) – broadcasting from Chelmsford and Southend.
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6. Radio Caroline All these include some local content, mainly news and weather-based, but tend to focus on the cities and rarely mention the towns and villages of the Maldon District, let alone feature them regularly, partly because the population is so spread. We will add to the current broadcasting choice by providing regular programming specifically tailored to, and mainly presented by, the people who live in this community, as described above. Saint FM 94.7 is Community Radio broadcasting from Burnham and Maldon run by the company making this application. It is in many ways a similar proposal, but we have been given to understand by OFCOM officers that, should we be successful in securing the Maldon licence, we will be asked to relinquish the current licence. We would of course, be happy to do so. But clearly we would want to include Burnham too, and the Dengie villages as they are part of the Maldon District. It would be such a pity to gain better coverage in Maldon only to lose it in the Dengie Hundred. Saint FM was at its most successful when it was run by journalist and former radio reporter, Nick Skeens, alongside J Cassels. Nick left the station after a year of operation. He has now returned to dedicate his time to Saint FM, has been appointed a director and Station Manager, and is helping with the pursuit of the Maldon licence.
5. Social gain Guidance Notes Community radio is required to be for the public good Broadcasting legislation specifies a number of and to bring community benefits, or social gains, to ‘characteristics of community radio services’. Licence listeners and participants. The requirement for ‘social holders need to ensure their services conform to these gain,’ is one of the key factors that makes community characteristics, including in this case the delivery of radio stations different from other radio services. social gain. Please tell us what community benefits your service The legislation sets out social gains that stations must will bring to your target community(ies) and/or the provide. These are the achievement, in respect of general public. Please include summaries of individuals or groups of individuals in the target evidence to support your answer. community, or in respect of other members of the public, Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) of the following objectives – should include a summary of your proposed social (a) the provision of a radio service to individuals who gain set out below. are otherwise underserved by such services, Answer in fewer than 1,500 words: (b) the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion, (c) the provision (whether by means of programmes included in the service or otherwise) of education or training to individuals not employed by the station, and (d) the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it. Social gain may also include the achievement of other objectives of a social nature.1 Applicants are required to provide evidence that their service will result in significant social gain to the public or the target community(ies). Copies of letters or research reports etc. should not be submitted, but brief relevant extracts from them, which represent an accurate and comprehensive summary, may be included. If we wish to see the source material, we will ask for it. Ofcom is required to have regard to the extent to which your proposed service would result in the delivery of social gain to the public or target community.
1. The provision of a radio service to individuals who are otherwise under-served by such services.
1 See Article 2(3) of the Community Radio Order 2004 and Ofcom’s Notes of guidance for community radio applicants and licensees.
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We believe that the old, the poor, and the infirm are under-served in this community. We are proposing programming directly target at these groups. LOCAL HISTORY & ORAL HERITAGE We propose regular programming created specifically for and presented by the older generation, with a view to communicating these stories to the younger generation in schools, so they have a vivid understanding of the experiences of their elders. We are particularly keen to grow the archive of stories from the older generation, stories that might be lost forever if they are not recorded, broadcast and archived at Maldon Community Radio. Saint FM already has a stock of these interviews, but many more will be done. We plan to visit each village in the area and record memories and anecdotes from the elder generation so they can be saved for ever. They will be repeated at various times during the week, especially through the nights for insomniacs, made available on a brand new website, offered to Residential Homes and other relevant users in the district We already have relationships with the Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome, the Museum of Power (Langford) the Combined Military Services Museum, The Burnham Museum, among others, and we will be offering their experts a local broadcast platform. HEALTH We are planning regular slots from retired GPs. Dr J Phillips, a retired local GP, a man who keeps himself up to date and an expert in physical and mental health, has offered to help us source more experts in the area to provide a comprehensive medical advice service. We are also looking into technology that will allow people who are housebound to broadcast programmes from their homes. HealthWatch Essex County Council’s new service, Healthwatch Essex, provides advice upon Health and well- being, At Home (older people with mobility problems), Staying Safe (domestic abuse, accidents, falls and crime) Looking After Someone (help for carers), Money and Legal issues, Work and Learning issues (finding a job, getting qualifications) Going Out (help getting out of the house and meeting people and seeing new places). We will approach them to offer MCR as a communications conduit and ask them to provide expert guests for interview and help us find funding to support specific programmes targeted at vulnerable people. Saint FM has a proven track record in working with such organisations. POVERTY 1. This area features some extreme poverty with all the associated problems, including poor health, crime, drugs and despair. 2. We propose programmes that give voice to those people who are struggling economically. 3. We propose advice phone-ins with experts from Healthwatch Essex and the Citizen’s Advice Bureau among other social agencies. Saint FM has worked regularly with the CAB. THE SAILING COMMUNITY The local sailing community, in Maldon, Heybridge, Tollesbury, Mayland, Bradwell and Burnham, to name a few, is almost entirely unrepresented on the commercial airwaves. We have several key people in those centres in mind to act as special sailing correspondent to liaise and report. LOCAL SPORTS CLUBS We will rekindling partnership with local sports clubs, from athletics to bowls, and from darts to cricket to provide as full a service as possible of local sports reporting and results provision. THE FARMING COMMUNITY Maldon Community Radio will have special farming correspondents reporting into the main bulletins. Their reports will cover everything from lambing season to new technology. We will also provide forums for discussions.
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LOCAL ARTS AND DRAMA These organisations have no ready access to the airwaves. We are determined to be a primary output medium for local creatives. For example, we are talking to AmDram groups to help them record dramas performed by local people and, in some cases specifically written for Maldon Community Radio LOCAL PRESSURE GROUPS The district abounds with organisations set up to fight various problems, be they over-development, poor roads and potholes, poor public transport, education issues. Most have a facebook presence but would benefit from on-air access. We will have a Pressure Group Correspondent who will generate audio packages with these groups and who will also invite representatives of these organisations to take part in studio discussions. RELIGIOUS GROUPS Clearly the dominant local religion is Christianity. The company has close contacts with the local churches and will be inviting them, as it has done before, to produce and present regular religious programming. The Muslim population in the district is growing, as are other minority religions. We will form relationships with representatives to give them access to the local airwaves. TRAVELLERS We propose working with the Travellers Community to give them a voice and to improve their relations within the District, and the local people’s understanding of them. PHONE INS AND LIVE DEBATES Burning local issues will be discussed in panel format similar to Question Time, referred to above. We will always encourage local people to phone into Breakfast, Lunch and DriveTime to air their views and concerns and there will be special programming focussing on local matters at the weekends to provide a similar forum. EMERGENCY SERVICES We have close relationships with the local coastguard and police. We intend to use those contacts to generate fascinating and relevant news items. EDUCATION and TRAINING We plan to create the MCR training centre which will offer related courses to people in this area. We have close relationships with local schools and will be drawing on their educational expertise to offer programming that will encourage better comprehension of core subjects, such as Maths, English and the Sciences. Our key training offer, as mentioned elsewhere, will be in technical and communication skills. We will offer to train local people in computer skills, radio broadcast skills, presentation skills. We know from long experience that these can make a massive difference to how people perceive themselves and help them get on better in the wider world. During the early days of Saint FM, we trained over one hundred presenters to broadcast good quality shows. Radio Caroline, which is located within the district, has offered its experienced broadcasters to help in this process. PUBLICITY The FM signal is important, but we need to guide people to the existence of the new, improved service. As individuals we are active on a number of key Facebook pages that have large followings. We will promote the service through these portals, and draw people to our new website where they can listen live on their mobile devices, as well as on FM. IMPROVING LINKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY MCR is all about bringing people together from all ages and backgrounds. This radio station is an effort to help individuals across the District feel more involved and more integrated.
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SOCIAL GAIN The Maldon District is a spread rural community with poor public transport links. We intend to be a top-class, targeted community radio station adding real assistance and value to people’s lives. We believe the measures described above will provide social gain across the district by providing a tailored, flexible service that will react to our users’ as they arise.
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6. Participation in the service Guidance Notes How do you propose to ensure that members of your Legislation specifies a number of ‘characteristics of target community (or communities) are given community radio services’. Licence holders need to opportunities to participate in the operation and ensure their services conform to these characteristics, management of the service? including in this case providing opportunities to Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) participate in the operation and management of the should include a summary of your proposed service. Ofcom requires information as to how this would participation objectives as set out below. be achieved. Answer in fewer than 400 words: What will be the involvement of members of the target community in the radio station? How many volunteers do you anticipate will be involved in your service per year?
When this organisation set up Saint FM, which has been broadcasting successfully for ten years, we made sure that we had presenters from all walks of life, many with a range of difficulties and disabilities. We trained these volunteers all to broadcast on professional equipment. It was a truly wonderful experience to see so many take flight to the airwaves so quickly, and doing it so well. One example was B Kearns, completely blind, who has presented our breakfast show for ten years and who now also handles Presenter Administration. Every Friday he interviews John Whittingdale MP about what’s happening in Parliament and has been doing so since 2007. Maldon Community Radio is totally committed to the concept of bringing local people into all parts of the organisation. Currently, for example, we have a sixteen year old male as an associate member of the board (with no financial liability). The learning opportunities are enormous for him, and his youthful perspective of immense value. In practical terms, this will mean creating a training scheme which rapidly teaches the volunteers the basics of broadcasting, be it on air or behind the scenes. We know from experience that this training has proved useful upon CVs of people who have volunteered to work at Saint FM before, and has directly led to career advancement. During the pre-launch period we will keep the Board small – around five people – to facilitate quick decision-making, but once the station has settled into its rhythm, we will appoint more board members from the local community, ensuring that sex, age and demographic are fairly represented. Minority groups will have correspondents dedicated to covering their work and will be invited to participate in live and recorded broadcast. There will be a Volunteers Committee made up of volunteers representing all the people giving time to MCR, who will be able to present suggestions and complaints to the board. They will have at least one representative sitting in on board meetings. There will be regular Station Meetings which all people connected with the station will be able to attend. We will regularly be advertising the fact that we are a community radio station made by local people for local people. We will be encouraging the community to visit our studios as often as is practicable. We expect the volunteer base to be in excess of 100 when we first go live with the new service.
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7. Access to facilities and training Guidance Notes Set out the practical (formal and informal) Ofcom is required by the legislation to have regard to the mechanisms which you will use to ensure that provision each applicant proposes to make to allow for members of your target community can gain access access by members of the target community to the to your facilities that would be used for the provision facilities to be used for the provision of the service and of your service and to receive training in their use. for their training in the use of those facilities. Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) should include a summary of your proposed access and objectives for training people in the use of the facilities as set out below. Answer in fewer than 400 words:
We believe strongly in providing as much access as possible for the community. We intend Maldon Community Radio to be a community hub. It will not be a free-for-all – chaos can ensue without staff in attendance. But the basic concept is to ensure that the entire community feels that this is their radio station and that they have access to it. The MCR training centre will offer related courses to people in this area. All training and broadcast facilities will be fully accessible to the widest possible range of people. We have close relationships with local schools and will be drawing on their educational expertise to offer programming that will encourage better comprehension of core subjects, such as Maths, English and the Sciences. Our key training offer will be in technical and communication skills. We will offer to train local people in computer, presentation and broadcast production skills. We will introduce a system to ensure all trainers go on courses to qualify them as teachers, and create a scheme that will mean training at MCR is properly recognised and accredited. We know from long experience that such training can make a massive difference to how people perceive themselves and help them get on better in the wider world.
8. Accountability Guidance Notes Please set out your proposed community Broadcasting legislation specifies a number of accountability mechanisms. These should cover ‘characteristics of community radio services’. Licence matters such as: holders need to ensure their services conform to these How will members of your target community: characteristics. One is that, in respect of the provision of the service, the provider makes itself accountable to the • make contact with your service, and community (or communities) the service is intended to • influence the operation of the service? serve. How will suggestions or criticisms from members of Ofcom is required to have regard to the provision each your target community (or communities) be applicant proposes to make in order to ensure its considered and acted upon? accountability to the relevant community (or Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) communities). should include a summary of your proposed accountability measures as set out below. Answer in fewer than 500 words:
1. We absolutely want the community to influence the operation of this service; it’s what Community Radio Station means to us. 2. MCR will set up a Facebook Page to encourage mass access, allowing people to make contact and contribute ideas for programming. 3. We will publicise a Suggestions email address and phone-line so people can either talk to the ‘Duty Officer’ about a suggestion or a criticism or leave a recorded message. 4. We will appoint volunteer Duty Officers whose specific task, apart from manning the office, will be to handle these calls and pass them on in written form, via email as appropriate, to management
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to address. 5. Management will discuss suggestions and criticisms at regular Station Committee meetings and, where necessary, at board meetings. They will be on every agenda. 6. We will also run a publicity campaign during the set-up period to encourage volunteers to come forward and train. This campaign will be regularly repeated after the main broadcast begins.
Guidance notes: station’s draft key commitments Please draft the Key Commitments for your proposed service. There is a blank key commitments template overleaf. If your organisation is awarded a licence, the key commitments you draft here will be included in your licence. (Please note: Ofcom may require amendments if, for example, we feel changes are required to better reflect your application proposals). Your draft Key Commitments should be consistent with, and, where appropriate, summarise the answers you have already given in this application form. It is important that you draft your own commitments rather than just copying what may have been done by others. You should keep in mind that it will be a condition of any licence to meet the Key Commitments: something you must do at all times and for breach of which you could face sanctions including revocation of the licence. So, you should think carefully about what you will be committing to. We would expect key commitments to be brief and no more than one page long.
KEY COMMITMENTS:
Station name Maldon Community Radio (MCR) [As in section 1 of this application] Licence area [State the proposed coverage area as Maldon District, Essex set out in section 3 of this form.]
Description of character of service Our target community spans all ages across a rural area. We will promote better understanding through regular contributions from minority peoples, lifestyles and interests. Our aim is to help the district feel more united. The service’s main purpose is to broadcast relevant, targeted information and entertainment produced and presented by locals. Its primary function is as a community hub, giving voice to those who lack it, offering training in new skills and bringing social gain to the district.
The service broadcasts: • Speech output over the course of each week comprising local news, national and international news, weather, travel, phone-ins, local events, live interviews with local people, live debates on burning issues, documentaries, comedy, drama and oral history. • The main types of music broadcast over the course of each week include Hits/Pop/Rock/easy listening/Oldies/Reggae/Ska, Techno, Drum’n’Bass, Urban (hiphop/rap, garage/house etc,) Country & Western, Folk, World music, Blues and R’n’B, Jazz and Classical. It will also feature locally-created songs and performance. • Programming is broadcast in English, but this may change following a poll of local ethnic minorities asking if they need programming in their own language. • The service provides original output for a minimum of 10 hours per day. • The service provides locally-produced output for a minimum of 12 hours per day. • The studio is located within the licensed coverage area. • The service provides a range of community benefits (social gain objectives mandated by statute) for the target community, both on-air and off-air, and in doing so, achieves the following objectives:
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1. the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion, 2. the provision (whether by means of programmes included in the service or otherwise) of education or training to individuals not employed by the person providing the service, and 3. the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it. 4. Members of the target community contribute to the operation and management of the service. 5. The service has mechanisms in place to ensure it is accountable to its target community. • We want to help the people of the District to feel proud of the place they live in and to understand each other’s qualities, needs and way of living.
[Please note: If awarded a licence, the key commitments you draft here will be included in your licence. (However, Ofcom may require amendments if, for example, we feel changes are required to better reflect your application proposals).]
About your organisation:
9. Company details Guidance Notes The legislation requires that: • Community radio services should not be provided primarily for commercial reasons or for the financial or other material gain of the body providing the service or the individuals involved in it • Any profits produced may only be used to either improve the future provision of the service or for the delivery of social gain to members of the public or the target community Provide the name of the body corporate (e.g. Only a body corporate can hold a community radio company) submitting this application and the type of licence. A body corporate is almost always a (registered) body corporate. company, although it can also include, for example, Please provide copies of the company’s some bodies created by statute (an individual or a Memorandum, Articles of Association and Certificate registered charity on its own is not a body corporate). of Incorporation (or, where it is another type of body Your application must therefore be submitted on behalf corporate, its founding documents and those which of a registered company (or other body corporate). set out its objectives and rules of operation) There are different types of company (e.g. a company limited by shares, a community interest company, a company limited by guarantee) and we need to know what kind of company is applying for a licence. We will not consider a licence award to a company if it has not yet been registered. If the application is successful the licence will be awarded to the body corporate (e.g. company) submitting this application.
Company (or other body corporate) name: St Peter’s Studio and Community Radio Ltd
Date of registration: 21 September 1998
Company registration number: 3635657
Company Limited by Guarantee and not having a Type of company (or other body corporate): Share Capital
Where your body is not a company, please explain how it meets the requirement to be a body corporate:
10. Ownership Guidance Notes Please provide details of who controls and who owns Ofcom needs to know about the ownership of the the body corporate (e.g. company) applying for this company (or other body corporate) applying for this licence, and on what basis this control and ownership licence, and any issues regarding its control. We will is achieved. (If this will be different once the station also consider how the company (or body corporate) will
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starts broadcasting please say so (a licence is not be run (this will usually be specified in the Articles of issued until broadcasting starts.) Association of the company). The information provided must include: In relation to exerting control over the applicant, the • all the subscribers, members, shareholders, or information provided should include the name and whatever is appropriate for the applicant address of any individuals or corporate bodies in company (or body corporate), and state the accordance with whose wishes the applicant’s affairs are extent of their interest (e.g. % shareholding) (if or will be conducted in most cases or in significant the company will be controlled by members, but respects. the members are not yet recruited, please say so). (You will also be asked about the board of directors in 11 & 12 below.) • details of any individual, company or other body that may exert control over the applicant.
• There are no shareholders. The company’s directors are voted on to the board by the board. • The elected directors appoint a chair for each year. • There have recently been a number of recent resignations, following the departure of Saint FM from Ormiston Rivers Academy. • New directors have been appointed. The current board consists of Lou Blackwell (chair), Pete Crisp (both from previous boards) Steve Gallant, Lee Marman and Nick Skeens (a former director). • Details are below. Companies House is being updated.
Ability to maintain the service:
11. Management and operations Guidance Notes With regard to the applicant please provide: In addition to the notes above on ownership, Ofcom is • A list of directors, indicating who is the managing also required to evaluate the human resources involved director and/or chair (please see question 12 in the running of a community radio station. Answers regarding directors’ details). should demonstrate how those who have relevant experience will work for the station. In addition, a • An indication of management structure (e.g. diagram or organisation chart may help paint a clearer management committee or equivalent, if picture. applicable), and/or • Information about who would be responsible for the day to day management and running of the station (there is a separate question regarding other staff below). Explain the role(s) in the station, job titles, and indicate whether paid or voluntary, full or part-time (and the number of hours).
The Board: • Lou Blackwell (Chair) • Pete Crisp • Steve Gallant • Lee Marman • Nick Skeens (Executive Director and Station Manager) Informing the board will be the Station Manager and a Volunteers Committee, which will meet monthly. There will be regular meetings of the entire station – Station Meetings. We are also considering creating a Listener’s Panel, to provide objective feedback.
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12. Management and operations Guidance Notes Please provide information regarding each director as Ofcom needs to know about the proposed directors and set out below (some or all of which may be regarded chair of the applicant. Some or all of the information as confidential). given in this section will usually be removed from In addition if any individuals have been identified for the publicly available copy of this application form. management roles at the proposed station, please (All community radio applications forms will be made give further information in this section. available on our website.) If you request that any information be removed, please indicate which (and why Answer (for each director): by email to [email protected]).
Name: Lou Blackwell. Employment: Self-employed security and maintenance manager. Other directorships: None. Relevant experience or qualifications: Director of Saint FM. Broadcaster on Saint FM for ten years. Creating fund-raising events for Saint FM. Worked in child protection at the Home Office. Event organiser and well-known local musician and organiser of music events.
Name: Pete Crisp. Employment: Computers. Other directorships: None. Relevant experience or qualifications: Director of Saint FM, works for a computer company, set up Saint FM’s studios in Burnham and Maldon. A top-class musician and musical journalist.
Name: Steve Gallant. Employment: Retired (former Senior Engineer for the Ford Motor Company). Other directorships: None. Relevant experience or qualifications: Presenting a show on Saint FM for ten years. Chair of the Saint FM Volunteers Committee. Had some responsibility for securing advertising. Former engineer.
Name: Lee Marman. Employment: Shipping and Freight Forwarding. Other directorships: Excel Shipping Limited and Excel Ocean Services Limited. Relevant experience or qualifications: Organising and running a successful business. Presenting a community radio show on Saint FM.
Name: Nick Skeens. Employment: Author and journalist. Other directorships: None. Appointed Executive Director and Station Manager. Relevant experience or qualifications: Former reporter, producer and news editor for TV-am, ITN and GMTV (Reuters). Former middle east correspondent for IRN. Former broadcaster for the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation. Former and current director and station manager for Saint FM (2005 to 2007, 2017- ). Former teacher to A level and undergraduates in Nicosia, Larnaca and Beirut. Ba (Hons) in English. Organiser of and compere for music and arts events in the district. Recently elected as a Councillor on Burnham Town Council. Helped set-up and run Saint FM during its RSL phase and the first two years of its full community radio licence.
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13. Staffing structure Guidance Notes What is the staffing structure of your proposed radio The legislation requires that Ofcom has regard to the service? Provide a job title for each position and applicant’s ability to maintain the proposed service (as indicate whether the individual will be paid or will well as to ensure the applicant is fit and proper to hold work in a voluntary capacity, will be full or part-time the licence). As well as its ownership, management and (indicate the number of hours for part-time posts). operations, the proposed staffing of the station is This may be provided as a diagram or organisation relevant to these considerations. chart. Answer in fewer than 400 words, plus organisation chart (optional):
Long experience, together with consultation with successful community radio stations like Gateway (Basildon) has taught us that in order to be viable, some key people should be compensated for their time. The fact that this stopped happening led to some of the problems Saint FM has faced in recent years. Some of the roles below may overlap, say, Board members may act as presenters or Duty Officers, and so on. Title Compensation Hours (p/w) Roles 1. Board Members (x5 initially) Voluntary 4 5 2. Station Manager, Grants Manager Paid via grant-raising / 30 1 commission, some voluntary work 3. Operations assistant (x1) Voluntary 7 1 4. Duty Officers (x10) Voluntary 4 10 5. Fundraising consultant Voluntary / Commission 20 1 6. Fund-raising Events Coordinator Commission 10 1 7. Advertising Manager (x2) Commission 20 2 8. Accountant Paid 1 1 9. Treasurer and book-keeper Voluntary 5 1 10. Marketing and PR manager Voluntary 10 1 11. Community Outreach Coordinator Voluntary 5 1 12. Technical Staff (x2) Voluntary 5 2 13. Chair of Volunteers Committee Voluntary 5 1 14. Presenters (x 70) Voluntary 3 70 15. News Editor Voluntary 1 1 16. News team Voluntary 10 10 17. Training Manager (x3) Voluntary (to train the volunteers. 5 3 This would be a paid role later when we begin training in the community) 18. Creative Manager Voluntary 5 1 19. Legal Advisor Voluntary 2 1 20. TOTAL 114
14. Applicant’s experience Guidance Notes Please describe the history of your group, and any Ofcom is required to consider whether an applicant has relevant experience of the group, or the individuals the ability to run a community radio station for the within the group, by answering the questions below. licence period (up to five years). To aid our consideration we want to know about any relevant experience the applicant group as a whole, or the individuals involved, may have.
A. Please provide a brief history of your group. Answer in fewer than 300 words:
St Peter’s Studio and Community Radio Limited was set up in 1998 with a view to running RSL broadcasts from St Peter’s School in Burnham-on-Crouch (now Ormiston Rivers Academy). OFCOM awarded the company a licence to broadcast as a community radio station to the Maldon District in 2005. It has continued broadcasting until today. Recently, due to a policy-change at Ormiston Rivers Academy, the company lost its primary
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broadcast facility at the school, but continues to fulfil its licence by broadcasting from the Plume Academy in Maldon via a broadband link that sends a microwave signal from the Ormiston Rivers Academy in Burnham to its transmitter on Mayland Hill. Ormiston Rivers confirms this arrangement can continue until we find new studios in Burnham. Aware that our studio needs to be in our official broadcast footprint, we are currently and urgently in discussions with the Marine Police Unit in Burnham-on-Crouch who have indicated they are open to providing us with a new headquarters; their building is underused. We are also looking at remote control broadcast options to ensure that most of our broadcast is issuing from the current area while we secure new premises. Such things can happen in community radio stations; this hiatus has caused some financial and programming problems that we are currently working to resolve. But we now have new management in place which has the experience and commitment to push the station upwards and onwards.
B. Please summarise the group’s broadcasting experience (e.g. internet radio, Restricted Service Licences (RSLs)). Answer in fewer than 150 words:
St Peter’s Studio and Community Radio Limited ran a series of successful RSLs under the name Saint FM up to its full community radio licence in late 2005. These were broadcast in December 1999, August 2000, February 2001 (under ‘Saint AM’), December 2002, December 2004. We have been broadcasting non-stop since December 2005.
C. Please summarise the relevant experience of the group or its members, in relevant non-broadcast areas (such as third sector, local business, fund-raising, training or education). Answer in fewer than 150 words:
We have people working with the station experienced in local government, local and national business, the voluntary sector, marketing, advertising, fund-raising, music and the arts, training and education – one of our presenters is a former head teacher at a local school. D Lawrence, of Gateway FM (Basildon), has agreed to advise us on fund-raising and other matters, and is currently guiding Saint FM through its current challenges. Gateway is one of the most successful community stations in the land.
D. Please summarise the radio broadcasting experience of key individuals in the applicant group (only if not already described above). Answer in fewer than 150 words:
(see above)
Evidence of demand:
15. Demand and/or support Guidance Notes Please provide a summary of evidence of demand When considering community radio licence applications, and/or support for your proposed service. Ofcom is required to take into account the extent of local This may include a variety of information, for demand for, or support for, the provision of the proposed example: service. • summary of support from statutory or voluntary It is for applicants to decide what evidence of demand or sector organisations which expect to contribute support they wish to submit. However, Ofcom does not practically and/or financially to your operations, believe that generic support for the establishment of a or which would expect to collaborate with you in new radio service is as meaningful as evidence of joint activities; considered support for a specific applicant’s proposals. This means that Ofcom does not attach great value to • evidence of interest generated through radio numerous examples of similar generic or form letters of activity (e.g. RSLs, internet radio), community support by your group, or to petitions. activity, training, voluntary sector work etc.; Copies of letters or research reports etc. should not be • results of research; submitted. However, your response here may include
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• summary of support from local politicians, brief relevant extracts from such material and must councils, educational or religious bodies etc.; represent an accurate and comprehensive summary of any such supporting evidence. If we wish to see the • summary of support from local business or other source material, we will ask for it. sectors; • evidence of support from your proposed target community. Answer in fewer than 1,000 words:
For more than a decade, this company has been supported practically and financially by Essex County Council and a variety of their social services, Maldon District Council, Burnham Town Council, the Essex Children’s Trust, among many others. They recognise the need for the sort of service we can provide. Hundreds of local bands, musicians, amateur acting companies and creatives have used our broadcast facilities to entertain and inform the Saint FM audience, while honing their own broadcast skills. We are supported by local artistes such as H Watson and D Hughes (professional folk singer/songwriters who perform regularly with members of Fairport Convention). Local politicians continue to offer support, including The Rt Hon John Whittingdale, OBE, MP, Burnham Town Councillor and former Mayor, P Elliot (recently chair of Maldon District Council) and a variety of councillors from parish councils around the district. Nick Skeens, who came aboard a fortnight ago to reorganise the company and Saint FM, was recently elected as a Town Councillor for Burnham-on-Crouch. Stretching the broadcast more fully across the Maldon district will create a better service and ensure more people are involved in a renewed and reinvigorated community radio station.
Ability to maintain the service – financial information:
16. Pre-launch financial information
In assessing an applicant’s ability to maintain the service we need to know what funds and assets it holds, how much it intends to spend getting the station on-air (pre-launch expenditure), and predicted funding for the pre- launch period. Please note ‘in-kind’ income is dealt with in 18 below. √ Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
17. Year 1 financial information - income Please provide information on the predicted income for your first year of broadcasting. N.B. there is a legislative restriction on income from on-air advertising and sponsorship/commercial references (in summary, each station is allowed a ‘fixed revenue allowance’ of £15,000 per year from paid-for advertising and sponsorship; some stations may also be allowed up to 50% of their total relevant information per year (i.e. disregarding the fixed revenue allowance). See the ‘Invitation of applications for community radio licences’ for your region for further information). √ Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
18. Financial information – in-kind support Please provide totals that reflect the in-kind support you expect to receive for the pre-launch period, and for year one. You may count some volunteer input as in-kind support – please see our guidance on this http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/radio-ops/volunteerinput.pdf √ Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
19. Year 1 financial information – outgoings Please summarise year 1 outgoings – your expected operational expenditure to cover the first 12 months after the service has commenced broadcasting. (Add rows if necessary). √ Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
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20. Year 1 financial information – commercial activities on air √ Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
21. Pre-launch financial information - contingency If there is a shortfall between pre-launch predicted income and outgoings, please explain below how you would expect to cover any outstanding costs. Answer in fewer than 150 words and/or submit a summary table: √ Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
22. Year 1 financial information - contingency If there is a shortfall between Year 1 income and Year 1 outgoings, please explain below how you would expect to cover any outstanding costs (see also 23 and 24 below). Alternatively if there is a surplus at the end of Year 1, please explain what you intend to do with such additional resources. √ Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
23. Financial information – loans and other borrowings If any of your proposed funding (either set-up or operational) is in the form of loans e.g. from directors, individuals or organisations, please provide details as to who the loan is from and the terms of such lending, expected repayment terms, interest rate charged and other associated costs. √ Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
24. Financial information – alternative funding streams If there is a shortfall between income and outgoings, what arrangements have you explored and are in place to provide further financial and/or ‘in-kind’ support for your proposed service? If you have any proposals for expanding and/or changing the funding model of your proposed service after the first year of operation, please provide details below: Answer in fewer than 150 words and/or submit a summary table: √ Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
Broadcasting engineering:
Engineering notes We require preliminary radio frequency (r.f.) engineering information and applicants are advised that this section is not intended to be exhaustive. We are asking for the basic engineering parameters necessary to determine the extent of frequency availability in an applicant’s chosen area (after taking account of the requirements of neighbouring broadcasters); and to determine whether the proposed service area can be adequately served from this site. As a result, applicants should note the importance of identifying a transmission site that is suitable for the area they wish to serve. While Ofcom would not wish applicants to go to unnecessary expense (we do not guarantee the availability of a suitable frequency and/or our ability to allocate it for broadcasting from the chosen transmission site), we do require precise details about the transmission site chosen. The questions following relate to this. Applicants should provide evidence of negotiations or agreement with the site owner (e.g. whether a provisional agreement is in place). Any licence award will be based on the coverage area from the site identified in the application. If a licence is offered, Ofcom may not be able to agree to a change from the site put forward in this application (and any request for a change will need to be justified). Applicants should read and be aware of the relevant part of the Ofcom Site Engineering Code which may be found at: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/tech-guidance/eng_code/ 25. Engineering information Waveband: This application is for an FM licence Yes / No
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Do you understand the requirements for FM (VHF) and have you incorporated these below and in, for example, Yes / No your start-up and other costs, detailed earlier? Transmission site What is the postal address and post code: Mayland Hall Farm, address: Mayland Hill, Althorne, Chelmsford CM3 6EA The NGR is a reference code comprising two letters and two groups of three numbers (e.g. SW 123 456). It is TL 923 003 available from Ordnance Survey. What is the height of the site, in metres, Above Ordnance Datum (AOD)? 43m National Grid In metres, what is the total height of the mast / building Reference (NGR): Above Ground level (AGL)? 20m About the site’s What is the height, in metres, of the transmitting antenna dimensions: AGL? 20m Please supply photographs of the transmitter mast / √ Tick if enclosed building and aerial location. Who owns the site and what are their full contact details? Is this site already used for broadcasting and if so by Yes, by Saint FM whom? Community Radio. About the Delete as appropriate the yes/no answers which describe transmission site: your situation regarding proposed site (it may be that you cannot answer all four questions): Site identified? Yes Transmission site Provisional agreement with site owner in place? Yes availability: Or under negotiation? Applicant group owns site? No Other – please specify. Existing TX site Applicant group owns site? No (Note: we cannot consider an application if no site has been identified.)
How to contact you:
26. Public contact details Guidance Notes Provide the name of the person who will deal with Ofcom will publish community radio licence enquiries from the press and public and the contact applications, and from time to time statements which details for them. may include public contact details, on its website. A point of contact is required to deal with press and other enquiries from interested parties. Name: Nick Skeens Email: nickskeens@gmailcom Website:
27. Contact details for Ofcom Guidance Notes Provide the name of the person who will be Ofcom’s Ofcom will need to contact your group in relation to this primary contact and their contact details: application. PLEASE ENSURE YOU ADVISE OFCOM OF ANY CHANGES TO YOUR CONTACT DETAILS
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Concluding declaration:
28. Declaration APPLICANT’S, DIRECTORS’ AND OWNERS’ OTHER INTERESTS 1. In relation to the applicant and any body’s and/or individuals whose details are given in sections 11, 12 and 13 of this application, please state whether the applicant, any body or individual is (and if so identify that body or individual) involved in any of the activities set out in the table below, and the extent of the involvement or interest. For these purposes, the applicant includes associates of the applicant (i.e. directors and their associates and other group companies): (Note: if none of the following categories in this section apply, this must be clearly indicated by writing “none” in any appropriate box.) Activity/involvement By the applicant By a director and/or a shareholder (section 12 of this or member application form) (section 11 of this application form) Nick Skeens has Nick Skeens has recently been elected recently been elected a) Local authorities as a councillor on the as a councillor on the Burnham Town Burnham Town Council. Council. b) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a NONE NONE political nature, or which are affiliated to such a body c) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a NONE NONE religious nature d) An individual who is an officer of a body falling within NONE NONE (c) above e) A body corporate which is an associate (as defined in paragraphs 1(1) and 1(1a) of Part I of Schedule 2 NONE NONE to the Broadcasting Act 1990) or a body falling within (b) or (c) above) f) An advertising agency or an associate of an NONE NONE advertising agency g) Other broadcasting interests (including radio, television, satellite and cable broadcasting and allied NONE NONE activities). Other interests 2. Give details of any other interest or activity of the applicant which is or could be incompatible with the requirements imposed by or under Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as modified by the Community Radio Order 2004) and Articles 6 and 7 of the Community Radio Order 2004. Please also give details of any other participant in the applicant whose interest is or could be incompatible with those requirements. (You may need to seek advice about these matters) Answer: NONE
Other matters 3. In pursuance of its duties under Section 86(4) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as amended), Ofcom requires that the applicant should notify Ofcom of any matters which might influence Ofcom’s judgement as to whether: (i) the applicant; (ii) any director of the applicant; (iii) any individual, or any director of a company, who will have an interest of 5 per cent or more in the applicant; may not be considered a 'fit and proper person' to participate in a radio licence. Such matters would include, for example, the following (whether they occurred in the UK or any other country): any unspent criminal conviction, any undischarged insolvency and/or bankruptcy orders, any disqualification from being a director of a limited company, and any adverse findings made by Ofcom (or its predecessor broadcast regulators), any other regulatory authority and/or any court or tribunal in respect of any regulatory matters. Answer:
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Do you confirm, to the best of your knowledge and belief, that: 4. The applicant is not a disqualified person in relation to the licence by virtue of the provisions of section 143 (5) of the Broadcasting Act 1996 (relating to political objects); 5. The applicant is not otherwise a disqualified person in relation to the licence by virtue of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 or any other rule prohibiting its holding the licence; 6. No director, member or other person involved directly or indirectly in the management of the applicant group is the subject of a disqualification order as defined by section 145 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 1996; 7. No person (body corporate or individual) involved in the application has been convicted within the past five years of an unauthorised broadcasting offence and that the applicant will do all it can to ensure that no person (body corporate or individual) so convicted will be concerned in the provision of the service, the making of programmes included in it, or the operation of the radio station if the applicant is granted a licence; and 8. Any matters which might influence Ofcom's judgement as to whether the directors or members of the applicant group are fit and proper persons to participate in a radio licence have been made to Ofcom. Applicants should note that Ofcom reserves the right to revoke a licence if at any time any material statement made is found to be false and to have been made by the applicant or any member or officer thereof knowing it to be false, and that in the circumstances of section 144 of the Broadcasting Act 1996, the provision of false information or the withholding of relevant information with the intention of misleading Ofcom could incur a criminal conviction and a disqualification from the holding of a licence. √ Please tick this box to confirm that the applicant agrees with the above statements. Please tick the boxes below to indicate which additional documentation is included as part of this application. We are not willing to accept additional information with this application, other than that set out below: √ Memorandum & Articles of Association Certificate of Incorporation [to follow] √Application Payment (UK £ 600.00) non-returnable [Paid online] √ Photographs of the transmitter mast / building and aerial location.
I hereby apply to Ofcom for the grant of a community radio licence and declare that the information given in this application and any additional documentation is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, correct.
Nick Skeens (Name of person) Station Manager and Executive Director (Title or position in the applicant group) 26 July, 2017 (Date)