Brooklands Radio 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. Yes
Brooklands Radio
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:
The community of North Surrey consists of the people in a distinct cluster of towns in North Surrey radiating from Weybridge and sharing many similar characteristics. Their development has been boosted since by the trunk road network including the A3, M3, M4 and M25 and closeness to Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. Brooklands Radio’s target audience is the population of a large part of North Surrey that is outside or on the fringe of the coverage area of other ILR stations. This is important to us as the local communities feel disengaged and businesses find it difficult or prohibitively expensive to access these stations. Only Brooklands Radio can provide content for the North Surrey community. 30% of the population is over 55 and has increased by 12.6% in the last 10 years. Across Surrey there was a 35% increase in 60 – 64 years old and a 17% increase in over 80s. This trend is likely to continue. As an example by 2040, nearly one in four people in the UK (24.2%) will be aged 65 or over. In summary the population, as of the 2001 census is mainly white (95.4%), born in the UK (87.1%) and Christian (76.3%) with 48.4% male and 51.6% female. The socio-economic population aged 16 to 74 totals 95,685 with 46,994 men and 48,592 women, with 80.4% of men and 62.7% of women economically active. There are a high proportion of managerial and professional people: 24.6% and Lower managerial and professional: 14.2% The area has a high car ownership level with 86.1% of households having at least one car and 45.2% two cars or more. To get to work, 44,122 (66.5%) use a car, 7,158 (10.8%) go by train and 683 (1%) use the bus.
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
Brooklands Radio proposes to cover the cluster of towns in North Surrey and includes Weybridge
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(19,463), Addlestone (16,657) and Chertsey (13.095) as per OFCOM invitation. However adjacent to Weybridge is Walton on Thames, (22,824). Weybridge and Walton have a long association of being linked together in business, services, charity and recreational activities. Shepperton, Ottershaw, and Upper Halliford, (total 9680), are nearby small towns in range of our proposed transmitter reception. We therefore would like to include all these towns our output. All data from local authorities.
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 interests of members of its target community or in the column opposite. 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.
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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): • What will the service sound like? • What music will you play? • What are the main speech elements of the service and how will the social gain/community benefits you propose be reflected on-air? • What is the likely music to speech ratio? • Will this vary at different times of the day or week (or year)? • Do you intend to broadcast live output? If so when and how much do you propose to do? • Will you broadcast in languages other than English (what languages and how much)? • Will your output be original i.e. specifically produced for your service? • Will it be locally produced? • Do you intend to repeat material? Answer in fewer than 1,000 words:
Our target would be to serve and work with our North Surrey residents providing a much needed local radio station dedicated to our community. We would bring together all aspects and cultures of this thriving local area to provide a first class information and music service. Our focus would continue to be on community issues, services and opportunities that highlight the very good and positive work that our communities undertake. Our programme will be informative, educational and entertaining, made by the community for the community. As the over 55s are a rapidly growing group, we will provide a range of programmes for this underserved age group, but we would also like reach out to the many young people in local schools to grow a new generation of listeners. Live programming will generally be between 7am and 7pm, and then from 7pm to 12pm a mix of live and pre-recorded programmes with 100 hours a week of original output. A small number of specialist programmes may be repeated along with items of a highly topical nature. Repeats are unlikely to be more than 15 hours a week. Brooklands Radio will broadcast seven days a week, 24 hours a day with an overnight automated service from midnight to early in the morning. All content will continue to be original and locally produced. All broadcasting is planned to be in English. Local speech content will always be important during our daytime shows and will include frequent information about what’s on in North Surrey through our “Daily Bulletin”, particularly about charity, club and voluntary bodies. Volunteering opportunities will be publicised. We will also broadcast interviews weekly with local people talking about their interests, voluntary or public sector work or businesses, sports and pastimes. In addition, there will be opportunities to discuss and express views and opinions on local issues as they arise, and special programmes could be devoted to major local issues, like the rebuilding of the Weybridge Health Centre which recently burnt down in a dramatic fire. The radio station will also aim to offer a voice to all areas of the local community so as to remain inclusive and unbiased. For example, despite having Down’s Syndrome, one of our presenter’s co- hosts the Saturday morning breakfast show and has his own programme on Saturday night. See APPENDIX A1 for details of all our current specialist output. Music will form about 75% of our broadcast time. During the day we will play popular music from the 1960s through to today, and listener feedback and requests will influence our choice of music. During the evenings there will be a broad range of specialist music shows produced by local people that will also give news about forthcoming concerts and performances in the area which may not get coverage elsewhere. Evening broadcasts provide an opportunity for more diverse and under-represented groups and topics, as well as different styles of musical genre. See APPENDIX A2 Almost all of our speech output is and will be available to “Listen Again” via our website and iTunes with linkages to social media. See APPENDIX B
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Local information features and news will be a key aspect of our output. We will continue with our regular local North Surrey News items and our weekly review of the week’s local news with Surrey Advertiser newspaper reporters. These activities in particularly bridge the gap in local news provision since the demise of many local newspapers and printed matter. National and international news provided by Independent Radio News, branded as Sky News, will be broadcast on the hour followed by the local weather forecast, and we shall continue to broadcast our own regular travel reports covering roads and public transport. These will be more frequent during peak times. In an area of high traffic density and frequent delays, we expect this to be an extremely helpful service for FM listeners in their cars. Brooklands Radio will continue to go out and about meeting the people of North Surrey recording interviews and mounting live outside broadcasts from events in the community. advice appointments etc.
B. What is the address of the proposed studio (if known)?
Brooklands Radio, 2nd Floor, Weybridge Library, Church Street, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8DE
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:
We have been broadcasting continuously on the internet for over 9 years and have built an invaluable local radio service for the community and we are therefore well established with many organisations. During this time it has become apparent from feedback that local people do not feel well served by the London and local ILR stations, being on the fringe of their coverage. Brooklands Radio by contrast has a strong “local feel”. A voice in the community. With the rapidly growing population of over 55s, we have had a steady stream of new members approaching us. Many, having retired and “wanting to put something back into the community” are keen to volunteer and get involved with radio. So Brooklands Radio will expand its current programming to include the over 55s. Travel is important to North Surrey residents. Busses have a limited use. Roads can easily become congested. Rail travel is critical to working in London or elsewhere. So we plan to have a regular Transport programme that will inform listeners of new plans, EG new rail routes to Heathrow and changes to timetables. Studio guests will be chosen from provider organisations to respond to listener questions. Our current 47 strong paying membership includes a diverse range of people who live, work or have retired in our area. They bring a broad range of broadcasting experience, knowledge of the area and community contacts. Our output includes the “Daily Bulletin”, information on forthcoming community events. Our programmes also include public interest stories, public service messages and interviews with local people and organisations. For example: We will have a Your Health Matters feature with interviews with experts and local people on health issues including a link with local NHS service providers. Surrey Sportsnight features interviews with local sportsmen and women and their clubs and we provide outside broadcasts from major events such as the Walton & Weybridge Regatta and the Ride London-Surrey cycling event as the race comes through Weybridge. A weekly Am Dram spot interviewing local amateur dramatic groups about their productions and often including a performance extract. The Brooklands Radio weekly News Review is produced with the Surrey Advertiser series of local papers and presented by Surrey Advertiser staffers with a Brooklands Radio anchor. Brooklands Radio has adopted the Woking and Sam Beare Hospice, as its chosen charity, though it also promotes the work and events of other local charities.
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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. Answer in fewer than 400 words:
In terms of overlapping, there are not any radio stations as such. The closest by proximity, Eagle Radio in Guildford and Radio Jackie in Tolworth, are more pop-music oriented and too far away to take interest in broadcast all of the events and causes of local concern in our North Surrey area. Other stations are based in London and are more regional and national in output. For example, Insanity FM community radio at Royal Holloway university Egham is primarily a student based radio station focussed solely on the student community, whereas Brooklands Radio is for and about the events and concerns of residents of Weybridge, Walton, Addlestone, Chertsey and towns nearby. Our output will continue to provide much more in-depth coverage that reflects life in North Surrey, with more time given for speech and underrepresented communities than other commercial radio stations. Interviews will generally be for around 10 minutes and talk based programmes such as our one hour Just Women and Business Affairs programmes are nearly all discussions, rather than music punctuated by presenter chat. Our incredible strength as a station and what is unique to Brooklands is our fantastic range of specialist music programmes, which cover genres such as Blues, Classical, Country, Folk, Progressive Alternative, Rock, Musicals, Movie Music, 50s and 60s. Such specialised content hosted by a live presenter who is an avid enthusiast is generally not found on commercial radio, as commercial stations tend to stick to one format/music type range, and many regurgitate the same pop music. Our songs are individually selected with great care by a devoted and knowledgeable fan of the music who is also an experience presenter so our programming is expert with a special personal and responsive feel. Music requests are always taken by email and phone, and therefore our programmes can easily respond to public mood. Our presenters can easily link in local events to the type of music they are playing, for example, local jazz nights, etc. See APPENDIX A2 In terms of outreach we already have an annual Talent competition. Junior Star Singer provides local junior diverse talent with the chance to progress their musical aspirations, and in 2018 we hope to create a local schools program that will allow young enthusiasts into the studio to play their music and chat about issues important to them. With more than 35,000 downloads a month to our local interviews, we think we are doing something right and hope to expand on informative talk programs in the future. APPENDIX A1 lists specialist programmes currently available over our internet service. Local listeners, charities, event organisers and businesses are interviewed regularly. These have proved to be very popular in listeners and downloads via our listen again facility. See APPENDIX B for download figures. [Appendix documents submitted separately to Ofcom]
Social gain
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,
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(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.
Brooklands Radio has been a beneficiary of the way people’s preferences have shifted to adopt all forms of social media communication. However, we are also acutely aware that, in particular, the move away from local newspaper printed matter has left some areas of the community feeling isolated. An FM licence for our community will provide greater levels of social inclusion and gain principally in providing community news and public service information. We will continue to serve the needs of the community with vital and information associated with the area. We will work with local organisations, businesses, schools and colleges in many ways: Currently we are: • Providing on-air interviews and discussions with people from local bodies to raise awareness of the community services they provide. • Helping to improve social behaviour and increasing social awareness by encouraging a stronger sense of community though listener participation. • Providing training in radio skills for people of all ages. • Helping new local businesses become established with attractive advertising packages for small business at affordable rates. There will also be discounted advertising rates for start-up businesses. Brooklands Radio has already been able to help local businesses try radio advertising for the first time. What is interesting is that we have found small businesses from all sectors want to try radio advertising at affordable rates. APPENDIX C. • Broadcasting Volunteers of the Day in association with local boroughs. By developing links with these bodies we are better able to help them to help others. • Broadcasting programmes covering policing in the community and will liaise with emergency services if there is a major incident locally. • Putting out important messages from the police every day as they come in, such as appeals for witnesses and warnings of particular types of crime. • Working to promote and help raise funds for its adopted charity, the Woking and Sam Beare Hospice. • Attending a number of local community and business events, which we will continue to expand as this direct involvement with the community, with outside broadcasts and/or providing the PA, keeps us in touch with residents in person Additionally, we propose to: • Present a regular Business Affairs programme as a forum for local business people, expanding on our present monthly programme on our internet service.
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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• Facilitate much greater on-air interactive discussion. This will be used by the management team as a core indicator to local issues and could then facilitate a special interview or indeed a programme. • Launch, in January 2018 our local schools program, to bring in students from local secondary schools for radio training followed by a fun competition for a radio slot showcasing a program aimed at teens. • Start a range of programmes for the over 55s. Guest interview will have this group in mind. • Introduce a regular transport programme to supplement our extensive daily travel news, which will focus on taking time to inform residents and discuss public transport, changes to services and new developments
Access and participation:
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?
• People from all areas of our North Surrey community will be encouraged to contribute to programmes. With our current internet service, we have been able to provide help to a diverse group of presenters including those with disability where we have found with training and team support we have been able to encourage their broadcasting experience. Our aims • We will always be focused on local community aims talking to local residents, businesses and voluntary groups to raise local public awareness and community support. • People from all sections of our community will be encouraged to contribute to programmes. With our current internet service, we have found that many, with training, adapt to broadcasting easily and provide a wide range of local interests. • We want to facilitate much greater on-air interactive discussion. This will be used by the management team as a core indicator to local issues and could then facilitate a special interview or indeed a programme. • We aim to provide opportunity for under-represented areas of the community to endeavour to provide a feeling of inclusion. • We have found that social media is becoming increasingly important as to how listeners react or respond to interviews, programmes or incidents. This is a standard agenda item at our monthly management meetings. • We will always be talking to local residents, businesses and voluntary groups so that we can give them the radio service they want. • We shall continue to work closely with the local umbrella organisations for voluntary bodies, Voluntary Action Elmbridge and Voluntary Support North Surrey. We shall continue to broadcast vacancies for volunteers on their behalf. • Each month Brooklands Radio receives 2 – 3 requests to join us. There is an application form to complete and then they are interviewed against three criteria – What will they bring to the station either on air or in support that also includes new ideas to support the station and our community?
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- Would their involvement in the station help a more diverse area of the community to be actively represented? - How are they involved in the community? - Are they reliable? They then receive appropriate training which, depending on experience, is how the station operates, an introduction to the microphone and then how the studio operates. Training also includes OFCOM broadcasting rules. Some go on to other roles such as editing or creating podcasts. 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:
Here are some of the ways in which Brooklands Radio will continue to provide education and training: • Training is a committee post. • Brooklands Radio has two studios where basic skills can be taught at a time convenient to the trainee. Also there are times when a recorded programme is being broadcast allowing either studio to be used. • In 2016 we participated in the NCS – The National Citizen Service and were contracted with NCS Surrey to run a daily event for 12 students who produced their own programme for broadcast. • In our last RSL, in conjunction with Brooklands College, their media course student planned, produced and delivered their own one hour programme which counted as credits to their overall course mark. We will contact Brooklands college with a view to reintroduce this scheme. • We shall expand our service of giving presentations to pupils at local schools about all aspects of running a local radio station. This has already started at Rydens school Walton on Thames where one of our presenters is teaching six lessons after school on podcasting for 11 – 15 year olds. A 25 min podcast will be put on the school’s internet and broadcast by us. • In January 2018 we will be launching our local schools program. We will bring in students from local secondary schools for radio training followed by a fun competition for a radio slot showcasing a program aimed at teens. • We will provide training for our voluntary presenters and support staff to help us maintain high standards. It will cover presenting, production of programmes and commercials, technical skills, OFCOM Broadcasting standards, editing programmes using editing software and creating podcasts. • We shall offer training in radio, particularly microphone skills, to local bodies such as charities, voluntary groups and small businesses and to interested individuals. • There is no cost to the training provided.
Ensuring accountability:
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 characteristics. One is that, in respect of the provision of
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How will members of your target community: the service, the provider makes itself accountable to the • make contact with your service, and community (or communities) the service is intended to serve. • influence the operation of the service? Ofcom is required to have regard to the provision each How will suggestions or criticisms from members of applicant proposes to make in order to ensure its your target community (or communities) be accountability to the relevant community (or considered and acted upon? communities). Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) should include a summary of your proposed accountability measures as set out below. Answer in fewer than 500 words:
We will endeavour to make every effort to encouraging listeners to put forward their comments, views and ideas for via whatever means is available and we would act upon them accordingly. We will also have - • Two open days every year for the public to see what we do, give us feedback and see if they might like to become involved with the station. • Two open days every year for representatives of local businesses, large businesses based locally, borough councils, Surrey County Council, the police, charities and other bodies to see how we can help them. • We will continue to invite local association to talk about their organisations as we believe this will enable them to reach out to our community in a way that is currently not available through any other local media. Station Members Membership of the station is open to anyone who lives or works in or close to our coverage area. No broadcasting experience is necessary. Indeed, new members who did not have any broadcasting experience have often brought new thinking and opinions to the station. Students On all three of our RSLs, students from the Media Department of Brooklands College have presented a weekly programme which has counted as two units towards their BTEC qualification. They were required to plan a programme with local content, present, and then review the programme. After the second RSL, the students undertook a high street clip board survey in four towns to get feedback mainly about our service. We see our link with Brooklands College continuing and both parties are keen to explore other opportunities. Schools Schools have shown a strong interest in Brooklands Radio and we are keen to engage with them and provide access through their tutors to the station. In all three RSLs, we have run a “Top of the Form” inter-schools quiz playing for the Brooklands FM Team trophy. We will look to reintroduce this as a key delivery of social gain. Location Our studios are in a busy town centre within our target coverage area above Weybridge Public Library including a ramp and toilet for the disabled. This location provides good connections for trains and buses. There is also a large public adjacent to the building. Phones and emails We can take phone calls on air but guard against inappropriate content. Emails are displayed in both studios and there is always an on-air acknowledgement. Social Media We now have in excess of 5,000 followers over our social media platforms and it provides great feedback for programmes. New podcasts of local interviews are automatically promoted through our
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social media platforms. Website www.brookladsradio.co.uk It currently has 88 pages and receives 1,700 visits per day. We use this to highlight programmes of special interest to the community. Brooklands Radio App Our App that has been in use for the last two years and allows listeners to easily communicate and contact the station. It has been downloaded over 600 times
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: to be completed by the applicant [Guidance is given in italics.]
Station name Brooklands Radio [As in section 1 of this application] Weybridge, Addlestone and Chertsey. Licence area Shepperton, Ottershaw, Upper Halliford and Walton on [State the proposed coverage area as Thames are nearby towns in close proximity to the proposed set out in section 3 of this form.] coverage area and form part of our output.
Description of character of service [Describe in no more than 80 words in total]: - the target community/communities [describe the community or communities you will serve; this should be a summary of your answer in section 2 of this form]: Brooklands Radio proposes to serve the whole community of North Surrey with a much needed local radio service. - the main purpose of the service The station will be dedicated to our community, bringing together all aspects and cultures of the local area, to provide a first class speech and music service for our community. It will be informative, educational and entertaining made by the community for the community. - the station’s primary functions or activities. Inform, entertain, discuss, educate and train and create a community spirit with stronger links.
The service broadcasts: • Music. The main types of music2 broadcast over the course of each week are: mix of popular music from 1960s through to today. During the evenings there will be a broad range of specialist music shows produced by local people. • Speech. The main types of speech output3 broadcast over the course of each week are: listener comments, what’s on in the area, studio guest interviews with local people and
2 e.g. mainstream pop, urban etc. 3 e.g. local news, what’s on etc.
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organisations and national and local news, weather and regular travel updates. The station will encourage listeners to contact it, through any appropriate media. • Over the course of each week programming will be broadcast in English.
• The service provides original output4 for a minimum 12 hours per day • The service will provide locally-produced output5 for a minimum of 16 hours per day. [The text below is included in the Key Commitments in all community radio licences, and does not need to be amended or augmented. Every service is required to comply with these requirements, but the details of how each service does so do not need to be included in the Key Commitments]
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:
• the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion,
• 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
• the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it. The service has mechanisms in place to ensure it is accountable to its target community.
The following will be provided during the first year of broadcasting unless specified: • Work in conjunction with Brooklands College Media Studies department to prepare and present 4 programmes as part of their BTEC Media course. • Provide air time to 4 schools to present their own programme. • Provide training to 10 members of the public in microphone skills and interviewing techniques. • Train 4 volunteer members of Brooklands Radio in digital audio editing. • Continue to give local community organisations and charities free airtime including interviews. • We will undertake outside broadcasts over a range of events within the community. • We will hold 2 station open days for the public to provide feedback and give new programme ideas. • Set up a listener panel with the aim to ensure that the station embraces diversity and inclusion. • We will hold quarterly management reviews to measure our progress against key commitments. • Within 2 months we will initially start with a monthly discussion programme, with local people giving their views on local matters raised by listeners. We would aim to increase the programme frequency. • Within 2 months we will produce a weekly programme aimed at the over 55s • Within 2 months we will produce a regular transport and travel programme. • Brooklands Radio will provide programming opportunities, discussions, interviews, news features and local news recordings, as well as social media responses, and other means of communication to attract the views of our listening audience.
[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).]
4 Original output is 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. 5 Locally-produced output is output made and broadcast from within the service’s licensed coverage area.
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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: Brooklands Radio Ltd
Date of registration: 22 May 2008
Company registration number: 6600542
Type of company (or other body corporate): Not for Profit
Where your body is not a company, please explain how it meets the requirement to be a body n/a 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 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.
Brooklands Radio is already well established within the community of North Surrey as an internet radio service since 2008 with a Directors Board who are responsible for corporate affairs supported by a member nominated committee that runs the station. The station has successfully functioned as a not for profit company since set up.
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Ownership of the station is across four directors - Alan Timbrell (also Management Team Chairman) Robin Corry (also Company Secretary) Mike Gurr Graham Laycock
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).
Brooklands Radio has four directors. Alan Timbrell Chairman Robin Corry Secretary Graham Laycock Michael Gurr The Brooklands Radio Management Team is elected each year by the membership at the April AGM. It comprises of: Alan Timbrell Chairman Jill Bennett Secretary Graham Laycock Station and Programme Manager Ivana O’Brien Training Gary Couch Chief Financial Officer Sales Alex Nairn Lesia Scholey PR & Marketing David Jemitus IT, Webmaster and statistics James Pearce Social media Alan Timbrell Engineering team leader Barry Richards HR Alan Bosson Outside Broadcast coordinator Station Manager is responsible for the day to day running of the station. Upon receiving a licence, we will appoint a part time administrator to support the station manager and all the back office functions. This back office administrator is likely to be a paid appointment. The management team meets monthly to review operations and to consider feedback from within the community and other sources such as guests and visitors.
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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]).
Alan Timbrell Employment: Retired Other directorships: Nil Relevant experience or qualifications: Alan lived in Weybridge – the centre of Brooklands Radio’s community – for years, where in 1965 he founded one of the UK’s first hospital radio stations. He ran it as chairman for 15 years, expanding it to serve major hospitals in North Surrey. In 2005 Alan brought together some of the people who helped run that station to become the directors of Brooklands FM and to set up and run the first of three RSLs. Each of the RSLs, in 2006, 2007 and 2009, was managed by Alan, as is Brooklands Radio’s full-time internet service launched in 2008. Alan has wide business management experience with big blue-chip companies including BT, Ericsson and Ramsay Healthcare.
Robin Corry Employment: Retired Other directorships: Nil Relevant experience or qualifications: Always keenly interested in radio, he was for seven years a committee member of a large local hospital radio station and as a founding committee member of Brooklands FM he helped set up, publicise and run its three trial RSL broadcasts and arranged for the station to support and promote the local Sam Beare Hospice. Robin has lived in North Surrey for more than 40 years.
Graham Laycock Employment: Retired Other directorships: Nil Relevant experience or qualifications: Graham Laycock is keenly interested in broadcasting and in 1971 joined a local hospital radio as a presenter, becoming Programme Controller and then Chairman in his 16 years there. Following early retirement Graham helped set up Brooklands Radio as Programme Director and for a period of time as Finance Manager. He has been closely involved in the station’s three RSLs and in maintaining for more than 10 years our internet radio service as Programme Director, presenter, producer and now Station Manager. He brings from his railway career considerable experience in senior management positions for project, resource and finance management. He founded the Surrey Vasculitis Support Group to support those in the community who have vasculitis illnesses. He has lived in North Surrey for most of his life.
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Michael Gurr Employment: Full time Other directorships: Nil Relevant experience or qualifications: Mike discovered his enthusiasm for community radio when he joined a local hospital radio station as a presenter soon after moving into Surrey nearly 30 years ago. His natural talent and skills for sales and marketing developed over 40 years in the motor industry are invaluable to Brooklands Radio which he joined in 2006.
If any individuals (not necessarily directors) have been identified for management roles please state what experience identified individuals have to undertake the role in question.
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):
Elected at the annual AGM, the Brooklands Radio Management Team comprises: Alan Timbrell Chairman Unpaid Jill Bennett Secretary Unpaid Graham Laycock Station Manager Unpaid Gary Crouch Treasurer Unpaid Ivana O’Brien Community Coordinator Unpaid Sales Alex Nairn Unpaid but subject to review. Ivana O’Brien Training Unpaid Lesia Scholey PR & Marketing Unpaid David Jemitus IT, Webmaster and statistics Unpaid James Pearce Social media Unpaid Alan Timbrell Engineering and Facilities Unpaid Barry Richards HR Unpaid Alan Bosson Outside Broadcast Coordinator Unpaid. Upon receiving a licence, we will appoint a part time administrator to support the station manager and all the back office functions. This back office administrator is likely to be a paid appointment.
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.
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A. Please provide a brief history of your group. Answer in fewer than 300 words:
In March 2005, a group of community radio enthusiasts came together following an idea by Alan Timbrell, to trial a community radio service in North Surrey and to also celebrate 40 years of Hospital Radio Wey. Alan was the founder of the station in 1965. It went on the air in June 2006. Sir Cliff Richard opened the station, a long-time Weybridge resident who said that the area needed its own radio station. The community and business response was enthusiastic and encouraging. The second RSL was in December 2007 as Brooklands FM. The name was chosen to reflect the heritage of the area. In April 2008 Brooklands FM was pleased to join the Community Media Association. A third RSL trial community broadcast commenced in April 2009. RSL Highlights - • Supporting the Sam Beare Hospice including a live outside broadcast of the “Light up a Life” carol service. • Interviewing each day, one or more local people, organisations and voluntary groups. • Undertaking live outside broadcasts including from Brooklands Museum a breakfast show broadcast from Concorde G-BBGD. • Running a live, on-air inter-schools competition “Top of the Form” involving 6 local schools competing for a winner’s trophy • Providing airtime for students from Brooklands College to plan, broadcast, and review their own programmes, which counted as two units towards their BTEC Media Studies qualification, • Taking two other students as part of their work experience, • The area’s leading local newspaper provided hourly local audio news and a weekly local news review, From 23rd August 2008, Brooklands Radio started broadcasting daily for 24 hours on the internet. The station has created an excellent range of programmes and interviews. In 2015, we undertook a one month DAB trial broadcast across Surrey to gain further experience in running a free to air radio station.
B. Please summarise the group’s broadcasting experience (e.g. internet radio, Restricted Service Licences (RSLs)). Answer in fewer than 150 words:
Alan Timbrell - 11June to 8 July 2006. Alan Timbrell - 25 November to 22 December 2007. Alan Timbrell – 9 April to 6 May 2009. Internet broadcasting from 2008 through to today. Undertaken a one month Surrey wide DAB trial in May 2015
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:
• Jim Allen - Chairman of the Byfleet Heritage Society.
• Dan Curtis- Actively involved in amateur dramatics.
• Bev Harris - actively involved in Folk and Americana societies.
• Dan Henderson - Strong links with local sporting organisations
• Jackie Mitchell - offers PR, editorial, writing and event management services to companies and
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charities.
• David Jemitus, local entrepreneur and vice chairman of Walton Hospital League of Friends
• James Pearce in education sector and is a fully qualified teacher at a local school
• Alex Nairn- Director Samaritans, Educational consultant for DofE and HR Director WH Smith
• Michael Grinter - A professional actor and a member of a local U3A
• Alison Florence – U3A member.
• Jill Bennett runs a health and wellness business and hosts a monthly ladies networking meeting.
• Barry Richards. Chief Talent Officer who sits on the Creative Pioneers Board for the IPA.
• Lesia Scholey local resident and member of The Weybridge Society
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:
Brooklands Radio’s 47 members from the community who pay an annual subscription towards costs. They bring a range of broadcasting experience with many involved in our RSL or DAB broadcast. Alan Timbrell 16 years hospital radio chairman and presenter. Chairman BFM since 2005 Graham Laycock 15 years hospital radio presenter including periods as Chairman. John Cull A contributor for 17 programmes in the BBC One series Airport which involved being filmed on a daily basis for three years. Heavily involved with the post production process including dubbing and editing. Barry Richards 13 years a hospital radio presenter and former co-host on London News Talk Radio Mike Gurr 20 years a hospital radio presenter Jim Guynan Sky TV engineer James Pearce 10 years’ experience in internet radio and was the president of the Kingston University Radio Society for three years.
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 • 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:
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Brooklands Radio has been a popular and successful internet radio service for north Surrey since its launch in 2008. Bodies organising local and regional events have chosen Brooklands Radio to report live from Ride London Surrey, Weybridge summer and Christmas fayres, the Walton & Weybridge Regatta and the Great Weybridge Bake-Off. Over the years we have had many letters of support from local organisations including Elmbridge Borough Council, Brooklands College (further education), Brooklands Museum and Rydens School. One of our presenters is currently giving after-school lessons on podcasting at Rydens School. Brooklands Radio has a library of interviews with local people, businesses and other organisations and in June of this year alone there were more than 44,000 downloads of these podcasts. We believe that this shows there is significant local demand for local interviews from local people. APPENDIX B lists the 20 most popular podcasts in June, 2017 with the download figures. Local businesses have shown they are keen to advertise on Brooklands Radio. We give them all the help they need to write their own scripts and, if they wish, to use their own voices. Local councillors have always been keen to be interviewed on Brooklands Radio and show their support. APPENDIX F has details The station presents outside broadcasts from other local towns including Addlestone, Chertsey, Ottershaw and Shepperton. At the American Women of Surrey Annual Gift Fayre where we were broadcasting from, the outgoing Mayor of Elmbridge publicly commented on the dedication of our voluntary participants and the quality of our outside broadcasts being at the heart of the local community. Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, MP for Runnymede & Weybridge and Chancellor of the Exchequer has written to support our application. We have interviewed him a couple of times, once by Sally James at a business event at the Brooklands Hotel and last year by Dani Maimone when the Weybridge Post Office had its re-launch. He has said “Brooklands Radio is a valuable local community resource.” “I would like to recognise the service provided by the radio and offer my support for their application for a FM community licence.” The Chairman of Walton hospital has written to us to say that he “appreciates the dedication and professionalism shown by many volunteers such as Brooklands Radio.” Surrey County Councillor Richard Wilson has written to say “This part of Surrey is not at all well served by local radio, as we saw from the previous one month FM trials there was considerable listener interest with Brooklands Radio.” P Wormley, Funding Director for Woking and Sam Beare Hospice has written to say “Brooklands Radio has strongly supported our charity in its efforts to raise funds.” He also commented “The value of the licence would significantly enhance Brooklands Radio in supporting local charities.”
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.
Income: Please provide information on predicted funding for your pre-launch period
✓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
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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.
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. ✓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: ✓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
Brooklands Radio community radio licence application form 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 Do you understand the requirements for FM (VHF) and have you incorporated these below and in, for example, Yes your start-up and other costs, detailed earlier? Transmission site What is the postal address and post code: 6 Hatch Farm Mews, address: Chertsey Road, Addlestone, Surrey The NGR is a reference code comprising two letters and two groups of three numbers (e.g. SW 123 456). It is TQ 052 006 available from Ordnance Survey. What is the height of the site, in metres, Above Ordnance Datum (AOD)? 17m 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. See APPENDIX E Who owns the site and what are their full contact details? Is this site already used for broadcasting and if so by whom? O2, EE, Vodafone 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? n/a Applicant group owns site? No Frequency Scan and coverage map produced by Associated Broadcast Consultants. Other – please specify. Frequency scan shows 105.1 and 106.6 look possible APPENDIX D Coverage map Applicant group owns site? No (Note: we cannot consider an application if no site has been identified.)
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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: Lesia Scholey Email: [email protected] 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
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, anybody 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) a) Local authorities Nil Nil b) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a Nil Nil political nature, or which are affiliated to such a body c) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a Nil Nil religious nature d) An individual who is an officer of a body falling within Nil Nil (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 Nil Nil to the Broadcasting Act 1990) or a body falling within (b) or (c) above) f) An advertising agency or an associate of an Nil Nil advertising agency g) Other broadcasting interests (including radio, television, satellite and cable broadcasting and allied Nil Nil 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:
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Nil
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:
Nil
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 ✓Application Payment (UK £ 600.00) non-returnable 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.
Alan Timbrell (Name of person)
Chairman Brooklands Radio (Title or position in the applicant group)
25 July 2017 (Date)