Radio2Funky community radio application
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.
Radio2Funky
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:
Radio2Funky will broadcast from Leicester city centre, serving a target audience of 16 – 35 who have an interest in urban music and arts. Leicester is a highly diverse, urban and youthful city; According to the 2011 census, Leicester has a young population - 47% of residents are under 30 years old, an increase of 45% from 2001. The population of the city is 329,839 and is growing. Leicester is extremely diverse, with 51% White and 49% ethnic minorities, of which more than a third are of an Asian ethnic group. Compared with national and regional figures, Leicester also has a higher Black ethnic group population and a higher percentage classified in other ethnic groups. As the figure below demonstrates, the ratio of White British is falling:
Leicester’s Changing Demography
Areas of Leicester fall within the most deprived 5% of all areas in England. They are mostly in the centre and west of the city, which are within area our broadcast area and where we are based.
There is educational under-achievement amongst Black male students in Leicester - higher than the national average.
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Leicester has high levels of low English literacy – 68% compared to the national average of 56%. This means that approximately two-thirds of residents cannot read or write English easily. 19% of Leicester’s workforce has no recognised qualifications which is almost twice as high as the national figure The employment rate for Leicester is low at 67.5% compared to 74.3% nationally, with ethnic minorities more likely to be unemployed. Sources: Centre for Research in Social Policy Loughborough University, May 2014. http://www.lboro.ac.uk/media/wwwlboroacuk/content/crsp/downloads/reports/Making%20Ends%20Meet%20in%2 0Leicester.pdf Department of Communities and Local Government 2015 http://www.leicester.gov.uk/media/181190/indices-of-deprivation-in-leicester.pdf http://www.leicester.gov.uk/media/181928/indices-of-deprivation-in-leicester-september-2016.pdf
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
The proposed areas to be served would be Leicester city centre, covering an area of a minimum of 5 km radius which is predominantly urban and inner city. Typically postcodes would be LE1 – LE11.
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:
Radio2Funky community radio application 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. 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 service will have a youthful urban music sound, rooted in arts, culture and local city life. As an urban music based station, we will promote music of Black origin, and also the urban arts as a channel to engage our target audience in relevant local issues affecting their lives, and provide a creative platform for local artists, DJs and the community to express themselves. We estimate our music to speech ratio to be 80:20. Live programming will be across the output throughout the week, with some voice tracked programming, and automation overnight. Our output will also include regular OB's from new artist showcases. Broadcasting quality content is important to us as we want to give people a reason to listen, so as the station volunteer base builds, along with their skills and confidence, we will increase the live studio output – this will increase our audience engagement and we know from our RSL broadcasting that volunteers enjoy being ‘live’ and having interaction (via phone, texts, social media, website) with listeners. Examples of live shows would be a weekend Breakfast show, Drivetime show weekdays, specialist DJ led music shows for different genres (soul, reggae, hiphop, etc) weekly local
Radio2Funky community radio application artists live music show with artist interviews. These are all shows that we trialled across our Black History Month RSL in Oct 2015 and proved popular with our audience. All voice tracked shows will be listened to by a member of station management before broadcast, to ensure compliance. Programming will vary day to day and as our audience is 16 – 35, our volunteer presenters will predominantly reflect that demographic, so there is likely to be more live programming in the evenings and weekends than daytime, due to work/study commitments of this age group. The types of shows that we would play again are documentaries, longer features and other special programming that has been highly produced and warrants another opportunity to be heard again. Evenings to midnight will be specialist DJ led music shows, focused on different genres within the urban music umbrella, with live guests and performances. We have strong partnerships with local charities and organisations that support young people from 20 years of running youth music based projects, so it is our intention that we work with these and new partners, to give local young people shows to address issues (such as knife crime, gang culture, mental health, careers advice) in creative ways, for e.g. radio plays, documentaries, spoken word, as well as panel discussions, interviews and phone-ins. We have a lot of support for this already. Many of the areas that we will broadcast across have high or significant levels of multiple deprivation, so we will also focus on engaging young disadvantaged people (including not in employment, education, work or training) to give them opportunities to develop transferable skills through broadcasting or programming making. We currently broadcast a half hour RE:BOOT radio show made by young people who are long term-unemployed, featuring music which is all locally produced by Leicester artists, careers advice for the creative industries and short discussions on topical subjects of interest to them. We run special events throughout the year at 2Funky Arts, like the summer 2Funky Music Festival (with local, national and international artists, workshops, comedy), and Black History Month events with partners – we would broadcast from these events and build content into our output. We also run monthly live showcase events and open mic nights which we would either pre-record or broadcast live, depending on the content. Radio2Funky also holds events for the station DJs to play live to a crowd, and we would look at making more of these events and broadcast from them. Overnight programming will be automated music and jingles, however, these playlists will also be curated by a producer (as opposed to a random computer generated selection of music) because as a music and arts based station, it is important to us that all music is carefully selected. This is also a skill and an area that we know lots of presenters take pride in doing. If there is a demand, we may take IRN news feeds, but will not produce our own local news as there are many sources of good journalism for audiences to receive local news updates. Instead, we will focus on that which is not available, such as gig guides and local events appropriate to our listeners. We will incorporate ‘local news’ into our programming through interviews, features and more in-depth discussion in specific programmes. We will also run a daily 15 minute BBC R1 ‘Newsbeat’ style local news programme called ‘Slice of Life’ through training a core ‘Street Crew’ in news gathering from around the city. Listeners will also have the opportunity to contribute to this programme by sending us digital recordings of interesting moments or events, which we will edit and broadcast. All programmes will be in English. All output will be originally produced at our studios, or produced locally with partners, or outside broadcast from local events in the city. We aim to broadcast a minimum of 10 hours of original output per day.
B. What is the address of the proposed studio (if known)?
119 Granby Street, Leicester, LE1 6FD
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:
Radio2Funky will be a dynamic platform for people aged 35 and under who are interested in urban arts and music and who live in Leicester. There are many national and internet stations that carry the type of music that our target audience enjoys, however, they are not local stations and therefore their programming does not provide local information, reflect a local audience or provide opportunities for local people to be part of the station or it’s output. Radio2Funky will cater for our community’s musical
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tastes, whilst enabling people to interact with the station and be part of it. We will have a steering group for Radio2Funky and all volunteers can feed into ideas and direction for the station. There will be an ideas meeting and music sub-group meeting once a week to ensure programming and music is kept fresh and listener feedback is taken on board. Listeners will be able to contact the station via phone/text/email/social media. We will also do outreach at local events such as festivals, mela, carnival and through partnerships with local organisations. Through on air interaction, our outreach and partnerships, we can keep across the issues that are affecting our target group and get information and key messages out to the audience through our output – we will find engaging ways to provide information through radio, such as working with popular artists known for their positive activism and produce content that tackles social issues in creative ways (e.g. themed spoken word or music lyric writing leading to an on-air series). We can use the radio platform to facilitate discussion around these issues, to analyse, challenge and stimulate deeper thought. We already have a core of 40 active DJ’s and receive new music from record labels and through our DJ’s who specialise in different genres of urban music and test out music at clubs and events, including internationally. We champion home-grown talent and spotlight local artists through integrating their music into our core station playlists, as well as having dedicated shows for emerging talent.
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:
Demon FM – Student community radio Eava FM – multilingual community radio for migrant communities Takeover Radio – Childrens community radio Koohinoor – Punjabi community radio Capital FM – Commercial (Global) Smooth - Commercial (Global) Gem 106 – Commercial (Bauer Media) The area that we would broadcast to receives coverage from the above stations on FM, including overlap of some areas from a number of Community Radio stations. However, none of the above radio stations specifically serve our target audience of under 35’s with specialist urban music and arts programming 7 days a week. Our station is unique in Leicester city because it is urban arts based, with programming that is relevant to a younger audience, focusing on their issues and interests, giving them a voice and space to be creative and innovative across all of our output. Radio2Funky will also be a hub for gaining skills in radio production, DJ-ing, and artist development. 2Funky Arts is well established in running programmes to enable young urban music artists in Leicester to work with industry professionals though long term, high quality programmes to develop lyric writing, collaboration, music production, studio recording and performance skills. The addition of Radio2Funky will enhance and continue the musical development of young people on these projects and we aspire to position ourselves as the ‘go to’ station to hear fresh music from new talent – all local.
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.
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Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) community, or in respect of other members of the public, should include a summary of your proposed social of the following objectives – gain set out below. (a) the provision of a radio service to individuals who Answer in fewer than 1,500 words: are otherwise underserved by such services, (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.
The community benefits of Radio2Funky: • A platform and creative hub for local DJ’s, musicians, artists to express, create, nurture and showcase talent, particularly aimed at under 35’s, but not excluding anyone. The urban music genre aids self expression and drives community cohesion by bringing together people of all backgrounds. • Media training and workshops (e.g. DJ-ing, presentation skills, music production, audio drama). We will offer a range of certification, from Arts Award to Higher Education media qualifications through partnerships with other training providers. We will actively reach out to organisations working with disadvantaged young people and the unemployed. All skills gained will be transferable helping with employability and education, including; improving communication, confidence, taking ownership and responsibility, team-working, English literacy. One volunteer who trained with us and presented a music show during our RSL broadcasting, told us “I really enjoyed working with Radio2Funky on FM in October 2015, as I learnt to produce own show, market it and learnt how to use all the radio equipment. This experience and knowledge was invaluable and with it I have progressed onto doing a fortnightly show on my university radio station. Without Radio2Funky I would have never had the confidence and knowledge to do a radio show.” N Gohil, volunteer Radio2Funky. • Mentoring for people who would like to go into careers in broadcasting/music. Through our extensive network, we will set up a scheme to match volunteers with a local professional in the industry to help look at sustained career pathways, develop networks and be aware of training and education in line with their interests. Radio2funky will also work towards increasing representation of BAME young people and women in the music industry. One of our partners are Echo Factory, a specialist music Higher Education provider in Leicester city centre, who recognise that it is still difficult for young people passionate about music to find pathways into the industry outside of London and other major cities. CEO A Naik says “there is a real need for exponents of the creative industries as part of the larger Midlands Engine programme. Indeed, the Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership lists the Creative Industries as a key part of its job creation and economic strategy for the coming years. In conclusion, a local radio station dedicated to urban music and serving the local community would have significant positive impacts in terms of community participation, job creation and education.”
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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Volunteering opportunities; from broadcasting to day-to-day operations management, the station will be run and steered by volunteers, giving local people an opportunity to contribute skills and gain new ones. We aspire to empower all our volunteers, whatever their goal and motivation for participation in the station is – whether it’s to gain experience, career goals, socialising or a passion for music – they are all valued and will have ownership of the running of the station. We will provide induction and training for all roles on a continuous basis, so that volunteers feel confident and output remains of quality and compliant. • A social action platform for charity/voluntary/community based organisations in Leicester to reach our demographic and promote their projects, for e.g. the Antoin Akpom Foundation are a small organisation which work to empower young people from socio-economic disadvantage, at risk of street crime. This youth organisation was founded by a 20 year old football coach who sadly lost his life to violent knife crime in Leicester, and his mother continues his legacy through the Foundation named after him. We aim to work with organisations like this to not only give them a slot for interview, but to work with them to create a regular show or series that looks more in- depth at issues, challenge mindsets and bring positive stories on air of young people making a difference in Leicester. • To give a platform to Local Authority services (council, police, NHS) and voluntary community services to enable them to reach people under 35 with services that can support them, and also enable the audience to interact with local government and have their voice heard on issues that are important to them. • Annual celebration and thank you for all volunteers and special recognition of dedication through nominating volunteers for local, regional and national volunteer awards annually. • Radio2Funky newsletter/blog published monthly on the website. This will contain broadcast highlights and include volunteer and artist success stories. This will promote station activity to the audience, but also internally for volunteers to help keep them informed.
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?
We operate an open door policy meaning that nobody will be excluded based on age, race, gender, faith or disability. Anyone can express interest in being part of the station in a broad range of roles. Full volunteer training and continued support will be provided to ensure that broadcast adheres to Ofcom guidelines and day-to-day operations are in line with station policy (including health and safety, safeguarding and data protection). Following Radio2Funky’s RSL in Oct’ 2015, we surveyed all 52 of the volunteers who worked on the station during the month to find out how they had benefited from participating. We asked how volunteering with Radio2Funky has helped the individual: (multiple choice) Confidence levels 15 Social life 10 Meeting new people 13 Gaining a new hobby/interest 11 Career opportunities 12 Other 7 (Note: “Other section” included: Self promotion; new skills) We also asked if volunteers had an interest in the following activities if Radio2Funky was to run as a
Radio2Funky community radio application fulltime station: Management 16 Research 16 Technical 9 Taking this feedback into consideration, we will form a Radio2Funky management committee and steering subgroups looking at different aspects of the operation (such as station sound, fundraising, events, marketing, audience research) so that all volunteers can feed into the areas that they have a strong interest in. Volunteers will have the opportunity to join the management committee to participate in the operation of management of our service and contribute to decision making on programming and format. Listeners can participate via phone, email, text, social media, website. Organisations will be invited and encouraged through outreach and promotion to contact us. There will be an Annual Public Meeting with Station Management during which members of the public can have their say on all aspects of the station’s operation. A Radio2Funky ‘Listener Advisory Panel’ will be formed. Comprising a cross section of local people in our target group and affiliated agencies, the Panel will hold regular meetings feeding back to the station’s management team. Radio2Funky 'Street Crew'. A small team of listeners based across the city equipped with digital recorders. Trained by the station in basic news gathering. They will be incentivised to record ‘slice of life’ features as they go about their daily life. These will be remotely uploaded to the station’s playout system for review and transmission. These will form part of our daily 15 minute local news programme, but also encourage participation.
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:
Radio2Funky will ensure that our target community has access to the radio station and receive training by: Advertising for volunteers in a wide range of local venues , partners and outlets, including through voluntary community organisation newsletters and referrals. Volunteers are at the core of Radio2Funky and we will invest time in building a strong volunteer base. All volunteers will receive induction training and specific training required for their role (technical, production, presentation) on an on-going basis. 2Funky Arts already makes high quality arts training accessible by seeking local, national and international industry professionals to deliver training and masterclasses (e.g. for RSL training sessions delivered by BBC 1Xtra DJ’s) and we will continue to invite and collaborate with creative artists and organisations to provide our volunteers with skills, training and experiences to inspire and motivate. A studio manual will be produced detailing important information for emergency situations, health and safety, Ofcom broadcasting guidelines, management contact details and other useful information. As well as specific role training for volunteers, we will hold monthly Saturday drop-in sessions for people to come and try presenting, DJ-ing and get 'hands on' with creating content. They can also meet and speak to volunteers and management about opportunities to join the station.
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We operate an inclusive and equal opportunities policy, actively inviting people to express interest in joining Radio2Funky, regardless of age or background. Our studio facilities are based in the city centre, within easy access by public transport. We have made provisions for disability access and have good relationships with other studios in the city centre for anyone who is not able to access our facilities. For our RSL, due to only having resources for one studio, we created a partnership with BBC Radio Leicester who let us use one of their studios every week for the month of broadcasting to pre-record one of our programmes. This allowed the young people making that particular show to record during the daytime, and we broadcast the show late in the evening because the young people told us that "nobody would listen in the day". We have continued support from BBC Radio Leicester under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding, as well as other partners who have agreed to let us use space in kind.
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 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:
Radio2Funky will encourage its listeners, partners and the wider community to contact the radio station and give feedback so that we can ensure that we are serving the community. We will facilitate accountability through: • Holding public feedback meetings each year • Holding volunteer feedback meetings on a regular basis • A suggestion box for anonymous volunteer feedback to encourage honesty and enable volunteers to give feedback or suggestions immediately in response to a situation, rather than wait for meetings and surveys. This will be checked by the station manager on a daily basis who will take appropriate action and feedback to the Management Committee. • Monthly Saturday Open Days for people to meet and speak to station volunteers and management • The volunteer steering group will have a key say in the running of the station. • Details inviting feedback on our website, with studio contact number, email, station address • Social media such as Facebook and Twitter. • Surveys conducted at local events • Inviting key organisations, voluntary groups and the local council to feedback meetings • All comments, complaints and feedback is acknowledged. Any comments or feedback will be referred back to the Station Manager who will act accordingly and respond. The Station Manager will relay the feedback to the Steering Committee, who will discuss the issues and decide the appropriate action. • The Annual General Meeting (AGM), will review progress, feedback, complaints and our Key Commitments. Radio2Funky will regularly broadcast - through various mediums - our complaints policy and act upon all feedback.
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• Radio 2Funky will maintain clear and robust procedures covering Ofcom compliance, child protection, health and safety, equal opportunities as well as comprehensive grievance and complaints protocols. Everyone involved with the station will be made fully conversant with these procedures as part of their induction process. • The Management Committee will meet once a month to discuss finance, governance, programming, feedback, issues and complaints, marketing and any other matters raised. • Radio2Funky is part of a Community Radio research steering group with the University of Leicester. Researchers at the university are supporting local community radio stations to develop strategies and tools for audience research. They are open to supporting in other areas and we would be interested in working with them to help us develop robust strategies and tools for accountability, in collaboration with other Community Radio stations in the steering group.
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 Radio2Funky [As in section 1 of this application] Licence area [State the proposed coverage area as Leicester city centre set out in section 3 of this form.] Description of character of service [Describe in no more than 80 words in total]: • Radio2Funky will serve a target audience of 16-35 year-olds who live, work or undergo education in Leicester and have an interest in urban music and arts. • Our core aim is to provide a platform where Leicester’s young people can celebrate the Arts, address and debate important lifestyle issues, set against a backdrop of carefully scheduled urban music. We will also be the station of choice to hear and profile emerging new talent. • Radio2Funky will be totally focused on Leicester with an urban music sound, rooted in arts, culture and local city life.
The service broadcasts: [these bullet points should be a summary of the answers you have given in section 4 of this form]: • Music. The main types of music broadcast over the course of each week fall within the Urban genre ‘umbrella’ with an emphasis on Old Skool, Soul and Reggae, RnB, Hip Hop, Drum’n’Bass and UK Garage. • Speech. The main types of speech output broadcast over the course of each week are intrinsically linked to the urban youth lifestyle; music news, artist interviews, urban arts and cultural event guides, etc. But also prominent will be content based around the key lifestyle issues and social cohesion. • It is intended that all programming will be broadcast in English. • The service provides original output for a minimum of 10 hours per day.
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• The service provides locally-produced output 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:
• 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.
Members of the target community contribute to the operation and management of the service.
The service has mechanisms in place to ensure it is accountable to its target community.
[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: 2Funky Arts
Date of registration: January 2007
Company registration number: 06044697
Type of company (or other body corporate): Not For Profit Social Enterprise
Where your body is not a company, please explain how it meets the requirement to be a body corporate:
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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.
Radio2Funky is under the ownership of 2Funky Arts. 2Funky Arts is a not for profit social enterprise with a constituted board of directors.
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).
2Funky Arts will form a sub development board for Radio2Funky. Members of the sub development board will sit on the Management Committee of Radio2Funky: Dimple Patel - Radio2Funky Management Committee Chair Vijay Mistry - Radio2Funky Management Committee (Managing Director, 2Funky Arts) Nimisha Patel - Radio2Funky Management Committee Rebecca Wooster - Radio2Funky Management Committee Amit Patel - Radio2Funky Management Committee (Director,2Funky Arts) New members will be recruited to the Management Committee from Radio2Funky’s volunteer base.
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.
Radio2Funky community radio application 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 Answer (for each director): information be removed, please indicate which (and why by email to [email protected]).
Director: Vijay Mistry Employment: 2Funky Arts Other directorships: Trustee for Spark Arts for Children, Chair of Baby People Music and Arts Development. Relevant experience or qualifications: Managed organisations associated with arts of Black origin and the 2Funky brand, for over 20 years. This has given him extensive knowledge of the creative sectors, and allowed him to establish strong networks. He is experienced in marketing, finance, and project, artist, and event management. Role with Radio2Funky: Managing Director
Director: Shailesh Parmar Employment: Connexions Other directorships: None Relevant experience or qualifications: Over 20 years’ experience working with young people. Working across youth clubs, colleges and connexions, Shailesh has a vast amount of experience working with a range of young people from hard to reach to ex- offenders. Shailesh has mentored many students and works closely with organisations, parents and other co-workers.
Director: Amit Patel Employment: De Montfort University Other directorships: None Relevant experience or qualifications: Amit D Patel (Treasurer) who has an MA and has financial experience through his extensive work in retail management. Amit aka Dushume is also a thriving musician from Leicester, with interests in fusing underground sounds with electroacoustic music. Role with Radio2Funky: Management Committee member
Director: Kajal Patel Employment: Self Employed Other directorships: None Relevant experience or qualifications: A professional Photographer and educator, based in the UK. She has worked on a range of international heritage and education projects. She has won and been shortlisted for numerous grants and awards, including Magenta Flash Forward 2013 winner.
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).
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This may be provided as a diagram or organisation operations, the proposed staffing of the station is chart. relevant to these considerations. Answer in fewer than 400 words, plus organisation chart (optional):
Station Manager (Full-time, paid) Responsibility for the strategic operation and financial accountability of the station, meeting station objectives adhering to OFCOM broadcasting guidelines, representing the station in the community, developing new partnerships, identifying and pursuing funding opportunities, station sustainability, responsibility for station output, recruitment/training/management and development of volunteers, overseeing the creative strategy to raise the profile of the station and attract new programmes and content. The Station Manager of Radio2Funky will be line managed by the Managing Director or 2Funky Arts, and feedback to the Management Committee and directors. Studio Supervisor (various part-time, voluntary) Working closely with the Station Manager to plan programming, supervise presenters and other volunteers on a day to day basis, overseeing daily studio operations, granting access, station security, feedback issues to station manager. Technical Director (part-time, voluntary) Responsibility for maintaining the transmission and streaming of the service and other technical infrastructure, providing technical training for presenters and all volunteers using station equipment. Sales & Marketing Manager (part-time flexible, paid commission only) Developing commercial income streams and sponsorship opportunities. Working with partners to increase station awareness. Community Development Officer (part-time, voluntary) Working closely with the Station Manager, liaising with community groups to identify, develop, and manage social gain projects to strengthen our link with the community, increase awareness, and promote volunteering opportunities. Presenters/Producers (various part time, voluntary) Research, plan, produce and present shows that reflect our target audience, ensure playlists are appropriate to station music policy. Broadcast Assistant (various part-time, voluntary) Briefing presenters, refreshing music playlists, sourcing new music and local artists, optimisation of social media and other outlets to maximise listener interaction and retention. Radio2Funky Organisational Chart
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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:
Vijay Mistry has 16 years experience of delivering arts, heritage, cultural and music projects, managing grants funded by the Big Lottery Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund, The Home Office (communities against gangs, guns and knives fund) and Arts Council England. Prior to founding 2Funky Arts, Vijay owned an urban music record store in Leicester, managed artists through his own record label, provided arts workshops for schools and organised commercial music events. He has vast business experience, solid knowledge of urban music, and large established networks within community and education. In 2015, 2Funky Arts produced a documentary on the history of black music in Leicester. Branching out into radio was a natural progression, starting Radio2Funky in 2013 as an online radio station with DJ's broadcasting remotely from home, to an RSL in 2015. Dimple Patel is a professional radio producer with over 12 years of broadcasting experience with BBC Local Radio, BBC Asian Network and BBC Radio 4. Dimple was Station Manager for Radio2Funky’s RSL in 2015, managing station operation and output for a month of special Black History Month broadcasting, introducing speech programming for the first time on Radio2Funky. In 2016, Dimple set up Sanctuary Radio – an arts based internet radio station for asylum seekers and refugees in Leicester. She is currently a freelance radio/audio producer and creative consultant; her oral history project '100 stories of Migration in Leicester' has exhibited twice at the Southbank Centre, in 2015 and 2017. Nimisha Patel has a BSc in Management Studies and is a DJ specialising in RnB, presenting weekly on Radio2Funky since 2013. Nimisha was recruited as Assistant Station Manager for Radio2Funky's RSL, bringing her strong music knowledge and technical skills to the team. Nimisha now works for 2Funky Arts in marketing and events management.
B. Please summarise the group’s broadcasting experience (e.g. internet radio, Restricted Service Licences (RSLs)). Answer in fewer than 150 words: Radio2Funky launched as an online radio station in May 2013, following a 6 month pilot. The online station gained a regular listenership and interest in participation from local DJ's, helped by our long established roots in the community. In 2015, we supported Leicester Black History Month by running an RSL – we trained 20 young people as well as 20 adult volunteer presenters and producers. We were supported by Leicester city council, BBC Radio Leicester who provided additional training and studio space for pre-records, and we had an overwhelmingly positive response from the local community, DJ’s and everyone involved who encouraged us to seek a long-term community radio license. As a group we are made up of individuals who have experience in radio station management, broadcasting, production, media training, music promotion and DJ-ing. 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: Vijay Mistry has managed the 2Funky brand for over 20 years. He has established strong networks in the creative sector, and experienced in marketing, finance, project/artist/event/staff management. In 2010, he was selected for the Performing Arts Leicester ‘Emerging Leadership’ programme. He is a Trustee for Spark Arts for Children and Chair of Baby People Music and Arts Development. Dimple Patel has 12 years experience in social action project management and outreach. She has strong knowledge of the local voluntary community sector, experienced in working with Leicester's marginalised communities, delivering training, volunteer management, and works in grantmaking and grant management for BBC Children in Need. Rebecca Wooster is a freelance development consultant with fifteen years’ experience in Project
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Management, evaluation, marketing, fundraising and staff and artist recruitment. She has previously fundraised and managed projects for Leicester Comedy Festival, Brightsparks Arts in Mental Health, Spark Arts and Mantle Arts. 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:
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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:
During September and October 2017 we conducted an online survey to establish the demand for our proposed service and help refine our music and programming plans. We asked: “Do you agree that Leicester’s urban music fans are under-served by existing radio stations?”
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90.4% of respondents “agreed" or "agreed strongly" with the statement. This is backed up by support from local organisations and partners that have told us that there is no dedicated media platform in Leicester for urban music and arts. HQ Studios are a city centre music production studio who support our application; "Music, radio and events are extremely powerful tools for us to utilise to engage with hard to reach and long term unemployed people so it would be great if 2Funky could secure a FM station to put the shows out on. We at HQ have many young people we work with who would benefit from the opportunities that will arise from the radio station and also lots of DJs and Producers that would love to have their music played, there are not many stations that focus on urban or music of black origin so Radio 2 Funky would never be short of people wanting to get involved. I wholehearted support the 2Funky application and will always support and promote all projects they do because they are an integral part of the Leicester music scene and also provide great progression routes for our young people." Y El Ashrafi, Director. Music Preferences
The most popular genres were Old Skool, Soul and Reggae, along with Hip Hop, Drum’n’Bass and UK Garage. These genres already form the backbone of our general music policy. Radio2Funky does not play Current Chart and Classic Commercial Dance generally, as these genres are played in abundance on many other stations locally. We do not think that our target audience tunes in to Radio2Funky for Chart and Commercial Dance music, and these findings support this.
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Speech Content Preferences
Unsurprisingly, speech and feature content of relevance to the lifestyles of our target audience were considered to be “Very Important” elements; e.g. Gig Guides, Shout Outs and interviews with music artists. Although we have considered not having local news bulletins, as there are many other sources for traditional news from broadcasters who have stronger capacity for responsible newsgathering, there is a strong interest in local news highlighted in these results. This survey did not ask respondents specifically about news bulletins - there are many other ways of bringing local news content into programmes, which would certainly be part of our output. However, if there was a demand for news bulletins, then we would trial that and ensure that we have the resources to produce local new responsibly.
The age profile of respondents to our research was broader than our core target 16-35 audience which re-confirmed our assumption that a significant number of people over 35 listen to Radio2Funky.
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We are open and inclusive to anyone who wants to be part of the station as music does not have an age limit! We are keen to harness the skill and experience of the local community no matter what their age. The reason we have targeted 16 – 35 year olds is that as a community radio station, we believe that this age group is currently underserved in having a dedicated platform that deals with inner city life issues in engaging ways for this age bracket in Leicester. They are also underserved in not having a radio platform dedicated for homegrown talent in the urban arts. Finding pathways into the music and creative industries is still difficult outside of London, Birmingham and other big cities, and Radio2Funky will be a station that can support young people through skills, experience, exposure and networks, in the way that Community Radio stations Reprezentz and The Beat London (formerly Bang Radio) have done so well. We have strong relationships and support from across many different organisations, including local charities and the voluntary community sector which we work in close collaboration with. We also have the support of BBC Radio Leicester, who as part of BBC Local Radio’s commitment to support Community Radio, have visited our station, provided free training and also lent us their studios to pre- record our young people’s shows during the RSL. We are proud of this relationship and have their continued support. We also have support from local colleges, youth groups and educational organisations that would like to collaborate in providing training and volunteers. Letters of support attached.
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.
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.
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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 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
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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: 119 Granby Street, address: Leicester LE1 6FD The NGR is a reference code comprising two letters and two groups of three numbers (e.g. SW 123 456). It is SK 590 042 available from Ordnance Survey.
What is the height of the site, in metres, Above Ordnance 59.1 m Datum (AOD)? National Grid In metres, what is the total height of the mast / building Reference (NGR): Above Ground level (AGL)? 15.05m About the site’s What is the height, in metres, of the transmitting antenna 2m dimensions: AGL? Please supply photographs of the transmitter mast / Tick if enclosed building and aerial location. Is this site already used for broadcasting and if so by No whom? 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? No Other – please specify. Applicant group owns site? No
(Note: we cannot consider an application if no site has been identified.)
MCA - Field Strength Projection
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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: Vijay Mistry Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.2funkyarts.co.uk
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, 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) a) Local authorities b) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a
political nature, or which are affiliated to such a body c) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a
religious nature d) An individual who is an officer of a body falling within
(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
to the Broadcasting Act 1990) or a body falling within (b) or (c) above) f) An advertising agency or an associate of an
advertising agency g) Other broadcasting interests (including radio, television, satellite and cable broadcasting and allied 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)
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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.
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.
Vijay Mistry (Name of person) Chairman (Title or position in the applicant group) 20/10/17 (Date)