LCR-Liverpool 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.
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2. Community to be served Guidance Notes Define the community or communities you are It is a legislative requirement that a service is intended proposing to serve. Drawing from various sources of primarily to serve one or more communities (whether or data (e.g. from the Office of Population, Census and not it also serves other members of the public) and we Survey) and in relation to your proposed coverage need to understand who comprises that community or area, please determine the size of the population communities. The target community will also be concerned and the make-up of the population as a specified in the licence, if this application is successful. whole, along with any relevant socio-economic The legislation defines a ‘community’ as: people who live information that would support your application. or work or undergo education or training in a particular (Please tell us the sources of the information you area or locality, or people who have one or more provide.) interests or characteristics in common. Answer in fewer than 300 words:
We will serve a range of disadvantaged communities in Liverpool: Kensington and Fairfield, (where we are based) several adjoining communities: Dingle, Granby, Toxteth, Edge Hill, Anfield, Everton, Walton, and Kirkdale. • This is approximately 100,000 people in total (25% of Liverpool’s population) Kensington and Fairfield has 15,000 residents, the identified areas mentioned above surround a more prosperous city centre and over the past 15 years the this area has experienced massive growth, including the building of the Liverpool One Development, many Cultural Businesses, Hotels/Tourism and substantial amounts of urban/student accommodation developments. The communities we will serve and broadcast too, are vibrant and varied, working class neighbourhoods and they all suffer from: • Embedded, long standing, deprivation, coupled with a lack of public investment, low economic activity and many socio-economic problems. We have looked at the Ward Profiles, spoken to and consulted local Councillors, Community Groups etc in preparing this application. For brevity’s sake we will concentrate on the statistics for Kensington and Fairfield. The other areas mentioned have similar and comparable problems. Kensington and Fairfield figures • Child Poverty level of 46.9% • People with zero qualifications stands at 33.5% • Life expectancy stands at 74.5 yrs for males and 77.44 yrs for females against (levels for the remainder England 79.6 yrs male 80.8 yrs females). • BME level is now 30.3% having grown from 5% in 2000. • Number of Alcohol Related Deaths stands at 3,997 per 100,000 • Out of 7939 homes, 2149 are living in RSL Housing. • % Population (Aged 16+) with NVQ4 or Above =18.2% • Total Wholly Pensioner H'holds=960 or 13.0% • Out 11828 of people of work age, 39.1% are economically inactive, 11% on long term sick and disabled Further statistics and details can be found here. https://liverpool.gov.uk/council/key-statistics-and-data/ward-profiles/ward-map/
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https://liverpool.gov.uk/media/9954/kensington-and-fairfield.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
We wish to serve the areas of deprived and disadvantaged city wards around the city centre identified in Q2. These are all within the 5km radius from our proposed transmitter site in Kensington and at a low wattage we should easily cover our proposed area with a good signal.
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 services and to provide a service with a distinct
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nature and content as set out in the Guidance Notes Ofcom is required to consider the extent to which an in the column opposite. applicant’s proposals will cater for the tastes and interests of members of its target community or communities. Ofcom is also required to consider the extent to which proposals for a community radio station would broaden the range of programmes available by way of non-BBC local services (both commercial and community stations) in the area concerned (especially, the extent to which a proposed service would have a distinct nature or provide distinct content from any overlapping non-BBC local services). The information given here should be more detailed than what you set out in your draft key commitments (later in this form), and will help us gain a fuller understanding of how you will serve your target community and what the station will sound like. 4. Programming output A: Please tell us about your programme service. The following questions may help you describe your programme service (but should only be used as a guide): • 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:
We will deliver a service in a specific local voice, which we feel is currently absent from non-BBC stations in the city. We will have presenters who are knowledgeable and interested in developing their communities, by being involved in LCR. We will narrow the gap that exists currently between the listener, the presenter and radio stations. We want the means of radio production in the city to communities and not in the hands of a few organisations. We want listeners to: • Trust what they hear. • Rely on the station for local information/news about events, activities and organisations • Understand how a radio service can be a direct reflection of their community. • Feel they can become involved in community broadcasting • Feel they have an influence on the radio station and directly on their communities. • Know that the presenters are people they can easily identify with. • Feel they have a level of ownership of LCR. • Consider LCR is “theirs” and not run by outside agencies or businesses. • Understand that the service is best described as “Home-grown and authentic”. • Know that LCR is in tune with the community and can have a dynamic effect on the community it serves.
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Beneficiaries and listeners need to understand how “powerful” and how “different” community radio is. Programmes will have at their core a “community focus” and are not merely the personal musical preferences of presenters. • An example is our monthly LiverpoolJazz Programme. The programme is produced by two people who set up the organisation, “LiverpoolJazz” (http://liverpooljazz.org/). The programme features a monthly “What’s On” an interview with a local Jazz Musician/Festival organiser, as well as playing Jazz Music. The LiverpoolJazz Programme is scheduled to be played out Live, repeated throughout that month and Podcasted. Over 80 programmes have been produced. The listener accesses “Jazz Music” with the Liverpool Jazz “Community” at the core of the programme.
We will give opportunities for local musicians to be highlighted, featured interviewed and played. When we play music, we will keep away from playing predictable pop or chart music. We believe community radio and broadcasting has an important role in developing communities, especially The advancement of community cohesion, community communication, individual skills development, and wider opportunities. All our presenters will undertake the LCR training programme, (the course is 5 weeks long, 2 hour sessions, ending in the production of a one hour live community-centric programme). Our control of the in house training ensures our version of “Community Broadcasting” is fully understood to be at the core what we believe in and relfected in the programmes produced. We have always had enough confidence in the quality of our training, the programmes and our practice, that training programmes are good enough to broadcast on LCR. We always use “Social Gain” to assess what is being made and broadcast. We want listeners to feel that the output of LCR offers them an alternative to other radio in the area. We recognise presenters must be authentic to the city and people’s aspirations. In this way information and messages on LCR carry more authority and heft. From our first RSL, ten years ago we have always worked with local Primary, Academies, Studio Secondary, Schools and Youth Clubs, producing programmes devised made by people as young as 8. We will continue this and will have a daily strand of school programmes of at least one hour as part of the schedule. Our flagship daily programme. “The Big Lunch” will be presented by small teams of citizen reporters/presenters, interviewing people/organisations looking a range of subjects, The BIG LUNCH • Gives organisations the chance to promote themselves, their events, festivals, volunteering opportunities, information etc. • Will go out live between 12-2, the programme will be repeated in the following 24 hours, at the weekends as an omnibus and podcasted. • All music played in the Big Lunch will be exclusively locally produced.
We will have a ratio of 70% Speech and 30% Music. This will vary, e,g there are several large music festivals in the city (Africa Oye, Liverpool International Music Festival etc) • We will cover these festivals, record live sets, interviews etc. • The music ratio is likely to rise at these times. Other programmes such as sports political and arts programmes are likely to have less music and a higher speech ratio We will be broadcasting daily, live output. Initially we plan to have daily live strands at • Breakfast time 8-9, • Lunchtime 12-2
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• Early evening 5-6. • Training programmes will go out live first run, and other regular scheduled programmes will go out live too. We propose initially to be broadcasting between 4 and 6 hours live a day, this will vary on a day to day basis.
BME community Kensington and Fairfield has a BME population of over 30%, this includes • A large African population (mainly French speaking), • Refugees and Asylum Seekers, • A sizeable Eastern Europe community. We will be producing regular programmes delivered in different languages, and the give opportunity for the BME communities to develop their English speaking/ listening skills and to further develop their integration. The majority of our output will be original, LCR commissioned and produced by our trained volunteers. All our programmes will go through a process of meeting the community content, community relevance and the social gain from the programme. This will be set against a defined and understandable assessment matrix. We will work in other council wards and communities within our broadcast footprint. We will develop monthly programmes in these different neighbourhoods. This will attract a wider audience and an opportunity to get out and about away from the studio. These programmes will be a way of discovering what is happening in other neighbourhoods and encouraging greater community involvement, especially in the political processes, public accountability and highlighting important local issues We will be repeating some of the daily live programmes within 24 hours of first broadcast (e.g The Big Lunch) and also putting out some archive programmes (Training, Schools, etc) which contain relevant information.
B. What is the address of the proposed studio (if known)?
We have a studio .and training space at 53-57 Holt Road, L7 2PN, while this is currently adequate for our online output. We will refurbish and build an extra studio, training spaces/admin/meeting rooms, and utilise the upstairs of the building.
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:
Our online radio station has been active delivering a service since 2010 therefore all our experience and plans are based on the reality of running a station and of training volunteers. Locally we feel we have our finger on the pulse of the target communities. We know what appeals to people and feel we are in a unique position to deliver this. We feel our relationship and trust with local communities is vitally important and has proved to be our biggest asset in ensuring for our longevity and success. Through our radio work and community engagement projects we operate, we have always operated an open door policy; accepting anyone who wants to get involved. We offer activities designed around the individual’s needs. For example we work with people with a wide range of issues affecting their lives (substance abuse, isolation, poverty). We work with the person not the problem. We will identify what is important to people, offering people the chance to contribute, have their say and become involved. This will be achieved by setting up open “User Feedback Forums” at which presenters, listeners and organisations can attend and contribute. These meetings will be the main opportunity for contribution to our activities, and to give the community a chance to suggest programme ideas, identify what is good and what could be improved
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or altered. These forums will give the opportunity for programme idea development and for direct contact between producers and audience, and to identify issues to include in programmes. As an organisation we will attend community meetings and forums, hold open days, attend events to promote and market what we do and how people can get involved.
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:
We are in an area which hasn’t had a great deal of community radio experience, RSLs have been few and far between. The main radio experience has been Commercial and the BBC. Listeners understanding and experience of the potential of community broadcasting is limited, and we wish to change the Listening Landscape of Liverpool. We will offer programmes which allow greater interaction between listener, their community and the station. We will be offering programmes which fully reflect the make-up and diversity of the community, concentrating on information and issues which have a real effect on listener’s lives and which listening to LCR will help them with. We feel that the majority of the commercial radio services do not offer these services and interaction is limited to “Requests”, “Shout outs” and “Competitions”, all of which fall short of developing any Social Gain in communities where it’s most needed. We want to take listeners away from being passive to active and becoming contributors and creators rather than consumers. The main non BBC radio stations in the area are: Capital Liverpool (The No.1 Hit Music Radio Station), is part of nationally owned chain of radio stations owned by Global Radio Holdings and as such has exclusively music based programmes, very little talk input, apart from DJ links and a focus on celebrities, news and gossip. Radio City (All the Biggest Hits All Day Long), has been in the city for over 40 years, but is now owned by Bauer Radio. It currently has four stations, Radio City, RC2, RC3 and City Talk. Out of all their stations City Talk offers, community and talk programmes, although this is augmented by large periods of pop music as a filler. Community Radio in the Liverpool City Region is served by Wirral Radio and Halton Community Radio. Their output is available on FM in limited areas, they are accessible over the internet via their website and Tunein. We believe LCR will offer a unique listening opportunity for listeners to hear home produced, relevant, programmes which will encourage active participation and interaction. We also believe our proposed service will not overlap in with anything else on offer in the city.
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,
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Answer in fewer than 1,500 words: (b) the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion, (c) the provision (whether by means of programmes included in the service or otherwise) of education or training to individuals not employed by the station, and (d) the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it. Social gain may also include the achievement of other objectives of a social nature.1 Applicants are required to provide evidence that their service will result in significant social gain to the public or the target community(ies). Copies of letters or research reports etc. should not be submitted, but brief relevant extracts from them, which represent an accurate and comprehensive summary, may be included. If we wish to see the source material, we will ask for it. Ofcom is required to have regard to the extent to which your proposed service would result in the delivery of social gain to the public or target community.
The legislation sets out social gains that stations must provide. These are the achievement, in respect of individuals or groups of individuals in the target community, or in respect of other members of the public, of the following objectives – (e) the provision of a radio service to individuals who are otherwise underserved by such services, (f) the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion, (g) 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 (h) the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it. Since we first began broadcasting over a decade ago, we have always been fully aware of the social gain which community broadcasting delivers. Radio as a medium resides in a unique position with listeners, it creates a “radio relationship” with them. This relationship is personal and close and different to television. We believe TV is a very passive medium, whereas radio allows listeners to interact directly, encouraging a reaction and allowing involvement. We believe the core issue in our community is individual and group isolation. People feel powerless, voiceless and alone. On a very basic level as a listener LCR will become • Knowledgeable, friend • Local, trusted, voice • Source of opinion and information • Source of sound advice Information will come directly from the community and specifically aimed at the community and will not massaged by geographically remote, external (to the city) organisations. LCR will serve the community and always have the community’s best interests at heart and this will always be a central objective. By reaching niche or hard to reach sections of the community,(sections which statutory organisations struggle to contact and engage) means “the LCR Effect” will be greatest on the individual. For example a CCG Smoking Cessation or Healthier Living project might have a better chance of reaching the people it is aimed at, via community radio discussion and exposition and will be more
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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effective compared to traditional print media or Ad Agency produced generic radio adverts. We feel Social Gain is both visible and invisible. Visible social gain can be demonstrated directly through the experiences of the producers/presenters, when making their programmes, how members of the community undergo positive changes in their own lives as a consequence of the; • Gain of technical and flexible skills, • Improvements in their communication skills, • Gain of extra confidence, • Positive effects on wellbeing, • Improvements in participation in community events, activities etc. Invisible Social Gain can be more difficult to identify and take longer to deliver. For example changing people’s attitudes, increasing their knowledge and altering people’s perceptions can take longer and we will gather evidence to show how the radio station, has acted as an agent of community change and how well we have achieved this. We will get an external organisation to produce research into the social gain we have achieved over the life of the radio station.
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? How do you propose to ensure that members of your target community (or communities) are given opportunities to participate in the operation and management of the service? Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) should include a summary of your proposed participation objectives as set out below. We will develop regular forums which will review what we are producing, and identify any gaps or short comings in our service. The forum will consist of volunteer programme producers/presenters, staff, representatives of statutory/voluntary organisations, listeners and anyone else who wishes to become involved. We will use social media, email, and phone ins extensively for feedback and as a way of extending our debates above and beyond broadcasted programmes. We anticipate our core volunteer group to be 30 people, our ongoing training programmes will keep this number topped up and expanded, if needed. We feel that “Less is more” in programming, by emphasising the quality and effectivness of what we do and not necessarily the amount we produce. As an organisation we have a proven track record of turning volunteers into paid workers, (two of our Directors/Trainers are ex volunteers) and we will continue this as route for greater involvement and individual skills development. We currently employ ten people who are employed by us on projects run by us, (Computers for older people, Bakery and Cafe), all these employees began as volunteers.
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
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of your service and to receive training in their use. facilities to be used for the provision of the service and Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) for their training in the use of those facilities. 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:
Formally we currently run regular radio training courses (running for five weeks, two hours sessions) which result in trainees producing a one hour live programme. The course covers • Practical production skills e.g. using sound mixer, computer play out system, microphone techniques, developing an idea using mind mapping, script development and writing, interview techniques. • The development of a programme with a community focus or subject, with at least one live guest in the studio. We have also run a series of specific courses aimed at identified groups of people, for example: • “The Radio Ga Ga Project” for Over 50 years old (Awards for All funded), • “The ESOL Cafe” aimed at and produced by ESOL Students. • “Loud & Clear Radio” produced by disabled groups. The courses are always easy to recruit for we always have a waiting list. We currently run five courses year, if we are issued with an FM station licence these courses will continue and be expanded.. Our courses are always free.
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:
Our radio station is located on a busy shopping street, the studio is in a shop and so it has high community visibility. Uniquely the community can see radio being produced through the shop window, this is often the first stage of contact for many people. The next stage is for people to knock at the door,in order to find out more, find out how to get involved, make programmes, influence the service, how to have your say. We get many new recruits for the courses this way. As mentioned previously we intend setting up User Forum, which will meet regularly. These forum meetings will be a crucial part of what we do and how we develop a meaningful relationship with the community. The meetings will • feedback directly into the station management, • act as a sounding board, • a resource for reflection and development of new programmes, • Identify specific training course which may be needed. People will be able to contact us directly, in person by calling in, by email, or by telephoning and any
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direct criticisms will be considered and acted upon by the station manager. Outside of User Feedback Forums, if people are critical of what we are doing, the most direct remedy will always be to invite people with criticisms to either undertake one of our training courses and produce their own programme to rebalance or address the issues, or for them to contribute a pre- existing programme (discussion or debate). We will strive to ensure to be transparent and proactive as possible and create an ongoing dialogue with our listeners. We will constantly review what we do, how we do it, and be as open and flexible as possible.
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 LCR-Liverpool Community Radio [As in section 1 of this application] Licence area Kensington & Fairfield and adjoining disadvantaged [State the proposed coverage area as communities set out in section 3 of this form.] 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]: - the main purpose of the service - the station’s primary functions or activities.
The target communities are primarily Kensington & Fairfield and adjoining disadvantaged communities. Offer community radio which is honest, accessible, open and transparent. Produce a range of programmes representing and reflecting the communities and neighbourhoods: LCR serves. These programmes will be informative, knowledgeable and entertaining.
The station’s main function and activities will be: • To train local people to produce programmes, • To facilitate community engagement and invigoration, via community broadcasting. • To make them aware of the power of local community radio.
The service broadcasts: [these bullet points should be a summary of the answers you have given in section 4 of this form]:
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Music. The main types of music2 broadcast over the course of each week are:
• Local Bands and Artists, niche musical tastes and genres (Jazz, Folk, House, Indie, World Music, some mainstream pop)
Speech. The main types of speech output3 broadcast over the course of each week are: • Community information, news of events, what’s on, community discussions, issues-based discussions, phone-ins. Over the course of each week programming is broadcast in,
• In English, with some European and other World Languages representative of the cultural make up of the City
The service provides original output4 for
• A minimum of 6 hours per day.
The service provides locally-produced output5 for • A minimum of 2 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.
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)
2 e.g. mainstream pop, urban etc. 3 e.g. local news, what’s on etc. 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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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: KensingtonVision CIC
Date of registration: 18th May 2007
Company registration number: 6252208
Type of company (or other body corporate): Community Interest Company
Where your body is not a company, please explain how it meets the requirement to be a body corporate:
10. Ownership Guidance Notes Please provide details of who controls and who owns Ofcom needs to know about the ownership of the the body corporate (e.g. company) applying for this company (or other body corporate) applying for this licence, and on what basis this control and ownership licence, and any issues regarding its control. We will is achieved. (If this will be different once the station also consider how the company (or body corporate) will 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.
The company has four directors who meet regularly; all four have community broadcasting experience and have delivered training programmes for LCR.
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
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station (there is a separate question regarding other staff below). Explain the role(s) in the station, job titles, and indicate whether paid or voluntary, full or part-time (and the number of hours).
The current list of Directors are: Stephen Faragher (SF) (Managing Director) Wendy Miller David Speare (DS) Steven Maudsley We hold regular planning meetings regarding the company’s direction and activities. MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE LCR I I Station Manager (DS) (Output management,training, volunteer coordination) I Station Director (SF) (Funding/financial, training, technical) I Other directors meetings Regular Forum Meetings------I Assistant Station/Technical Manager (p/t 17.5 hours paid) I Admin Worker (p/t 8, hours paid) On a day to day basis the direction falls to Stephen Faragher, initially the Radio Station setting up and running will be delivered by Dave Speare and Stephen Faragher. The roles with be as follows: Stephen Faragher: Managing Director Overall management of KensingtonVision CIC. Establishing the radio station, developing funding for the station (contacting and working with funders, sponsors other organisations). Some volunteer training, and technical input. Full time (20+ hours pw devoted to LCR), paid. Dave Speare: Station Manager. Day to day management and supervision of programmes and schedules, volunteer training. Full time (35 hours), paid
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]).
Stephen Faragher Employment: Director Other directorships: The Kensington Bread Company CIC, The Digital Way Liverpool CIC, Loud and Clear Liverpool CIC, Liverpool Community Radio CIC, Love My Language CIC Relevant experience or qualifications: BA (Hons) Fine Art, PGCE (Art), MA Multimedia Design
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Stephen Maudsley Employment: Digital Inclusion Tutor/Radio Trainer Other directorships: The Digital Way Liverpool CIC, Liverpool Community Radio CIC Relevant experience or qualifications: Chair of community media organisation (this organisation held an RSL in 2010), community radio trainer, digital inclusion tutor/trainer.
Wendy Miller Employment: Support worker for Homeless organisation. Other directorships: Other directorships: The Kensington Bread Company CIC, The Digital Way Liverpool CIC, Liverpool Community Radio CIC Relevant experience or qualifications: BA in Media Studies, community radio trainer since 2007, video production and editing
David Speare Employment: Community Radio Trainer Other directorships: Liverpool Community Radio CIC, Loud and Clear Liverpool CIC Relevant experience or qualifications: Has been involved in community radio training community for over 15 years.
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):
What is the staffing structure of your proposed radio service? Provide a job title for each position and indicate whether the individual will be paid or will work in a voluntary capacity, will be full or part-time (indicate the number of hours for part-time posts). This may be provided as a diagram or organisation chart. The staffing structure will be: Station Manager (DS) I Station Director (SF) I Assistant Station Manager/Technical Manager (PT) This person will assist in the day to day running of then station, programme supervision, recording and archiving. I Admin Worker (PT) Pay and admin, wages, correspondence, sending and answering invoices etc. I
Marketing and Advertising Worker (PT-paid on commission self employed)
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Maintain website, social media, promoting the station, developing income streams for advertising management I Pool of Freelance P/T Radio Trainers (sessionally paid self employed) I
• Volunteer Presenters (producing and presenting programmes)
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:
Our community interest company was established in May 2007, and it evolved from out of a John Moores University Project (http://www.placemakingresource.com/article/471804/running-kensington- vision-liverpool). We began our initial independent development with a community radio broadcasting project (RSL branded as KVFM) and a print journalism project (a local community newspaper “The Kensington and Fairfield Voice”) These were established as ways of engaging with our local community in new innovative ways. After our third RSL in 2009 we began renting an office/training/radio space in the local Academy School. We set up KVFM as a full time internet radio station in 2010, In 2011 we relocated to a shop in Holt Road, (where we still are). We converted the shop to a studio, an office and a training space, we changed the name to LCR -Liverpool Community Radio in 2012, due to the fact we working across the city and not just Kensington. In 2014 we began to change direction by developing several social enterprises which we felt would deliver greater community impact, and provide useful volunteer opportunities, work experience, skills, reduce isolation and provide a social capital model providing services for the local community and which are sustainable and build capacity in locally. To date we have set up • ONYA Bike, a Bicycle Recycling Shop (2014), • A Vegetarian Cafe “The Croissant Of Inequality” (2016), • “The Holt Road Nexus” a community training and meeting space (2016), • ESOL CIC “Love My Language CIC “, • Most recently a Community Bakery “The Kensington Bread Company (2017) again as CIC. • “The Digital Way” Computer and IT Training for Older People in various supported accommodation across Merseyside. To date we have run 25 of these projects over the past three years delivered by a small team of ex-volunteers. Over the past ten years we have demonstrated a high degree of flexibility, and ability to survive. We have managed to build and develop our company through resilience and a focused approach to our work. We have managed to stay in a strong position, especially regarding community radio development, compared to similar organisations in the city, some have fallen by the wayside. We believe in the development of the circular economy, and inward investment in community assets.
B. Please summarise the group’s broadcasting experience (e.g. internet radio, Restricted Service Licences (RSLs)). Answer in fewer than 150 words:
• November 2007 our first RSL
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• In May 2009, second RSL • December 2009 third RSL • In 2010 to date we established KVFM Online broadcasting/streaming 24/7 online. • In May 2010 we worked with Alt Valley Media Group in running their RSL VFM. Providing Training and Technical input. • In 2012 KVFM Online became LCR-Liverpool Community Radio. We began using Tune-In app and Spreaker for access and playout/podcasts • In 2013 we ran our first RSL as LCR. • 2013 we were employed by the ESLA Academy in Garston, to deliver Training, broadcast equipment and Technical planning of their RSL.
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:
Steve Faragher: Ex Youth Worker, College and University Lecturer, Director of Community Interest Companies Steve Maudlsey: Director of Community Interest Companies IT Trainer, Chair of Constituted Community Groups Dave Speare: Ex -Residential Social Worker, Community Trainer, Cake Maker. Wendy Miller: Worked as Housing Association Officer, currently works for a homeless organisation, retailing.
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:
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:
We will work with Liverpool City Council, Merseytravel, Local Schools, Liverpool CCG, Health Trusts,
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Housing Associations (Riverside, Plus Dane, LHT,LMH, One Vision) Community Trusts (e.g Alt Valley Community Trust), Healthy Lifestlyes organisations (Can Cook), Sports organisations, Liverpool Homeless Football Club and AFC Liverpool, Arts and Cultural organisations (e.g. Africa Oye LIMF and The Smithdown Festival). Some of the above organisations will be the source of grants, sponsorships and advertising. We will work collaboratively with them on campaigns, promoting events and festivals in the city. We have contacted all these organisations or have worked with them over the past three years. We have run four RSLs of our own and two for other communities; all six projects successful at • engaging communities, • training large numbers people to plan and present, radio programmes (100 per RSL, well over 600 in total) on each RSL, • reaching thousands of listeners on each RSL. We have been managing an online radio station continually since 2010. LCR online has reached over 80 countries worldwide, with a regular listenership, and the ability to listen again via access to podcasts of our current and archive material. We still regularly offer radio and broadcast training, our courses are always well attended and offer volunteers the chance for the involvement in our main programming schedule output. We will continue delivering radio training to young people (Schools and Youth Centres), the resulting programmes will be a part of our regular schedule of LCR FM. We think that involving young people in our radio output as we feel we are building a foundation for future radio work and also community activity and involvement. We have specific training for disabled people under the banner “Loud and Clear”. This strand of our work will continue and expanded if we are successful at gaining an FM licence. Disabled people have few opportunities to become involved in radio production and giving everyone a “voice” especially those who are normally excluded and underrepresented is a crucial part of what we will do. After the first three RSLs in 2007 and 2009, we produced our own videos, which examined our training and broadcast processes. The videos to take an in depth look at the impact on the community and on individuals, our projects were having. These videos are all available to watch on YOUTUBE on the following links
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUPWvQX7v14
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y19jU2QCUio&t=48s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_03EHUP1Mk
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2J2T-05ruw
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3YgcdmUZng
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g3npDn7C9g
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ktq3ApUOsE In 2012 we commissioned research document which (carried out by the Institute of Cultural Capital, LJMU and Liverpool University joint project) which looked at the impact, community outputs and the social gain from the LCR project. The research indentified areas where we were ,most successful:
• Employability,
• Voluntary Participation
• How hyper-local media affects developing social capital and gain. The study focused on the key areas of
• Hard and Soft Skill Development
• Personal benefits and community impact.
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Further details and a PDF copy of the report can be found here: http://iccliverpool.ac.uk/?research=liverpool-community-radio http://iccliverpool.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/5112_ICC_IMPACT_REPORT-LOW-RES.pdf
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 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. Answer in fewer than 150 words and/or submit a summary table: Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
22. Year 1 financial information – contingency If there is a shortfall between Year 1 income and Year 1 outgoings, please explain below how you would expect to cover any outstanding costs (see also 23 and 24 below). Alternatively if there is a surplus at the end of Year 1, please explain what you intend to do with such additional resources. Answer in fewer than 150 words and/or submit a summary table: Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
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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. Answer in fewer than 150 words and/or submit a summary table: Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
24. Financial information – alternative funding streams If there is a shortfall between income and outgoings, what arrangements have you explored and are in place to provide further financial and/or ‘in-kind’ support for your proposed service? If you have any proposals for expanding and/or changing the funding model of your proposed service after the first year of operation, please provide details below: Answer in fewer than 150 words and/or submit a summary table:
Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.
Broadcasting engineering:
Engineering notes We require preliminary radio frequency (r.f.) engineering information and applicants are advised that this section is not intended to be exhaustive. We are asking for the basic engineering parameters necessary to determine the extent of frequency availability in an applicant’s chosen area (after taking account of the requirements of neighbouring broadcasters); and to determine whether the proposed service area can be adequately served from this site. As a result, applicants should note the importance of identifying a transmission site that is suitable for the area they wish to serve. While Ofcom would not wish applicants to go to unnecessary expense (we do not guarantee the availability of a suitable frequency and/or our ability to allocate it for broadcasting from the chosen transmission site), we do require precise details about the transmission site chosen. The questions following relate to this. Applicants should provide evidence of negotiations or agreement with the site owner (e.g. whether a provisional agreement is in place). Any licence award will be based on the coverage area from the site identified in the application. If a licence is offered, Ofcom may not be able to agree to a change from the site put forward in this application (and any request for a change will need to be justified). Applicants should read and be aware of the relevant part of the Ofcom Site Engineering Code which may be found at: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/tech-guidance/eng_code/ 25. Engineering information Waveband: This application is for an FM licence Yes 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: 53-57 Holt Road, address: Kensington, Liverpool, L7 2PN The NGR is a reference code comprising two letters and two groups of three numbers (e.g. SW 123 456). It is SJ 370 907 available from Ordnance Survey. What is the height of the site, in metres, Above Ordnance Datum (AOD)? 59 metres National Grid In metres, what is the total height of the mast / building Reference (NGR): Above Ground level (AGL)? 20 metres About the site’s What is the height, in metres, of the transmitting antenna dimensions: AGL? 23 metres Please supply photographs of the transmitter mast / Tick if enclosed building and aerial location. Who owns the site and what are their full contact details?
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Is this site already used for broadcasting and if so by We used it for our last whom? RSL in 2013. 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 Applicant group owns site? No Other – please specify. X Applicant group owns site? No (Note: we cannot consider an application if no site has been identified.)
How to contact you:
26. Public contact details Guidance Notes Provide the name of the person who will deal with Ofcom will publish community radio licence enquiries from the press and public and the contact applications, and from time to time statements which details for them. may include public contact details, on its website. A point of contact is required to deal with press and other enquiries from interested parties. Name: Stephen Faragher Email: [email protected] Website: L-C-R.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 None None b) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a None None political nature, or which are affiliated to such a body c) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a None None religious nature d) An individual who is an officer of a body falling within None None
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(c) above e) A body corporate which is an associate (as defined in paragraphs 1(1) and 1(1a) of Part I of Schedule 2 None None to the Broadcasting Act 1990) or a body falling within (b) or (c) above) f) An advertising agency or an associate of an None None advertising agency g) Other broadcasting interests (including radio, television, satellite and cable broadcasting and allied None None activities). Other interests 2. Give details of any other interest or activity of the applicant which is or could be incompatible with the requirements imposed by or under Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as modified by the Community Radio Order 2004) and Articles 6 and 7 of the Community Radio Order 2004. Please also give details of any other participant in the applicant whose interest is or could be incompatible with those requirements. (You may need to seek advice about these matters) None
Other matters 3. In pursuance of its duties under Section 86(4) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as amended), Ofcom requires that the applicant should notify Ofcom of any matters which might influence Ofcom’s judgement as to whether: (i) the applicant; (ii) any director of the applicant; (iii) any individual, or any director of a company, who will have an interest of 5 per cent or more in the applicant; may not be considered a 'fit and proper person' to participate in a radio licence. Such matters would include, for example, the following (whether they occurred in the UK or any other country): any unspent criminal conviction, any undischarged insolvency and/or bankruptcy orders, any disqualification from being a director of a limited company, and any adverse findings made by Ofcom (or its predecessor broadcast regulators), any other regulatory authority and/or any court or tribunal in respect of any regulatory matters.
None
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 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.
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Stephen Faragher (Name of person) Director (Title or position in the applicant group) 14/7/17 (Date)