Blackburn Youth Radio community radio licence application form

1. Station Name Guidance Notes What is the proposed station name? This is the name you expect to use to identify the station on air.

Blackburn Youth Radio

2. Community to be served Guidance Notes Define the community or communities you are It is a legislative requirement that a service is intended proposing to serve. Drawing from various sources of primarily to serve one or more communities (whether or data (e.g. from the Office of Population, Census and not it also serves other members of the public) and we Survey) and in relation to your proposed coverage need to understand who comprises that community or area, please determine the size of the population communities. The target community will also be concerned and the make-up of the population as a specified in the licence, if this application is successful. whole, along with any relevant socio-economic The legislation defines a ‘community’ as: people who live information that would support your application. or work or undergo education or training in a particular (Please tell us the sources of the information you area or locality, or people who have one or more provide.) interests or characteristics in common. Answer in fewer than 300 words:

Blackburn Youth Radio will serve young people (Under 25) who live, work, undergo education or training in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire, and we will reflect the rich cultural, social and ethnic diversity of our town in a positive way. Blackburn is a large town sitting on the River Darwen and the Leeds-Liverpool Canal with a population of 107,294 according to the 2010 mid year population estimates published by Blackburn with Darwen Council. The population is estimated to grow by 4.7% by 2033. It has experienced significant post-industrial decline and the town suffers from a number of serious social problems linked to levels of deprivation. The Audit Commission in its 2007 Comprehensive Performance Assessment highlighted "significant health problems" and increased "levels of repeat victims of domestic violence" as causes for most concern. ONS Statistics have shown that Blackburn remains near the bottom of the tables for life expectancy at 75.7 years for men, and women 80.5 years. Since the 1950s the town has experienced significant levels of inward migration, particularly from India and Pakistan. Resultantly, Blackburn now has the highest proportion of Muslims outside of London. Today Blackburn is 69% White British compared to the national average for England which is 90%. The significant ethnic minorities are Indian (14%) and Pakistani (11%) and over 12% were born outside the EU. The population is relatively young with 35.1% under 25 of which 23.2 are under 15 and 11.9 between 15 and 24. Figures show that Blackburn has poorer than average academic attainment with the Office for National Statistics showing only 23.2% are NVQ Level 4 or above compared to 30.3% forthe North West generally and 34.4 for UK-wide. 17.2% of people have no qualifications whatsoever compared with just 11.1% in the North West and 9.7% nationally.

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

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better serve the target community, and where it is technically possible.https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_fil e/0020/101459/community-radio-future-licensing- technical-policy-statement.pdf

The town of Blackburn in Lancashire and the immediate rural hinterland.

Programmes and programme output: Definitions: Studio location: The studio from which the service will be broadcast should be located within the licensed area. Locally-produced: Locally-produced output is output made and broadcast from within the service’s licensed coverage area. (It is anticipated that most stations will produce the bulk of their output themselves, in the locality. However, for some target communities it may be appropriate for fairly high levels of output to originate from outside the licensed area.) Live output: is that which is produced by a presenter in the studio at the time of broadcast. (The amount of live output may vary between different services depending on the needs or expectations of the target community.) Original output: output that is first produced for and transmitted by the service, and excludes output that was transmitted elsewhere before. Original output can be live or voice-tracked. Repeat broadcasts of original output do not count towards the minimum requirement. Peak time: it may be helpful to state what material will be broadcast in ‘peak time’. If you do, please say what you consider peak time to be for your target community (this may vary from station to station). Automated output/voice-tracked material: most stations will carry automated output at some time. The amount of automated or voice-tracked material does not need to be specified in the Key Commitments. Sustaining service/third party produced material: if you intend to broadcast material produced by a different organisation please state what it is and how much (per day or week as appropriate).

4. Programming output Guidance Notes Please fill-in all three questions below The law requires applicants to state their proposals for Question A asks you to describe your programme providing a service that would: service. (i) cater for the tastes and interests of members of its Question B relates to how your output will serve the target community or communities (or for any tastes and interests of your target community. particular tastes and interests in those communities); Question C is about how your service will broaden (ii) broaden the range of programmes available on non- the range of local (non-BBC) services available in BBC local services (commercial and community your area. stations) to members of the relevant community or communities; Later in this form you will be asked to draft your own ‘key commitments’. This will form the basis of your (iii) broaden the overall range of such non-BBC local licence and is what Ofcom will judge you against. It services provided in the area concerned; and should include a summary of your proposed (iv) have a distinct nature, or provide distinct content, programme output as set out below and reflect your from any non-BBC local services with which it would commitment to cater for relevant tastes and interests, overlap. to broaden the range of relevant programmes and Ofcom is required to consider the extent to which an services and to provide a service with a distinct applicant’s proposals will cater for the tastes and nature and content as set out in the Guidance Notes interests of members of its target community or in the column opposite. communities. Ofcom is also required to consider the extent to which proposals for a community radio station would broaden the range of programmes available by way of non-BBC local services (both commercial and community stations) in the area concerned (especially, the extent to which a proposed service would have a distinct nature or provide distinct content from any overlapping non-BBC local services). The information given here should be more detailed than what you set out in your draft key commitments (later in this form), and will help us gain a fuller understanding of

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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:

What will the service sound like? Blackburn Youth Radio will be youth-orientated and Blackburn-centric. It will reflect the ethnic diversity and inter-cultural mix that represents the youth of Blackburn today with programming produced and presented by young volunteers. What music will you play? Blackburn Youth Radio will be more new/chart-focused than the local commercial radio station (2BR which is licenced to serve 25-54 year olds). The music policy of the station will be dictated by the young people themselves as we will (within the bounds of the Broadcasting Code) allow them to play the music that they want to play and the music requested by their peers. The main playlist (and management thereof) will be looked after by “The On-Air Team” Subcommittee whose responsibility will be to research what music our community wishes to listen to, maintain & refresh playlists and load material onto the system for play-out, supervised by the Station Co- ordinator. Specialist programming in the evenings and at weekends will provide a forum for alternative music genres and be an outlet for local bands and artists who do not get access to the local airwaves via other stations. What are the main speech elements of the service and how will the social gain/community benefits you propose be reflected on-air? The main speech elements of the service will be information and content of specific interest to local young people living, working or studying in Blackburn. This will include the dissemination of information regarding events, activities and opportunities for young people of social, educational or general interest and which encourages young people to become active civic volunteers within our own community. For cost reasons, the service is likely to use IRN/News Hub as its primary news service which provides news for many community radio stations across the UK. However, Blackburn Youth Radio will include a local news bulletin during weekdays. We will also have sports and entertainment news bulletins. We will have at least one documentary/current affairs programme per week dedicated to discussing issues of relevance to young people. This will provide for debate, discussion and interaction with the

Blackburn Youth Radio community radio licence application form wider listening audience through traditional methods and, more importantly, through new social media outlets. What is the likely music to speech ratio? Music:Speech ratio will typically be 80:20 across 7 days. Will this vary at different times of the day or week (or year)? Speech content will be greater in the evenings and weekends (outside of school & work hours) as there will be greater availability of volunteers. Evenings & weekends will have programming containing greater speech content from the young people as it will include specialist music genres and magazine-style and documentary/current affairs programming focusing in on youth issues. The evening access to premises is one of the core reasons for choosing our preferred studio location, along with the public transport and disabled access it affords. Do you intend to broadcast live output? If so when and how much do you propose to do? Yes we will have a minimum of 30 hours per week of live broadcasting. However, we also recognise the different skillset required to produce quality pre-produced, as-live and recorded material. (This includes storyboarding, scripting, recording, editing, scheduling, working in teams etc). We feel that many of these are transferrable skills for their working lives and therefore we would want to have a healthy output of this type of material also. Will you broadcast in languages other than English (what languages and how much)? No. We had in our previous application planned to include Asian & European (new immigrant) languages however when we conducted the workshops/focus groups the strong feeling was that the station should be in English. Will your output be original i.e. specifically produced for your service? The majority of output will be original but we do not exclude the possibility of including externally produced or shared material. There is a wealth of quality youth broadcasting across the UK especially in the community radio sector and therefore we may source external programming where the programming is likely to be of interest to young people in Blackburn. Will it be locally produced? The majority of output will be locally produced. Do you intend to repeat material? We would plan to repeat some programming that we believe would be of highest social gain impact or that we feel the young people would like to hear again. Repeated material will typically be at non- prime hours.

B. What is the address of the proposed studio (if known)?

Blackburn Enterprise Centre. Furthergate, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 3HQ.

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 community is Under 25s living, working or studying in Blackburn and our research including workshops/focus groups has identified the needs of the community in terms of the music style and speech content of the station. Taking on board the comments on why our previous application for a licence was not accepted, we ran 3 workshops in May and June 2017 with young people to seek the views from the target community about what output it wanted from the service. These workshops took the form of

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focus/discussion groups and identified the following: • Music should be primarily chart focused. • Programming should include opportunities for local bands and artists to access the airwaves • There should be provision for non-chart music and alternative genres. • Speech content should not dominate but include local news and information about events and opportunities/services for young people. • Speech should include topics of relevance to young people (sexual health, suicide & self harm etc) • The station should broadcast in English. In certain circumstances other languages could feature but by having different sections of the schedule in different minority languages would actually be divisive rather than unifying. We have taken this research on board in framing our programming output. Our presenters will be young people themselves, sharing the tastes and interest of the target community. Our “On-Air Team” subcommittee will be to design, maintain & refresh the playlists based on ongoing research into the tastes of our target community and they will actively use social media to keep abreast of this. They will choose the music for play-out (subject to Broadcasting Code restraints) so ensuring it meets their tastes and interests. Equally, our approach to speech content will be to ensure that it is targeted at the youth and even current affairs output will feature stories as they impact on the young people of Blackburn.

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 will provide a distinctive new service for Blackburn, serving the Under 25s. Blackburn has no community radio station. Regarding commercial radio, there’s only one station which has Blackburn named in its licence, 2BR (a station for 25-54 yaer olds in the Blackburn, Darwin, Accrington and surrounding area). However, this station also shares programming with the Burnley and Pendle licence (AL000258) and the Preston licence (AL000323) and so the station has a ‘wider than Blackburn’ feel. Other commercial stations are regional or national and therefore do not provide a local service to Blackburn which Blackburn Youth Radio will.

Social gain

5. Social gain Guidance Notes Community radio is required to be for the public good Broadcasting legislation specifies a number of and to bring community benefits, or social gains, to ‘characteristics of community radio services’. Licence listeners and participants. The requirement for ‘social holders need to ensure their services conform to these gain,’ is one of the key factors that makes community characteristics, including in this case the delivery of radio stations different from other radio services. social gain. Please tell us what community benefits your service The legislation sets out social gains that stations must will bring to your target community(ies) and/or the provide. These are the achievement, in respect of general public. Please include summaries of individuals or groups of individuals in the target evidence to support your answer. community, or in respect of other members of the public, Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) of the following objectives – should include a summary of your proposed social (a) the provision of a radio service to individuals who gain set out below. are otherwise underserved by such services, Answer in fewer than 1,500 words: (b) the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion,

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(c) the provision (whether by means of programmes included in the service or otherwise) of education or training to individuals not employed by the station, and (d) the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it. Social gain may also include the achievement of other objectives of a social nature.1 Applicants are required to provide evidence that their service will result in significant social gain to the public or the target community(ies). Copies of letters or research reports etc. should not be submitted, but brief relevant extracts from them, which represent an accurate and comprehensive summary, may be included. If we wish to see the source material, we will ask for it. Ofcom is required to have regard to the extent to which your proposed service would result in the delivery of social gain to the public or target community.

Blackburn does not have a community radio station or a local commercial station directed at the needs of young people. Blackburn Youth Radio will fill that gap providing a station focused on young people and focused entirely on Blackburn. Blackburn Youth Radio will be volunteer-led supported by a Station Coordinator and the output of the station will be by young people for young people. We will have young people from across traditional ethnic divides working together creating programming of interest to them and their peers. The station will give a voice to young people marginalised by society and under-represented by the current media. This is particularly relevant to minority ethnic groups and young women. Unlike commercial broadcasters, Blackburn Youth Radio will provide all young people with full access to the facilities and extensive structured training and mentoring so everyone can get involved. We will provide training to a minimum of 50 young people each year. The station will complement its broadcasting activities with widespread engagement with our target community through social media channels and we will use this to develop greater understanding of what they want from their station. All towns and communities have problems. In the case of Blackburn the key issues affecting the town have been post-industrial decline and migration. There is a wide ethnic mix in the town but one of the key inhibiters to social cohesion is that the ethnic mix don’t mix. The approach in past decades has been one of mono-culture where the different communities have lived apart in different areas of the town so they didn’t have to mix and it was believed that new immigrants should assimilate into the existing British-white culture. Clearly that didn’t work. In more recent decades there has been a greater emphasis on multi-culturalism where the different communities mix in their work and education and share space but they don’t get involved in each others’ cultures or share them. Clearly that has hardly worked either. Today society has moved on and the ambition for towns such as Blackburn is to achieve inter-culturalism. Inter-culturalism is where different ethnic and cultural groups celebrate the diversity of each others’ cultures, recognising that participating in others’ cultural activities enhances and enriches your own. It is important that Blackburn begins to embrace this more fully. Currently the schools in Blackburn are predominantly White-British or Asian and it is only when you progress to tertiary level education that there is a greater mix amongst students (primarily enforced as Blackburn College dominates this sector locally). This reality of sharing the space of Blackburn but not sharing in each others’ identities and cultures breeds fear and suspicion that one

1See 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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community is getting a greater share of community assets and benefits. Blackburn Youth Radio will facilitate discussion, debate and the expression of opinion from all sections of our town and will be a neutral forum for such debate, to which all can contribute. In this way, the station will contribute directly to the better understanding of the diverse elements of our town and the strengthening of links within it. Blackburn suffers from a lack of civic pride linked to a harking back to the days when the town was wealthy due to the textile industry. The future wealth, and civic pride, for the town must come from new technological industries (such a BAE based locally) and the station will promote the importance of education and training in its widest form and also to promote the potential of self-employment as Blackburn suffers from a lower rate of self-employment than the country as a whole and we believe the station can promote awareness of enterprise and an entrepreneurial ‘can do’ attitude amongst young people volunteering with the station and indeed with the wider listenership. This will be achieved through community information announcements, on-air interviews with local agencies, educational institutions and enterprise centres. Blackburn has many community organisations doing fantastic work building bridges between different communities (the Ethnic Minorities Development Association, the racial Equality Council and the Council for Voluntary Service). These organisations do not get the recognition or publicity that their work deserves. Blackburn Youth Radio will provide coverage through community information bulletins and, when appropriate, outside broadcasts. We will provide training to young people not employed by the station in a variety of communication, technical and life skills. While much of this will be allied to broadcasting, the nature of those skills is that they are transferable to many life situations and can enhance their employability. We will also have volunteering opportunities which are not on-air or linked to output (administration, fundraising, promotions, management of teams) and full training will be given in these areas also. We will provide training to a minimum of 50 young people each year. In our research for the station in our previous application, we engaged with young people, schools, youth service providers and wider society and our proposed service has been universally supported with many wanting to get involved. Examples of the feedback received include: S Hussain of Witton Park High School: “a fantastic opportunity and would certainly be supported by Witton Park High School” and felt that two of the key benefits that the station would offer would be the “volunteering opportunities for our young people” and the promotional opportunities for the school. S Corns, Headmaster of Queen Elizabeth Grammar: the station would be instrumental in “giving publicity to events in which the local community are involved”. St Wilfrids Church of England Academy: the station would provide “an interesting opportunity for young people and for students interested in radio to have access to work experience opportunities”. Mrs Z Seedat from Al-Islah Girls High School: the station can “open up new career avenues which were not thought of before”. She also believes that the station “would also address the need for speaking good English”. B Loughran, Headmaster of DACA: the station will be a true local asset in terms of “advertising community events and students in the news”. In our surveying of young people themselves, 87% said that they would listen in to a local youth station and 53% said they would be interested in being involved in some capacity. Through Blackburn Youth Radio we want to build on that attitude of civic participation and ambition.

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I. Akuji, the Head of the Young People Service with Blackburn with Darwen Council, are supporting the application, saying “The Young People Service could work with your organisation around youth voice and engagement of young people as well as supporting local youth bands we work with. Although no financial support is requested, we could definitely support in promoting the station (if successful) across our provision and also look for opportunities for young people to get involved and gain employability skills. I’m aware of local radio stations in other areas and they can add real value to the local community”.

Equally, S Foster the Operations Manager with Connexions Youth Service in Blackburn was also supportive of the aims of the station, saying “Sounds exciting stuff and there are plenty of youth related groups ( Young Peoples Service , Youth Action , Youth Zone) as well as ourselves who I am sure would be interested in supporting. From a Connexions point of view we would be interested in using to promote careers information and advice - publicising vacancies we have for 16-19 year olds , promoting information around career events , application time etc and perhaps contributing to discussion forums on young people views./ needs around employment , training etc.”.

Taking on board the comments on why our previous application for a licence was not accepted, we ran 3 workshops in May and June 2017 with young people to seek the views from the target community about what output it wanted from the service. These workshops took the form of focus/discussion groups and identified the following: Music should be primarily chart focused. Programming should include opportunities for local bands and artists to access the airwaves There should be provision for non-chart music and alternative genres. Speech content should not dominate but include local news and information about events and opportunities/services for young people. Speech should include topics of relevance to young people (sexual health, suicide & self harm etc) The station should broadcast in English. In certain circumstances other languages could feature but by having different sections of the schedule in different minority languages would actually be divisive rather than unifying. Our application has widespread political support on Blackburn & Darwen Council including C Bateson who is the Executive Member for Children's services. Other Councillors expressed the view that this was a fantastic idea and much needed in the area. Indeed, the only negative comment we received was from Cllr Davies who queried why it was only Blackburn and not the wider Council Region including Darwen. We explained that community radio have a smaller broadcast reach than commercial radio and he was happy then to support the proposal and hoped that drift signal would reach Darwen.

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?

Blackburn Youth Radio will ensure that the young people of Blackburn will be able to participate in the operation and management of the radio service in a variety of ways:

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1. The Station Management Committee with overall responsibility for running the station will include one third of its membership from young volunteers. 2. On a day-to-day basis the station will be operated by a series of Teams (The On-Air Team, the Production Team (Jingles & Promos), the Fundraising Team, the Promotions Team, the Training & Mentoring Team, the Tech Team, the Social Media & Web Team). These teams will have young Team Leaders who in turn will be supported by the Station Ccordinator. 3. We will ensure young people can fully participate by providing structured training and mentoring to a minimum of 50 young people per year. 4. We will widely publicise the volunteering opportunities in the station both on-air and through community networks and educational institutions. 5. Young people will produce programming themselves, both live and pre-recorded. 6. We will have a thorough complaints and grievance policy based on equality and mutual respect for all cultures and traditions.

7. Access to facilities and training Guidance Notes Set out the practical (formal and informal) Ofcom is required by the legislation to have regard to the mechanisms which you will use to ensure that provision each applicant proposes to make to allow for members of your target community can gain access access by members of the target community to the to your facilities that would be used for the provision facilities to be used for the provision of the service and of your service and to receive training in their use. for their training in the use of those facilities. Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) should include a summary of your proposed access and objectives for training people in the use of the facilities as set out below. Answer in fewer than 400 words:

We will provide structured training for a minimum of 50 young people per year. All young people will go through an initial induction and training process which will include one-on-one mentoring to ensure that a common base level can be achieved across all volunteers regardless of their prior training or experience. Beyond that, all volunteers will be trained according to the roles they wish to fulfil within the station and pitched at a level appropriate to their own needs. Wherever possible the station will embrace Open-Source software for the operation of the station (Zara Radio for Playout, Audacity for Editing) which means that young people can supplement their training with practising at their leisure on their own, at home or at school or using the computers in the station to enhance their skills. While overall responsibility for Training in the station will lie with the Station Coordinator, there will be a Training & Mentoring Team and Team leader who will organise sessions and appoint Mentors to new volunteers. Beyond the training which goes on in the station, Blackburn Youth Radio will also have outreach programmes to go into schools and youth centres to run workshops and Media Activity Sessions. We will also run Media Camps in the summer which will broaden our catchment and also provide a revenue stream to the station.

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

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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:

Blackburn Youth Radio will engage in an ongoing conversation with our community through social media as well as via traditional methods of contact (telephone, post, email). Our Promotions Team and Team Leader will have as one of its responsibilities to actively engage with the community to research what they want from their station on an ongoing basis. Central to the running of the Station is the Station Management Committee which in addition to the directors will have representation from the young people. We will encourage listeners to get in touch with the station by broadcasting messages on-air soliciting this feedback and we will do so in a manner which encourages listeners to provide constructive criticism of the service. All feedback will be discussed at t he Station Management Committee and acted upon as necessary. We will produce an annual report detailing the work, successes and failures of the station in the previous year. Our website will include a feedback section for comments to be made either openly or anonymously. We will seek feedback from our volunteers internally on an ongoing basis and have a suggestions box in the studios. We will publish a complaints procedure for listeners and volunteers.

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 amendmentsif, 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 Blackburn Youth Radio [As in section 1 of this application] Licence area The town of Blackburn in Lancashire and the immediate rural [State the proposed coverage area hinterland. asset out in section 3 of this form.] Description of character of service [Describe in no more than 80 words in total]:

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- 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. Blackburn Youth Radio serves young people (Under 25) who live, work, undergo education or training in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The purpose of the station is to entertain and inform the community and to provide opportunities for training and direct participation in the making of programmes for the station.

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 music2 broadcast over the course of each week are new & popular/chart music but including local bands and alternative music featured in evenings and weekends. • Speech. The main types of speech output3 broadcast over the course of each week are information regarding events, activities and opportunities for young people, a local news bulletin (weekdays); sports and entertainment bulletins. At least one magazine programme weekly discussing relevant young people’s issues. • Over the course of each week programming is broadcast in English

• The service provides original output4 for a minimum of 40 hours per week. • The service provides locally-produced output5 for a minimum of 40 hours per week [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:

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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• 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: Blackburn Community Radio Limited

Date of registration: 24th July 2017

Company registration number: Pending Confirmation of Number & Certificate

Type of company (or other body corporate): Company Limited By Guarantee

Where your body is not a company, please explain how it meets the requirement to be a body Not applicable 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.

Blackburn Youth Radio Limited is a company limited by guarantee and without share issue. Therefore, there are no shareholders only members. The initial members are Brendan Ferguson, Aaron Bennett, Jonathan Lee, Philip Reynolds and Enda Caldwell. However, all volunteers (over the age prescribed by company law) will be able to apply for membership of the company.

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Ability to maintain the service:

11. Management and operations Guidance Notes With regard to the applicant please provide: In addition to the notes above on ownership, Ofcom is • A list of directors, indicating who is the managing also required to evaluate the human resources involved director and/or chair (please see question 12 in the running of a community radio station. Answers regarding directors’ details). should demonstrate how those who have relevant experience will work for the station. In addition, a • An indication of management structure (e.g. diagram or organisation chart may help paint a clearer management committee or equivalent, if picture. applicable), and/or • Information about who would be responsible for the day to day management and running of the station (there is a separate question regarding other staff below). Explain the role(s) in the station, job titles, and indicate whether paid or voluntary, full or part-time (and the number of hours).

The directors are: Brendan Ferguson (Chairman) Aaron Bennett Jonathan Lee Philip Reynolds Enda Caldwell The station will be run by the Station Management Committee which will consist of 9 members. This will include directors and representatives of the young volunteers. The Station Coordinator will attend Station Management Committee Meetings but will not be a member of it. The day to day running of the station will be devolved to the Station Coordinator with support from the directors (who have specific roles allocated to them) and Volunteer Team Leaders who will coordinate the activities of volunteers in a variety of areas (eg The On-Air Team, the Production Team (Jingles & Promos), the Fundraising Team, the Promotions Team, the Training & Mentoring Team, the Tech Team, the Social Media & Web Team). Greater detail is given in the experience and human resource compliment in the following two sections (so as not to duplicate).

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]).

The current directors are as follows: Mr Brendan Ferguson (Chair) Employment Managing Director Other directorships Really Clever Limited; North West Business Solutions Limited Relevant experience, qualifications & Management Role

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Brendan is an experienced and highly respected businessman in the North-West working in the Hospitality and B2B sectors as Managing Director of his own business solutions company and public houses company. He is a skilled negotiator and corporate administrator where his attention to detail ensures cost savings both for his own company and the businesses of his clients. He manages his own sales force directly as well as a back-office telesales team. Although now in his early 50’s his music taste remains youth orientated, perhaps in part due to his 4 young children, and he has had a keen interest in internet radio for several years. Brendan will take the lead as Chairman in supervising the administration of the company, the administrative tasks related to licensing (Ofcom, PPL, PRS, IRN etc) and act as the Line-Manager for the Station Coordinator. Brendan’s extensive experience in business mean that he will be the director responsible for compling budgets and cash-flow forecasts and will work with the Station Coordinator to ensure that sales and fundraising targets are met. Brendan has met with directors of a number of other community radio stations to learn about the specific requirements of a company in the community radio sector and in particular to compile the job specifications for the Station Coordinator in order that he can properly manage this key role effectively. Brendan’s company is also to provide substantial financial support to the station in its early years under its Corporate Social Responsibility Policy.

Mr Aaron Bennettt Employment Engineer Other directorships None Relevant experience, qualifications & Management Role: Aaron is a University graduate and qualified engineer and works in the PCB electronics industry. His job is also one of his hobbies and he enjoys deconstructing and reconstructing equipment and repairing electronic equipment. He has repaired and refurbished the Soundcraft Broadcast desk owned by the group and also builds bespoke computers specifically designed for online radio. Aaron also spent 3 years working as a youth worker with his church, and his wife is a fulltime youth worker so he continues to volunteer as a youth worker and does considerable work with young people not in education, employment and training including those following non-tradition school pathways. Although currently living in Gloucester due his work in Bristol, Aaron retains his friends-network in the north and gets back as often as possible. Aside from his company director responsibilities Aaron’s specific role will be to install and service all the equipment (both studio and transmission) and to maintain it on a regular basis.

Mr Jonathan Lee Employment Company Director Other directorships Firebee Limited Relevant experience, qualifications & Management Role: Jonathan is a graduate of Durham University where he held a number of elected student positions including with Durham Students Union. Jonathan runs his own engineering company and has a wide variety of commercial and corporate skills.

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Jonathan is a former broadcaster with 2 other community radio stations and was director of sales with one of them, contributing greatly to its sustainability. He stepped down from that station due to relocating to Bristol but is a regular visitor back up North. Jonathan’s primary focus will be overall supervision of the training and mentoring provided by Blackburn Youth Radio but will also supervise and assist with sales.

Enda Caldwell Employment Broadcaster Other directorships None Enda studied Media (arts) at Ballyfermot College of Further Education and his radio career began at Longwave Radio Atlantic 252 as a production assistant. His dreams were realised a number of years later when he was successful in securing his own regular show on the radio station and is remembered as the last ever live presenter on the station. Enda has worked with many household brands notably the prestigious Riviera Radio in Monaco, Today FM, Kiss FM London, Xfm London (Now Radio X), Real Radio, Reading 107 and Dublins FM104, Dublin's Country Mix 106.8 and a programming and presentation position within RTL at the relaunched Radio Luxembourg. Curently, Enda's part of the team at New York's Only Dance Station Pulse 87 as part of the regular weekday line-up and the Las Vegas based Pulse 96.7 presenting live shows to the US from his own studios in the UK, a regular presenter on DB962 in Amsterdam and newscaster at Energy FM on the Isle of Man. He continues to do freelance TV Continuity in addition to his radio work and is the European Representative for the AllAccess.com based in Malibu Beach, California.

Philip Reynolds Employment Broadcaster / Producer Other directorships None Philip’s media career began when he volunteered as a presenter and producer with his local college radio station in Bangor, Northern Ireland. Since then he’s worked multi-platform for BBC Northern Ireland for 7 years and worked in various capacities with BBC Radio Ulster on many of the stations flagship shows. Philip worked with many BBC1 (NI) programmes including "Let's Talk" Spotlight" & "Nolan Live". Before moving to London Philip was the Assistant Producer on the Mark Patterson Afternoon Show on BBC Radio Foyle. Additionally he has worked across Entertainment & Factual Entertainment across every major broadcasting network in the U.K including ITV, BBC, C5 and MTV including a journey in to branded content with major brands like Hyundai, recently producing their summer "7 things 7 people do before 7am" campaign.

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

Blackburn Youth Radio community radio licence application form organisation chart (optional): Chairman (Unpaid - Director Responsibility Brendan Ferguson)

Technical Director

(Unpaid – Director – Aaron Bennett ) Station Coordinator.

(Full-time Paid - will be part-time Training & Sales Director for 2 months prior to launch) (Unpaid – Director – Jonathan Lee)

Programming Director

(Unpaid – Director – Enda Caldwell)

Teams & Team Leaders – Unpaid. These will be drawn from the volunteer base. On-Air Team Production Team (Jingles & Promos) Fundraising Team Promotions Team (including audience & community research) Training & Mentoring Team Tech Team Social Media & Web Team

Chairman (Part-time - Unpaid - Director Responsibility Brendan Ferguson) The Station Director will take an oversight role of all the administrative and management functions of the station. In this role he will play and enabling and supporting role for the Station Manager who will practically look after the station on a day-to-day basis. He will also act as Line Manager for both the Station Coordinator.

Station Coordinator. (Full-time Paid - will be part-time for 2 months prior to launch) The Station Coordinator will take overall responsibility for the launch and running of the station. He will be supported in this by a part-time Fundraising Officer and by volunteer Team Leaders who will have specific responsibilities within the station (eg the On-Air Team; the Production Team (Jingles & Promos); the Fundraising Team; the Promotions Team; the Training & Mentoring Team; the Tech Team; and the Social Media & Web Team). The Station Coordinator will also be able to rely on the support of the Directors and the Station

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Management Committee.

Training & Sales Director (Unpaid – Director – Jonathan Lee) Jonathan will take director responsibility for supervising Training & Mentoring provision by the station is association with the Training & Mentoring Team. Jonathan will also develop the Sales Strategy of the Station in association with the Station Coordinator and will support the Station Coordinator in achieving sales targets.

Technical Officer (Unpaid - Director Responsibility Aaron Bennett) Aaron will take overall responsibility for installing and maintaining the equipment, working primarily weekends at the station. He will draw up manuals and maintenance schedules for the studio equipment. Aaron will also train a Tech Team and Tech Team Leader who will undertake routine maintanence checks on a regular basis to spot any problems or potential problems in advance.

Programming Director (Unpaid – Director – Enda Caldwell) Enda will take responsibility for ensuring Blackburn Youth Radio meets with all programming requirements and drawing on his many years experience as a presenter and programmer he is on hand to offer advice and guidance to the Training and Mentoring teams, as well as the wider volunteer base. Enda will run regular group and one-to-one training sessions with volunteers.

Teams & Team Leaders - Unpaid - these will be drawn from the volunteer base. On-Air Team Production Team (Jingles & Promos) Fundraising Team Promotions Team (including audience & community research) Training & Mentoring Team Tech Team Social Media & Web Team

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:

The group has been together for a number of years having previous applied (unsuccessfully) in the

Blackburn Youth Radio community radio licence application form last round. We have taken on board the advice given by Ofcom in Mr Davies’ letter of 2nd July 2014 following our unsuccessful application and rectified the deficiencies in that application to the best of our ability for this round. We operated an online station by webstream for 6 months. We have found that internet radio stations are difficult to attract an audience for but we have learned alot in terms of the playlist and playout scheduling software and in the production of jingles and pre-produced packets and voice-traking. A former director Nazeeta Ahmed is back in Northern Ireland now and that is why she is no longer part of the group due to logistics. Since the departure of Nazeeta, Philip Reynolds and Enda Caldwell have come on board. Between Philip and Enda there’s over 30 years of community radio, commercial radio and content production experience to draw on. Philip has worked alongside major broadcasters in the UK such as ITV, BBC and Channel 5. Enda has bee involved in radio for over two decades, working with major brands like Kiss, XFM, Real Radio and Today FM in Ireland. Craig Barber has come on board as an advisor. Craig has experience in presenting with Tindle Radio with stations including Town 102, Radio Norwich and The Beach. He is a broadcast engineer, and has worked with Global as engineer for Smooth Radio & Heart W. Midlands, Capital and Smooth Radio E. Midlands. Craig has also volunteered with community radio stations as an engineer providing remote support in his spare time to help stations continue to broadcast and is a cyber security expert.

B. Please summarise the group’s broadcasting experience (e.g. internet radio, Restricted Service Licences (RSLs)). Answer in fewer than 150 words:

Enda has been involved in broadcasting for over 20 years with major brands in the UK such as Kiss, XFM and Real Radio, Radio Luxembourg, the prestigious Riviera Radio in Monaco, Pulse 87 & 96.7 in New York and Las Vegas and Atlantic 252 in Ireland. Jonathan is a former broadcaster with 2 other community radio stations and was director of sales with one of them, contributing greatly to its sustainability. He stepped down from that station due to relocating to Bristol but is a regular visitor back up North. Philip has been involved with BBC Northern Ireland working multiplatform across TV, radio and Online for over 7 years. He’s worked as a producer with U105, and continues to work freelance for many of the UKs largest broadcasters. He presented on community radio for 4 years and has volunteered with his local college station.

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:

Brendan is an experienced businessman in the North-West working in the B2B sector as Managing Director of his own business solutions company. He is a skilled negotiator and corporate administrator. He manages his own sales force directly as well as a back-office telesales team. His experience of education is primarily through his 4 children and his wife who is a primary school teacher. Aaron enjoys deconstructing and reconstructing equipment and repairing electronic equipment. He spent 3 years working as a youth worker with his church, and his wife is a fulltime youth worker so he continues to volunteer as a youth worker and does considerable work with NEETs. Jonathan is a graduate of Durham University where he held a number of elected student positions including with Durham Students Union. Jonathan runs his own engineering company and has a wide variety of commercial and corporate skills.

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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:

As above.

Evidence of demand:

15. Demand and/or support Guidance Notes Please provide a summary of evidence of demand When considering community radio licence applications, and/or support for your proposed service. Ofcom is required to take into account the extent of local This may include a variety of information, for demand for, or support for, the provision of the proposed example: service. • summary of support from statutory or voluntary It is for applicants to decide what evidence of demand or sector organisations which expect to contribute support they wish to submit. However, Ofcom does not practically and/or financially to your operations, believe that generic support for the establishment of a or which would expect to collaborate with you in new radio service is as meaningful as evidence of joint activities; considered support for a specific applicant’s proposals. This means that Ofcom does not attach great value to • evidence of interest generated through radio numerous examples of similar generic or form letters of activity (e.g. RSLs, internet radio), community support by your group, or to petitions. activity, training, voluntary sector work etc.; Copies of letters or research reports etc. should not be • results of research; submitted. However, your response here may include • 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:

In relation to our research and community consultations, the responses were unanimously positive and all felt that a volunteer-led youth radio station would be a real resource for Blackburn and crucially that it could help all the respective schools, academies and colleges in their work. Examples of the feedback received include: S Hussain of Witton Park High School described the prospect of a youth station for Blackburn as “a fantastic opportunity and would certainly be supported by Witton Park High School” and felt that two of the key benefits that the station would offer would be the “volunteering opportunities for our young people” and the promotional opportunities for the school. This was echoed by others such as S Corns, Headmaster of Queen Elizabeth Grammar who felt that the station would be instrumental in “giving publicity to events in which the local community are involved”. St Wilfrids Church of England Academy felt the station would provide “an interesting opportunity for young people and for students interested in radio to have access to work experience opportunities”. Similarly, Mrs Z Seedat from Al-Islah Girls High School believes that the station can “open up new career avenues which were not thought of before”. She also believes that the station “would also address the need for speaking good English”. B Loughran, Headmaster of DACA felt that the station will be a true local asset in terms of “advertising community events and students in the news” although he was disappointed that the station would only cover Blackburn as he felt there would be “real strengths in combining Blackburn and Darwen” as the 2 constituent parts of the local authority. To understand what young people themselves, and the wider community in Blackburn, felt about the

Blackburn Youth Radio community radio licence application form prospect of a station we carried out Field Research in the form of a Street Survey over a number of days in the town centre. In total there were 289 participants. Part of the survey was conducted in the main shopping precinct area where we surveyed a mixture of young people under 25 (114 participants) and older people across a wide age range (67 participants). The remainder of the survey was conducted in the area of the town containing the extensive Blackburn College Campus and this part of the survey was exclusively Under 25’s (108). The results of the survey were overwhelmingly positive: 251 supported the creation of a station for Blackburn for young people 31 supported the creation of a station for Blackburn but felt that it should cater for all ages. 7 felt Blackburn didn’t need another radio station. Of the young people who participated in the survey (222), 193 (87%) said that they would listen in to a local youth station and 117 (53%) said they would be interested in being involved in some capacity. Taking on board the comments on why our previous application for a licence was not accepted, we ran 3 workshops in May and June 2017 with young people to seek the views from the target community about what output it wanted from the service. These workshops took the form of focus/discussion groups and identified the following:

• Music should be primarily chart focused. • Programming should include opportunities for local bands and artists to access the airwaves • There should be provision for non-chart music and alternative genres. • Speech content should not dominate but include local news and information about events and opportunities/services for young people. • Speech should include topics of relevance to young people (sexual health, suicide & self harm etc) • The station should broadcast in English. In certain circumstances other languages could feature but by having different sections of the schedule in different minority languages would actually be divisive rather than unifying. I Akuji, the Head of the Young People Service with Blackburn with Darwen Council, approached us to lend their support, saying “The Young People Service could work with your organisation around youth voice and engagement of young people as well as supporting local youth bands we work with. Although no financial support is requested, we could definitely support in promoting the station (if successful) across our provision and also look for opportunities for young people to get involved and gain employability skills. I’m aware of local radio stations in other areas and they can add real value to the local community”. S Foster the Operations Manager with Connexions Youth Service in Blackburn was also supportive of the aims of the station, saying “Sounds exciting stuff and there are plenty of youth related groups ( Young Peoples Service , Youth Action , Youth Zone) as well as ourselves who I am sure would be interested in supporting. From a Connexions point of view we would be interested in using to promote careers information and advice - publicising vacancies we have for 16-19 year olds , promoting information around career events , application time etc and perhaps contributing to discussion forums on young people views./ needs around employment , training etc.”. We spoke with 36 local retailers to ascertain if the station could realistically expect to part finance itself with advertising.Of the 36 shops/cafes/bars that we spoke to, 20 said that they would be “interested” or “very interested” in advertising but all indicated that it would be price sensitive and of the 3 price options offered, £100 per month (or £1000 per year) was the level that they would feel appropriate. Our application has widespread political support on Blackburn & Darwen Council including C M Bateson who is the Executive Member for Children's services. Other Councillors expressed the view

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that this was a fantastic idea and much needed in the area. Indeed, the only negative comment we received was from C Davies who queried why it was only Blackburn and not the wider Council Region including Darwen. We explained that community radio have a smaller broadcast reach than commercial radio and he was happy then to support the proposal and hoped that drift signal would reach Darwen.

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.

Please note the categories listed below are examples for guidance only and may not be relevant to all applications (and others may be relevant to your application and in which case they must be listed)

Income:Please provide information on predicted funding for your pre-launch period

Secured cash funding:  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). Please note the categories listed below are examples for guidance only and may not be relevant to all applications. Please add further items if required.  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:

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 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.

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: Blackburn Enterprise address: Centre. Furthergate, Blackburn, Lancashire,

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BB1 3HQ. The NGR is a reference code comprising two letters and two groups of three numbers (e.g. SW 123 456). It is SD 696 282 available from Ordnance Survey. What is the height of the site, in metres, Above Ordnance 143 metres Datum (AOD)? National Grid In metres, what is the total height of the mast / building Reference (NGR): Above Ground level (AGL)? 14 metres About the site’s What is the height, in metres, of the transmitting antenna 16.5 metres dimensions: AGL? Please supply photographs of the transmitter mast / Tick if enclosed building and aerial location.  Who owns the site and what are their full contact details? Is this site already used for broadcasting and if so by whom? No 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. 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: Brendan Ferguson Phone: 01254 205294 Email: [email protected]

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.

We request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your 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

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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 Nine None religious nature d) An individual who is an officer of a body falling within None None (c) above e) A body corporate which is an associate (as defined None None 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 None None advertising agency g) Other broadcasting interests (including radio, None None 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) Answer: None

Other matters 3. In pursuance of its duties under Section 86(4) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as amended), Ofcom requires that the applicant should notify Ofcom of any matters which might influence Ofcom’s judgement as to whether: (ii) the applicant; (iii) any director of the applicant; (iv) any individual, or any director of a company, who will have an interest of 5 per cent or more in the applicant; may not be considered a 'fit and proper person' to participate in a radio licence. Such matters would include, for example, the following (whether they occurred in the UK or any other country): any unspent criminal conviction, any undischarged insolvency and/or bankruptcy orders, any disqualification from being a director of a limited company, and any adverse findings made by Ofcom (or its predecessor broadcast regulators), any other regulatory authority and/or any court or tribunal in respect of any regulatory matters. Answer:

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

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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 – Pending (Awaiting Receipt, will forward as soon as we receive)  Application Payment (UK £ 600.00) non-returnable (Paid by CHAPS) 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.

Brendan Ferguson (Name of person) Chairman (Title or position in the applicant group) 26th July 2017 (Date)