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10 Mar
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Press the button, Andy
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Radio Teesdale breakfast DJ Andy Greener forgot to press a crucial button to make his show live! And what a stir it has caused - with world-wide messages of support and even a tribute song.
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20 Feb 08
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Wales - second class radio”
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Wales has always had to fight for a voice, as former BBC Wales controller and Arts Council for Wales chairman Geraint Talfan Davies. In extracts from his book the fragile nature of local radio is clear.
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20 Dec
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Six new licence awards
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Ofcom have announced awards for Doncaster, Harthill (Yorkshire), East Riding of Yorkshire, Penistone, Thorne & Moorends, and Wirral.
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24 Nov
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Black Diamond Appeal
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Ex pats with their roots in Midlothian are being urged to contact the community radio station with thier Christmas Day requests.
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20 Nov
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Radio Reforms
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Ofcom’s vision for the future regulation of radio is set out in their report to government and recommends simplification of criteria for licensing, allowing extensions tot he 5 year licences, and recognising the value of volunteer time.
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16 Oct
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North and North-East Licences
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Four more station are set to take to the air in Hartlepool, Bishop Auckland, Catterick Garrison, and South Craven
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12 Sep
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Another Scottish licence
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Amongs the latest batch of approvals from Ofcom is 3TFM for Stevenston, Saltcoats and Ardeossan in Ayrshire.
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17 July
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Ofcom told to get its act together
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Ofcom informed the Loch Fyne community group they have a good application and figures that add up. However, Ofcom refused the application. Radio Fyneside "wanted to use the station to bring several communities into a sense of being a single community of interest" But Ofcom is used to a station serving only one community.
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12 July
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Five more Scottish awards
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Ofcom today announces the award of seven new community radio licences for Stonehaven (thats us!), St Boswells, Dunoon, Glasgow and Barrhead, as well as Lisburn and Belfast.
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14 June
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5 community radio licences include another Scottish paradigm
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Speysound has been granted its five year licence. Fred Neck from the Badenoch and Strathspey station said: "The Board and membership of Speysound Radio are delighted that their hard work and dedication has been rewarded in this way.”
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11 May
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4 new community radio licences for Scotland
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Ness FM, Bute FM, Jubilee FM (Queensferry) and Alive Radio (Dumfries) have all been awarded 5 year community radio licences. (And there were two awards in Northern Ireland too).
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9 May
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Bursting at the seams
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In the 2007 Reith Lectures, Jeffrey Sachs stressed that for mankind’s ssruvival we need to take on the challenge of making connections and seeking solutions with the people of Nairobi, La Paz and Timbuktu. Not to mention Lord Reith’s home town of Stonehaven!
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4 Apr
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Culture: It has got to be good for you
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The pza report on Community Media: Strengthening Cultural Life in Scotland is available; just click the link to download a pdf copy.
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27 Mar
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Community Radio Awards Scheme
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Radio Today’s report on the Community FM conference and a new awards scheme.
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19 Mar
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Seven more awards, but five refusals
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Follow the link to the Ofcom news page
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9 Mar
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SHMUve Operators
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Aberdeen’s Station House Media Unit young film makers have won the equivalent of an Oscar (over 13 category) for their 10 minute film Mothering Nature that was shot in the city.
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7 Feb
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Funding: four Scottish stations win Ofcom payout
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Scotland has bagged 9% of the Community Radio Fund this time around.
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31 Jan
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All good things: River FM
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Kingdom Radio Group has pulled the plug on River FM. The last song played on air was Nelly Furtado’s All Good Things (Come to an End).
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22 Feb
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Six new licences granted in Wales & SE England
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The criteria for these decisions can be found by following the headline link.
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21 Jan
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River FM running dry
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The Livingston based stations bosses are in talks with a prospective buyer, but if there is no deal then it will close this month.
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19 Jan
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Four applications from the Highlands
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Highland Christian Radio, Ness FM, Radio Fyneside and Speysound Radio have all applied for community radio licences.
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18 Jan
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SECOND ROUND - Scotland and NI list closed
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When the deadline came there were 15 applications from Scotland and 9 from Northern Ireland. MearnsFM was the only one from NE Scotland.
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17 Jan 07
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SECOND LICENCING ROUND - first two awards
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5 year community radio licences have been awarded to Stroud FM and 10 Radio.
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30 Dec
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IS AM A DEAD DUCK?
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Radio broadcasts on medium wave will end within a few years if commercial radio has its way. Ofcom will launch a debate in the coming months on the future of radio. Many predict that it will result in the end of AM broadcasts as we have known them, but the frequencies may then be forced on the community radio sector.
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28 Nov
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GOVERNMENT REPORT PRAISES COMMUNITY RADIO
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Small-scale stations, which number around 100 to date but will eventually total 200, helped tackle social exclusion and gave a voice to people who had been ignored by mainstream media and the education system, the survey concluded.
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9 Nov
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SOUTHWEST APPLICATION DETAILS
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Ofcom has now published details of the 21 applications community radio licence applications from the Southwest of England and South /Mid Wales.
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10 Oct
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TRAINING ON OFFER
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Edinburgh’s Leith FM is offering radio broadcasting training thanks to a £3,000 grant from Leith Community Regeneration Fund.
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24 Jul
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MOUSTACHIOED VOLUNTEERS TO THE FORE
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The Web is the medium of the volunteer, writes Becky Hogge
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13 Jul
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SECOND ROUND OF LICENSING UNDERWAY
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Ofcom in inviting applications - in 12 week windows - from each region starting with the South-West and then Scotland.
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13 Jun
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£1m ICING ON THE CAKE
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7 WAVES community radio in Wirral has a double reason to celebrate after being given a five-year licence to broadcast and being awarded £1m in funding to build a new media centre. Read their success story. Follow the link.
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17 May
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100th COMMUNITY RADIO STATION LICENCED
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107 licences have now been granted as Ofcom finished dealing with the 194 applications in the 2004 round. With 184 letters of intent submitted, the second round- due to start later in 2006 - looks busy!.
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12 May
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READING RADIO HITS THE ABERDEEN AIRWAVES
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Reading Radio, a one-hour radio programme created by Aberdeen City school pupils as part of the Reading Bus project, is to be broadcast live to the nation on Tuesday. The children, who are members of the Primary Enterprise Reading Bus Committee, have been supported by staff at Station House Media Unit to compile and edit their own programme.
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4 May
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SUNNY GOVAN NEWS
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Sunny Govan radio now has aa professional-standard broadcasting desk bought with £22,000 Futurebuilders Scotland funding.
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21 Apr
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OFCOM GRANTS 6 MORE LICENCES
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The total number of community radio licences now stands at 99.
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11 Apr
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MAKESHIFT CHALLENGE TO COMMERCIAL RADIO
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Established stations are now fearing their local upstarts.
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4 Apr
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BUNGLING DJ APOLOGISES
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Isles FM Presenter Carron McColl announced that "Pakistan is an incurable disease" live on air and was forced to apologise for the blunder after realising she should have said Parkinson's disease.
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21 Mar
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HILLZ FM GETS £35,000
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COMMUNITY radio station Hillz FM was celebrating this week after landing a £35,000 grant from the Government's Neighbourhood Renewal Fund. The cash, distributed by the Coventry city council, aims to help organisations and initiatives in disadvantaged communities.
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21 Mar
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YOUNG HIGHLANDERS LINK UP WITH RADIO COMMUNITY
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Budding young broadcasters from 30 school groups will have the chance to report from the Highland 2007 festival for BBC Radio Scotland. BBC Scotland and Highland and Islands Community Broadcasting Federation will provide training starting this autumn.
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28 Feb
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MEARNS FM RELAUNCH DELAYED
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The P&J has reported our frustration at the ongoing licensing delays, and our efforts to start broadcasting on the internet.
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21 Feb
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RADIO TEESDALE SECURES LICENCE
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Radio Teesdale was granted a five-year licence after its application for full-time broadcasting was approved by radio station regulator Ofcom.
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20 Feb
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21 NEW STATIONS GET THE GO AHEAD
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Two licences for Sheffield and one for Wetherby, near Leeds, were among the 21 in the latest batch issued by the Government's broadcasting regulator Ofcom., reports the Yorkshire Post.
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18 Feb
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GOOD MORNING DREGHORN
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The Scotsman reports that Garrison Radio (Dreghorn Barracks, Edinburgh) and Black Diamond FM (Midlothian) have been granted 5 year licences. But Real Radio DJ Jay Crawford says “.. there is no way [community radio] can get up to a quality to make a difference.” Well we’ll put his gas at a peep, soon enough!
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16 Feb
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THE YEAR-ROUND SOUND OF LEITH FM
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With the support of Tom Farmer, Leith FM has won its battle to take to the Edinburgh airwaves.
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1 Feb 06
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS IN SOCIAL INCLUSION
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Young People Now reports that the Whitbread Enquiry confirms that sport and the arts can engage young people more than any other intervention. Manchester’s Radio Regen was looked at for “best practice” in the area.
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19 Dec
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LASTEST OFCOM LICENCES ANNOUNCED
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Seven more community radio licences have been issued, bringing the total to 62. But there was a bitter blow to the 32 London applications that were rejected.
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5 Dec
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SMOKE AND MIRRORS
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Among the Treasury documents issued as part of the Pre-Budget Report was an independent audit of public sector radio and radar spectrum holdings. According to a recent House of Lord's report, the redundant frequencies are worth £1.1bn to £2.2bn if sold off. Cave's recommendations included “Introducing market mechanisms into public sector spectrum management that would allow public bodies to gain financially from commercial spectrum activity. In the future the public sector should meet new spectrum demands through market mechanisms in all but exceptional cases, and such exceptions would have to meet specific criteria” A quiet announcement on a busy day. Now what does that mean?
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29 Nov
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LEITH FM APPLIES FOR 5 YEAR LICENCE
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LEITH is mounting a bid to become home to a year-round community radio station. Hibs, Sir Tom Farmer and bosses at the Ocean Terminal shopping complex have pledged their support. The project is being pursued in the wake of a string of temporary licences over the last two and a half years. The festive season broadcast, due to run from December 14 to January 3, will include a campaign urging Leithers to support local shops, rather than always heading to the city centre.
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23 Nov
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WHAT IS TEN YEARS OLD AND DOESN’T EXIST?
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Answer: Huntingdonshire Community Radio! At this rate, we will all be in our rocking chairs, says former county councillor and Hunts Post columnist Stuart Littlewood.
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18 Nov
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RISKING TWO YEARS IN JAIL - FOR THE MUSIC
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The Tottenham Journal looks at what drives the Pirates, and whether Ofcom can ever make them legal. But why give up the large, untaxed and illegal profits?
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16 Nov
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EU ATTACKS POLICE TACTICS
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The representative for the World Association for Community Radio Broadcasters Steve Buckley said that Tunisian police would not explain why 70 plainclothes policemen physically prevented representatives from getting to an internet conference in Tunis. The British ambassador to the UN, Nicholas Thorne, complained to the Tunisian foreign ministry .
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14 Nov
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55 COMMUNITY STATIONS NOW LICENSED
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The seven latest licenses include a new station in Withernsea, East Yorkshire, which has been granted a full five-year licence.
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9 Nov
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BLACK BRITAIN COMPLAINS ABOUT OFCOM RAIDS
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The recent Ofcom raids that closed down 44 stations and seized 53 transmitters have been criticised as attackeing the black community’s freedom of speech.
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4 Nov
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PIRATE RADIO STATIONS RAIDED
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There are more than 150 pirate stations, and Ofcom is fighting a ongoing battle.
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19 Oct
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MEARNS FM ENCOURAGES SUPPORT
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Ian Hunter has encouraged more volunteers to come forward and help Mearns FM. Speaking to the Press and Journal newspaper, he invited communities around Stonehaven to become involved.
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14 Oct
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ARBUTHNOTT JOINS THE CLAMOUR FOR LOCAL RADIO
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Arbuthnott Community Council believes the Mearns FM project is a good initiative and is happy to support it.
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7 Oct
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18 MORE COMMUNITY RADIO STATIONS LICENSED
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Ofcom have issued more licences, bringing the total to 48. This Commedia newswire concentrates on the Midlands.
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1 Oct
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BBC PRESSED TO FREE UP FREQUENCIES
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Eccles and Salford MP Ian Stewart has joined the clamour for the BBC to give up underutilised frequencies to community radio.
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30 Sep
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RADIO FREE PORTY
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Edinburgh’s internet radio set up by Portobello Online is TOO popular and they are having to invest in a new server...
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28 Sep
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NEWTONHILL SUPPORTS MEARNS FM
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The Mearns Community Radio Group has received a letter of support from Newtonhill Community Council
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26 Sep
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BBC INTERFERES WITH RADIO BROADCASTS
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Community radio stations are being frustrated as the BBC refuses to release “spare” FM slots.
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23 Sep
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INVERBERVIE WANT TO BE PART OF MEARNS FM
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Inverbervie Community Council has expressed their wish that they are part of the Mearns FM service area. After a presentation by Ian Hunter and Stuart Munn, they expressed their enthusiasm for the project.
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20 Sep
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WE’RE NOT TAKING IT TOO SERIOUSLY
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Presili FM’s refreshing approach to an RSL: Only two presenters, and eco friendly broadcasting. “We're not having the traditional weather forecasts. We've got a local farmer coming in. Instead of talking about fahrenheit and centigrade, he'll be telling us more important things, like: 'It's nice enough to go to Tenby today' “
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19 Sep
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MANCHESTER COMMUNITY RADIO CONFERENCE PLANNED
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The first-ever national conference to focus specifically on community radio will take place in Manchester next month.
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16 Sep
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THERE ISN’T A SITUATION
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Who needs a fictional radio station? Chorley FM Ltd may have the community radio licence, but Peter Kay’s management company has the Chorley FM trademark. And they don’t get on. More laughs promised.
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14 Sep
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CITYVIBE FM TO HIT THE AIRWAYS
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New Carlisle radio station Cityvibe FM have permission to broadcast for 28 days, and then plan to apply for a community radio licence.
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14 Sep
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CAMBRIDGE TURNS ON TO PODCASTING
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The Cambridge Evening News reports on downloading podcast shows, including internet community radio station 209 Radio
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13 Sep
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LATEST LICENSES FOR THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND
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There are now 30 community stationed licensed, the latest being in Chorley, Rochdale, Wythenshawe and inner-city Manchester.
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13 Sep
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SHMU LICENCE APPROVED
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Congratulations to Aberdeen’s Station House Media Unit, which has been granted a five year community radio licence. A real coup. Check on their progress now.
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9 Sep
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CHORLEY FM
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Phoenix Nights’s comedian Peter Kay is having a laugh as the community radio station gets the green light from Ofcom.
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2 Sep
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OFCOM PUBLISHES QUARTERLY UPDATE
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Ofcom reports a fall in commercial radio listener numbers, the consolidation of the commercial sector and the quadrupling of community radio licenses.
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27 Aug
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VOLUNTEERS GET RECOGNITION - SOMETIMES
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James Pettigrew was so impressed with his wife's work that he nominated her for the Volunteers Award. He said "The radio station they ran was called 3TFM. The radio station has been a great project in letting people of all ages work together to promote healthy living. I'm very proud of all that she's achieved."
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26 Aug
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ON THE AIR, OFF THE AIR
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We are advised by Cityvibe FM that their RSL licence is approved, and confusion reigns over who told the News & Star that it wasn’t!!! Happy to make the correction.
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19 Aug
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LONDON CONGOLESE STATION IN FUNDING CRISIS
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Volunteers behind a vital radio service for London's Congolese community have today made an urgent plea for funding help and advice as they fight for survival amidst a cash crisis.
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3 August
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FESTIVAL RADIO RUNNING AGAIN
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The Edinburgh Media Education Festival Radio project is running again. This gives training in interview techniques, recording equipment and audio editing allowing groups to produce their own broadcasts. Downloads are available.
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11 July
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CREATIVE FM ENDS ANOTHER 28 DAY BROADCAST
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Beaumont Street Studios community radio station Creative FM 107.1 marked the end of its 28-day live stint on the airwaves by broadcasting live at the Kirklees mela.
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29 June
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CITY RADIO HARINGEY
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This community station broadcasts on the internet for now, and is training 35 presenters to for NVQs.
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19 June
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TALKING YOUR LANGUAGE
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Scotland on Sunday ran this article on central Scotland Stations Awaz FM, Revival Radio and Sunny Govan Radio
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15 June
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LATEST LICENSING NEWS
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15 new licences have been announced for the West Midlands
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2 June
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GOOD MORNING LLANDUDNO
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This Welsh station is being set up as a charity, which prohibits advertising
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23 May 2005
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MERCIA FM - 25 YEARS
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The station which started as Midland Community Radio has now celebrated 25 years, and is part of GWR
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