Oldhamradio

Community Radio Licence Application Form
Oldham Community Radio
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Please read the Notes of Guidance for Community Radio Licence Applicants before completing this form. For assistance with individual questions, please refer to the relevant sections of the application notes which accompany this form. Please read this document carefully and then answer all the questions as fully and accurately as possible. Please complete this form in English. One typed copy should be sent by e-mail to: communityradio@ofcom.org.uk (if it is not possible to e-mail your application, please send one typed copy to the address below). Applications will be made available for public inspection on Ofcoms website. Details of which parts of an application may be submitted in confidence are included on the first page of the 'Application Notes' which accompany this form. If you wish to submit any information in confidence other than that which is indicated in the Application Notes, as being specifically permissible in such a form, confirmation that this is acceptable must be sought in advance, in writing from Ofcom's Community Radio Licensing Team. If you are completing the form on behalf of some other company, please make this clear in an accompanying letter. You will need to provide evidence of your authority to act on behalf of the applicant. The form should be filled in so as to include information about the applicant, not about you acting on their behalf. Sufficient information must be supplied about the identity, composition and ownership of the applicant and any body which controls the applicant to ensure that the applicant may hold a community radio licence granted under the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as amended) in accordance with the Communications Act 2003 and under the Community Radio Order 2004. Before a licence is granted, further details may be required. In submitting this application you agree that, should a licence be granted, Ofcom may publish contact details for the licensee (specified in section 2.6) of this application form), which may include personal data, on the Ofcom web site and/or in other relevant publications. This application form covers the requirements of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as amended) and the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949. If the application is successful you will be issued with both a Broadcasting Act licence and a Wireless Telegraphy Act licence.
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Community Radio Licensing, Radio Planning & Licensing Team Ofcom Riverside House 2A Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 9HA.
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SECTION ONE.
OPENING STATEMENT.
1.1 Opening Statement. Please provide a short introductory statement summarising the target community, the objectives of the service, and its broadcasting philosophy. (For more information please refer to section 1.1 of the accompanying notes).
Because of the recent past problems of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham the primary aim of Oldham Community Radio has to be to promote community cohesion and deliver social gain to the residents of the area. We believe that this can best be achieved by means of Narrowcasting specific Programme Strands, thus individually targeting the interests and serving the needs of the many diverse communities that constitute the population of the Borough. This approach will enable us to increase knowledge and understanding of, demonstrate respect for, and celebrate the diversity of all of our communities. It also enables us to be fully inclusive and actively involve large numbers of volunteers and existing organisations in the production of programmes.
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SECTION TWO About your organisation and how to contact you. Ofcom needs information about your organisation and needs to be able to contact you. (For more information about the individual questions below, please refer to sections 2.1 to 2.7 of the accompanying notes). 2.1 Proposed Name of Station
2.2
Contact Address
40 Saffron Drive Moorside Oldham
You must include the postcode
OL4 2PU
Is this address: The main address of your organisation? The registered office of your organisation? YES The home address of the main contact? YES Other contact details for your organisation, as applicable: Phone (work) Mobile number E-mail address Website address 2.3
0161 626 4044 07979883594
Phone (home) Fax number
0161 652 6744 0161 626 8778
studio@oldhamcommuntiyradio.com www.oldhamcommuntiyradio.com
Contact Name
David McGealy
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2.4 Company Details: What type of organisation are you? Please tick the appropriate boxes and provide the additional information requested. Company Limited by Guarantee OR Registration Number: Date of Registration or Application: Company Limited by Shares OR Registration Number: Date of Registration or Application:
YES
3340733
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Waiting to be registered
26 March 1997
n/a n/a
2.5 Is your organisation a registered charity in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland? If so, please provide details here. Registered Charity OR Registration Number:
Yes
We are awaiting the introduction of the new heads of charity definitions, that will include a greater range of activities under the definition of charitable.
Date of Registration or Application:
2.6 Public Contact Details. For publication on the Ofcom website and/or in other relevant publications (published either by Ofcom or third parties directed by Ofcom) should a licence be granted. Contact Name
David McGealy
Contact Address
PO Box 444 OLDHAM You must include the postcode OL4 2WY
Other contact details for your organisation, as applicable: Phone number: Fax number: Website address:
0161 626 4004 0161 626 8778
Mobile number: E-mail address:

studio@oldhamcom munityradio.com
www.oldhamcommunityradio.com
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2.7 Supporting Documentation. Ofcom needs to check that your organisation is eligible to operate a Community Radio service. Please tick the appropriate boxes to show which of the following documents you have provided: Certificate of Incorporation Memorandum & Articles of Association
YES YES
(Please make sure you include your organisation's name and postcode on the front page of the constitutional document(s) provided.)
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SECTION THREE Ownership. Please provide the following information in relation to the directors of the applicant group. (For more information about the individual questions below, please refer to sections 3.1 to 3.15 of the accompanying notes). DIRECTORS 3.1 3.2 Name of member or director Contact Address
David McGealy
40 Saffron Drive Moorside OLDHAM
OL4 2PU
Other contact details Phone number Fax number 3.3 Other Employment
0161 652 6744
Mobile number E-mail address
0797 988 3594 david@mcgealy.fsne t.co.uk
Retired Teacher and carer
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Relevant interests
Member of the East Oldham Area Committee Member of the Voluntary, Community & Faith Sector Partnership Member of the Cultural Partnership Member of the Community Cohesion Partnership Member of the Voluntary Sector Forum Member of the Leaders Advisory Group on Equality, Diversity and Cohesion Member of the Peoples and Communities European Panel Member of the OSCA (Oldham Support Group for Carers in Autism) Member of Radio Cavell, Oldhams hospital broadcasting organisation (31 years) Trustee Radio Regen (Note: I am willing to step-down from this if this is an issue)
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Expected Role in Community Radio Station
Managing Director
PLEASE REPEAT QUESTIONS 3.1 3.5 FOR EACH DIRECTOR OF THE APPLICANT GROUP- Oldham Community Broadcasting Ltd
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DIRECTORS 3.1 3.2 Name of member or director Contact Address
Phil Edmonds
19 Woodend Street Coldhurst OLDHAM
OL1 2BZ
0161 665 1349
097946 501101 phil@philedmonds.n et
Technician, Radio Regen. Freelance Broadcast Engineer.
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Relevant interests
Radio Cavell, Oldhams hospital broadcasting organisation.
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Technical Director
PLEASE REPEAT QUESTIONS 3.1 3.5 FOR EACH DIRECTOR OF THE APPLICANT GROUP
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Gerry Dignan
91 Grasmere Road Royton OLDHAM
OL2 6SJ
0161 624 9651
07740565027 wiretronic@hotmail.c om
Managing Director Wiretronic Ltd.
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Relevant interests
Member of Rotary International
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Finance Director
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Ian Wolstenholme
48 Medlock Way Lees OLDHAM
OL4 3LD
0161 628 4645
07789 854863 ianwolstenholme@k eyview.org
Retail Manager Freelance Broadcast Journalist
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Relevant interests
School Governor at Mossley Hollins High School Radio Cavell, Oldhams hospital broadcasting organisation
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Company Secretary
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Kent Wells
13 Bartlett Road Shaw Oldham
OL2 7BS
01706 847197
07710 666 192
Customer Services Manager, Vertex Data Service
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Relevant interests
Radio Cavell, Oldhams hospital broadcasting organisation Consultation Forum at local comprehensive school.
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Human Resources Director
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3.6 Please provide the names and addresses of the members of the company. If the applicant is a company limited by shares, this information should be provided in respect of participants with an interest of more than 5 per cent in the applicant, as well as participants with an interest of more than 5 per cent in any body which controls the applicant.
Oldham Community Broadcasting is a company limited guarantee and in its current form has five Members who are all directors of the company (details listed in 3.1 to 3.5). However when we are awarded a community radio licence we will open up membership of the company to a larger group. This is explained in detail in 6.10. In brief the membership of Oldham Community Broadcasting Ltd will be open to representatives of the voluntary and community groups which make up the membership of Voluntary Action Oldham. Voluntary Action Oldham is the Community Development Agency and the Representative Body for the Voluntary and Community Sector in Oldham (membership currently stands at about 500 organisations. (A copy of this membership list is available on request). Once we have been awarded a community radio licence we will invite organisations to become members of Oldham Community Radio. Membership will remain open. This will ensure we have a large and wide spread membership and that we are accountable to the wider Oldham community. If this causes any difficulties for Ofcom we are willing to make changes to this structure.
Please state whether the applicant or any member about whom information has been provided under question 3.6 above is involved in any of the activities listed below, and give the extent of such interest. For these purposes the applicant includes associates of the applicant (i.e. directors and their associates and other group companies). If any of the following categories do not apply, applicants must still complete this section, clearly indicating that this is the case by writing 'none' in each such section. 3.7 Local Authorities
There are representatives from Local Authorities on our Strategy Group. See Section 4.1 for details. David McGealy, Co-opted community representative to the East Oldham Area Committee. David Jones, sits on our Strategy Group as Leader of Oldham MBC Council. Mike Chambers, sits on our Strategy Group as Deputy Chief Exec of Oldham MBC Council.
3.8 Bodies which are wholly or mainly of a political nature, or which are affiliated to such a body:
The leader of OMBC is a member of the Strategy Group by virtue of their position, rather than their political affiliation. President of Oldham Community Radio - Phil Woollas MP, appointed because of his position and his knowledge of broadcasting.
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3.9
Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a religious nature:
The Oldham Inter-faith forum worker is a co-ordinator of a Specific Interest Group within our Advisory Panel. This is by virtue of their position as a representative of the faith sector, rather an individual religion.
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An individual who is an officer of a body falling within 3.9 above:
Fazal Rahman is the representative on the Advisory Panel from the Oldham Inter-faith forum. Several members of religious organisations are expected to be involved in the operation and production of our religious programmes.
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NONE
An advertising agency or an associate of an advertising agency:
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3.12
Other Broadcasting Act licensees, specifying which licences:
Four directors of Oldham Community Broadcasting Ltd are members of Radio Cavell, Oldhams hospital broadcasting service, which has held a Long Term RSL (LPAM) radio licence since early 1999.
3.13 Affiliations with other bodies not outlined above, (for example related charities or community groups):
Affiliations for the directors of Oldham Community Broadcasting Ltd are listed in 3.4. Our Strategy Group (See Section 4.1) in addition to those already listed includes The Chair of the Local Strategic Partnership, The Chief Executive of the Oldham Primary Care Trust, The Chief Superintendent of the Oldham Division of the Greater Manchester Police, The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and a representatives from the Voluntary Sector and the Black and Minority Ethnic Network.
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Other matters which may influence the application.
Ofcom requires that applicants should, at the time of making this application, notify Ofcom of any matters which might influence Ofcoms judgement as to whether: a) b) any director/manager or the applicant group, or, any individual, or any director of a company, who will have an interest of 10 per cent or more in the applicant group
may not be considered a fit and proper person to participate in a radio licence. Tick here if there are no reasons why Ofcom might consider the applicant not to be a fit and proper person to participate in a radio licence: Tick If you have not ticked the above box, please provide details on a separate sheet, such that this information may be kept confidential by Ofcom. 3.15 Has the applicant made any other application to Ofcom (or its predecessor broadcast regulators the ITC and the Radio Authority) for any licence within the last five years? If so, provide the licence reference number(s) and / or the name(s) of the service(s) for granted licence(s). Tick here if the Answer is No
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If you have not ticked the above box, please provide details of here
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SECTION FOUR Management. Please provide details of those individuals who will be responsible for management and policy-making process. 4.1 Details of board, management committee or equivalent:
Oldham Community Radio Management Structure Diagram
Strategy Group
Board of Directors
Station Staff
Advisory Panel
Specific Interest Groups:
President of Oldham Community Radio, Phil Woollas MP This is an honorary position.
Board of Directors: (full details in Sections 3.1 to 3.5) David McGealy Phil Edmonds Gerry Dignan Ian Wolstenholme Kent Wells Monthly board meetings will be held.
Strategy Group: The board members will form part of the Strategy Group, plus Gail Richards Chair Oldham Local Strategic Partnership, Chief Executive Oldham Primary Care Trust Mike Chambers Deputy Chief Executive, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. Keith Bentley Chief Superintendent, Oldham Division, Greater Manchester Police. Steven Price Chairman, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. David Jones Leader of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council John Battye Vice Chair Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. A Representative from Oldham Black and Minority Ethnic Network. Strategy Group meetings are held quarterly. This group consists of representatives from our key partners in the town, and will be responsible for the strategic direction of the station.
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Advisory Panel: The advisory panel is comprised of a number of Specific Interest Groups, who will feed ideas into the different Programme Strands (see Section 7.1) Co-ordinators of Specific Interest Groups: Robin Henshaw Chief Executive, Groundwork Oldham and Rochdale. Fazal Rahman Oldham Inter-faith forum worker. Veronica Jackson Executive Director, Oldham Social Services. Yvonne Lee Age Concern Oldham. Others to be added as the interest groups develop. The Advisory Panel is open to any interested parties including individuals, including those with a wider general interest in the station. The Advisory Panel meets six monthly for a workshop style session, and will be publicised through the membership of Voluntary Action Oldham, a database of over 500 local community groups.
All the above are unpaid positions.
Station Staff: See Section 4.2 for details of the staff structure.
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4.2 Indication of Staff structure, to include numbers of unpaid, (volunteer) staff positions and number of paid staff (if any):
Station Manager Full Time Paid Position Responsible for coordinating the day to day running of the station under the direction of the Board of Directors and the Strategy Group. Oversees the Scheduling and Programming of the station. Line manages other paid staff. Senior Admin and Finance Full Time Paid Position Responsible for day to day financial management and bookkeeping. Administrator Part Time (18 hours per week) Paid Position Technical Support Part Time (18 hours per week) Paid Position Maintains studio, transmission and computer systems. Facilitates Outside Broadcasts. Community Development Worker Full Time Paid Position Contacts, liaises and works with Community Groups to facilitate them to broadcast. Works with the Station Manager to ensure that relevant community groups and information from these groups is fed into the various Programme Strands. Educational Development Worker Full Time Paid Position Works with Schools and Colleges, Youth Groups and Young Persons Community Groups. Co-ordinates the Schools and Colleges Programme Strand and works with the Station Manager to feed Youth Groups into other Programmes Strands, for instance the Specialist Music and Interest Strand. Volunteer Development Worker Full Time Paid Position Brings in and organises individual volunteers, both broadcasters and non-broadcast volunteers. Ensures that volunteers receive relevant training. Manages the high number of volunteer broadcasters and keeps them informed. Broadcast Training Development Worker Full Time Paid Position Develops and delivers training courses for volunteers and community groups who come to the station. Where larger scale training courses are to be delivered organises extra freelance trainers.
The Station Manager and the four Development Workers would be required, as part of their normal working hours, to work one evening per week to ensure that there is staff cover during these periods. Additionally there will be a number of volunteer Duty Managers (see below.)
Freelance Broadcasters and Trainers We have also budgeted to occasionally bring in additional trainers to deliver some of our broadcast training courses. These courses may be delivered in our premises, or partner organisations. While we aim that all broadcasters are volunteers, when volunteers are unavailable we may occasionally employ freelance broadcasters to cover programmes where a high degree of competence is required (e.g. Discussion Programmes, Oldham Today.)
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Duty Managers (Out of Hours) 8 x Volunteer Position, 4 hour shifts. To oversee the operation of the station out of hours (e.g. weekends, late nights.) Publicity and Marketing Volunteer Position, Part Time Works with the Station Manger to co-ordinate marketing and publicity. Friends of Oldham Community Radio Chair. Volunteer Position, Part Time Co-ordinates the Friends of Oldham Community Radio group. Presenters / Producers Volunteer Positions, Part Time Each Volunteer will be expected to commit to one session between 2 to 4hours per week. Previous experience of volunteer based broadcasting has shown that while keen volunteers would initially be willing to spend large number of hours at the station, burn out rate is high, thus we prefer to limit individual volunteers time to encourage a long term commitment to the station. Number of volunteers involved varies in each of our Programme Strands (see Section 7 for full explanation of the Programme Strands.) Schools and Colleges Strand: 20 Schools and Colleges each with 10-15 volunteers. Each school broadcasting one programme per month. Mainly working in School Premises. Total 200-300 per month. Oldham Wide Strand: 3 programmes per weekday. Each day having a different programme team. Total 30 40 volunteers per week. Over 60s Strand: 3 to 4 per day. Each day having a different programme team. Total 15-20 volunteers per week. Multilingual Strand: 3 to 4 per day. Each day having a different programme team. Total 15-20 volunteers per week. Discussion and Debate Strand: 10 to 15 volunteers per week. Specialist Music and Interest Strand: Up to 46 broadcast hours per week of programmes of 1 to 2 hours duration. Teams of 1 to 3 people per programme. Total 20 to 50 volunteers per week. Sport Strand: 15 to 20 volunteers per week. Non Broadcast Volunteers Part Time, Voluntary work experience Positions. At any one time we would have up to 4 volunteer staff who would work for a short period of time in support roles. For instance receptionist, admin and assistance to full time staff.
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SECTION FIVE Community to be served The Community Radio Order 2004 defines a community as (a) the persons who live or work or undergo education or training in a particular area or locality, or, (b) persons who (whether or not they fall within paragraph (a)) have one or more interests or characteristics in common. (For more information about the individual questions below, please refer to sections 5.1 to 5.3 of the accompanying notes). 5.1 Description of the Target Community (or Target Communities).
As explained in Section 6 due to Oldhams recent history of riots in 2001and the reasons behind these there is an over riding need to build community cohesion in the town. Stories of unfair treatment and favouritism to sections of the population were numerous and although inaccurate, caused friction leading up to the riots. Government initiatives that tied funding to specific areas exacerbated this perception and since 2001 Oldham has taken a much more holistic approach to regeneration and community initiatives. While acknowledging local differences and varying levels of disadvantage and addressing these, a wider view is taken and initiatives are more coordinated than in the past. Thus if the community radio were to concentrate on any one section of the towns population this would prove to be divisive and would be contrary to local policy. Consequently Oldham Community Radio will not target any single disadvantaged community it will instead target, at specific times all of the many disadvantaged communities which make up the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. Through targeted programming strands (narrowcasting) we will serve the various communities which make up Oldham, be they of age, ethnicity, interest or geographical. Specifically we will target:School children and students, Young people (16 25), The over 60s, Black and Minority Ethnic communities (Pakistani, Kashmiri, Bangladeshi, Indian, Black and Afro-Caribbean), Enthusiasts of various musical (e.g. Brass Bands, Orchestral etc.) and specialist interest groups (e.g. Local sport, Drama etc.) Additionally at times we will target an Oldham Wide audience. For further details of our proposed Programme Strands see Section 7.
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5.2
Community Demographics.
Oldham Metropolitan Borough is on the edge of the Pennines on the eastern side of the Greater Manchester conurbation. It was formed by the amalgamation of seven small former mill towns. The total population of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is 217,273 of which 167,281 are aged 16 and above. It is estimated that 90% of the population live within a 5km radius of our proposed transmitter site. Therefore the adult population within our broadcast area is 150,000. Age: 0-15 years = 16-24 = 25-59 = over 60 = Ethnicity: White: Mixed: Indian: Pakistani: Bangladeshi: Black: Other:
45,500 21,000 92,500 36,500
85% 1% 1% 7% (Of which around one third consider themselves Kashmiri) 5% 0.5% 0.5%
The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a deprived area, as the information below highlights. The Indices of Deprivation 2004 uses a new geographical base - Super Output Areas (SOAs - which are derived from the Output Areas used in the 2001 Census. Output areas are the smallest areas (containing roughly 200 households) for which Census statistics are published. There are 32,482 SOAs in England; Oldham has 144. Percentage of Super Output Areas in Oldham ranked nationally in the most deprived 1%, 5%, 10% and 20% on different measures Domain Percentage of SOAs in Oldham (144=100%) ranked nationally in the most deprived: 1% Index of Multiple Deprivation 2004 Income Employment Health and disability Education, skills and training Crime Living environment Income deprivation affecting children Income deprivation affecting older people 0.7 2.1 0.7 0.7 2.8 3.5 0 0.7 2.8 5% 13.2 12.5 9.7 12.5 13.9 13.2 2.8 8.3 11.1 10% 23.6 19.4 20.8 28.5 26.4 27.8 11.8 13.2 17.4 20% 43.1 34.0 38.9 44.4 46.5 45.8 25.7 27.8 30.6
Source: ODPM, Indices of Deprivation 2004.
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On the overall measure of deprivation 43% of the 144 SOAs in Oldham are in the 20% of most deprived in England. 24% are in the most deprived 10% nationally. One SOA, is in the 1% of most deprived nationally. A total of 13% are in the most deprived 5% of SOAs nationally. As compared with the country as a whole, Oldham therefore has disproportionate numbers of deprived neighbourhoods. The Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index is a measure of child poverty. 28% of all SOAs in Oldham are in the 20% most deprived. One SOA is in the most deprived 1% of nationally. Income deprivation among older people is even more prevalent in Oldham. 30% of all SOAs in Oldham are in the 20% of most deprived nationally. Four SOAs in Oldham are in the 1% of most deprived nationally. These high figures reflect the historical prevalence of low wages in Oldham, and the consequently small occupational pensions many local people receive on retirement.
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5.3
Evidence of Local Demand and Support:
Since 1994 we have broadcast a series of 9 RSL broadcasts each developing the narrowcasting format (see Section 6) These have been well received amongst the target audience. Thus we reach the stage where we feel this format to be sustainable and meets the need of the town of Oldham. We have received formal support for Oldham Community Radio from Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, The Oldham Partnership (Local Strategic Partnership), The Six Area Committees of Oldham, The Oldham Primary Care Trust, The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Greater Manchester Police (Oldham Division), Oldham Social Services, The Cultural Partnership, The Community Cohesion Partnership, The Voluntary Community and Faith Partnership, The Local Learning Partnership, The Health and Social Care Partnership, The Oldham Environment Partnership, The Crime and Disorder Partnership, The Community Cohesion Agency, Age Concern, Oldham Sixth Form College, The Oldham College, Oldham Schools, Oldham Rugby League Football Club, Oldham Athletic Football Club, The Crompton and Royton Rotary Club, Oldham Community Voluntary Youth Service and many community groups. An illustrative example of this support can be taken from Oldham Councils letter of support, as members believed that such provision would be of significant advantage to the Borough in view of its recent past problems. Members commented in particular upon the opportunity through the proposed schedule of programmes to promote one of our core missions that of community cohesion. Further to this a number of the Area Committees are including contributions from Oldham Community Radio into their Area Plans where they can see the broadcast assisting their objectives. Several of these Organisations are represented in our Strategy Group and Advisory Panel (see Section 4.1) and will thus continue to support and guide the station. Our last RSL in February to March 2004 provided us with further evidence of local support. We received several hundred phone calls, text messages and e-mails during the broadcast. The community grapevine also brought some very positive feedback from listeners and featured organisations. During the RSL over 50 students broadcast and expressed the desire to continue after the broadcast ended. The schools and colleges involved stated they would wish to continue the involvement with Oldham Community Radio on a long term basis. One school indicated that they would try to introduce Media Studies into its Sixth Form curriculum as soon as possible, Similar expressions of support and encouragement came from each of the Programme Strands. Over the last six months we made 15 formal presentations to various groups and organisations explaining our plans for a long term community radio licence. They were all very supportive of our plans and could see how the station could help them in their activities.
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SECTION SIX Social Gain, Accountability and Access to Station. Every applicant for a community radio service must demonstrate that the proposed service would be provided primarily for the good of members of the public, or of the target community, and in order to deliver social gain. Applicants must provide evidence that their proposed service would result in the delivery of significant social gain to the public, or the target community. In addition, when deciding whether or to whom to award a community radio licence, one of the criteria to which Ofcom must have regard is the extent to which the proposed service would result in the delivery of social gain to the target community. The Community Radio Order lists four mandatory social gain objectives and a further (non-exhaustive) list of seven other social gain objectives that may be applicable. Please use the first three questions in this section (boxes 6.1 to 6.3) to answer general questions about how the applicant proposes to serve its target community. Explain (in boxes 6.4 to 6.7 below) how you propose to meet the four mandatory social gain objectives and explain (in box 6.8 below) what additional social gain objectives (if any) you intend to include as social gain objectives for your proposed service. For each of the objectives, please specify the nature of the targets involved and outline how you expect these to be achieved. In addition to social gain objectives, when considering applications, Ofcom is required to have regard to various underlying characteristics which define community radio services, some of which are relevant to this section of the application form, (boxes 6.9 and 6.10 below). In addition to the social gain objective concerning training for members of the target community or the wider public (box 6.6), the Community Radio order 2004 contains a further, slightly different, reference to training as a selection criterion. Ofcom is required to have regard to provision of training in the use of station facilities by members of the target community. Finally, this section of the application form also gives applicants the opportunity to detail other forms of community involvement (boxes 6.12 to 6.14). (For more information about the individual questions below, please refer to sections 6.1 to 6.14 of the accompanying notes).
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6.1 Addressing Community Needs. Please give a general overview of how you propose to ensure that your service will address community needs. In particular, the extent to which the service would cater for the tastes and interests of the target community, and broaden the range of programmes available by way of local services in the area to the target community.
Before one can start to indicate how Oldham Community Radio can address the community needs of the residents of Oldham one has to be clear about the significance that the riots of 2001 has had for the town and its people. These riots did not just happen the social conditions that caused this breakdown had been created over many years and it is accepted that finding and implementing solutions to overcome these social conditions will also take many years. The Ritchie, Cantle and Denham Reports highlighted many serious issues which are starting to be addressed but this will take time. Oldham has to think long-term, there are no quick fix solutions to solve all the problems. Central to this is community cohesion. The Oldham Partnership (the Boroughs Local Strategic Partnership) and Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council have produced a long term community cohesion strategy entitled Forward Together which will be implemented over the next twenty years. All activities are required to consider what impact they have, or will have, upon community cohesion. The Boroughs approach is to seek to address the opportunities and challenges that arise from ethnic diversity, intergenerational relationships and different economic, geographical and self-selected community identities (see 6.7). Integration can be encouraged through many different means, including: education, housing, retail or leisure activities. To this list we should now add Oldham Community Radio. We are delighted that Oldham MBC in supporting our application for a community radio licence stated that their Members believed that such provision would be of significant advantage to the Borough in view of its recent past problems. Members commented in particular upon the opportunity through the proposed schedule of programmes to promote one of our core missions that of community cohesion. We intend to achieve this by narrowcasting (see Section 7.1) involving members of the many varied communities of Oldham. This will make our programmes very different because members of the target groups (various communities) will produce and present the programmes for their specific community. We have chosen to narrowcast because we feel that seeking to be all things to all people would be inappropriate and ineffective in this area. Some of our target communities are either not served or are underserved by existing broadcasters (see Section 7.2) We believe that our approach can widen choice, encourage involvement in the stations broadcasting and create opportunities for volunteering from all communities. We can assist community cohesion, improve understanding of various communities, demonstrate a sharing of resources (the air waves) and give a clear and easily accessible demonstration of the diversity of the borough.
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6.2

Targets and Milestones

Pre-launch. Appointment of staff. First meeting of Advisory Panel. Workshop to formulate ideas and inform of planned development. Review plans in the light of Advisory Panel meeting. Having appointed staff we will commence the build up to our first year of broadcasting. This is planned to take three months. After this introductory three months we propose to start broadcasting (low key) starting with just one or two programme strands and some specialist music programmes. During the next three months we will grow the station introducing new programme strands as volunteer broadcasters complete their training. Our aim will be that after these six months (3 months off-air, 3 months on-air low-key) we will be in a position to fully launch Oldham Community Radio in a blaze of publicity. By this time we will have worked with (all numbers are approximate): Broadcast Volunteers o 130 200 schools children and college students o 15 20 volunteers for Oldham Wide Strand o 15 20 volunteers over 60s o 15 20 volunteers for Multi-lingual strand o 6 12 volunteers for Discussion and Debate strand o 35 40 volunteers for Specialist Music and Interest Strand o 10 20 young people included in above. o 10 15 volunteers for Sports Strand None Broadcast Volunteers o 12 voluntary Support Workers Six months. Advisory Panel meeting. Station Launch and start of our first year of broadcasting One month into first full year. Review of programmes since Launch. o Continued expansion of Volunteer Base o Creation of Outside Broadcast Team of volunteers. Three months into first full year o School Work placements (6) o Training for NLDC (2 x 6 people) o Development of OBs o Continued expansion of Volunteer Base Six months into first full year. o Advisory Panel meeting. o Programme Review at 6 months (Advisory Groups) o First Focus Week of programmes. Bi-monthly thereafter. o Wider consultation with target communities. o Continued expansion of Volunteer Base. Nine months into first full year. o Investigation of Childrens Programmes Strand. If agreed, begin to develop further. o Review of Outside Broadcast strategies. o Continued expansion of Volunteer Base First full year. o Annual Review of Programmes. o Advisory Panel meeting. o Review Volunteer numbers and progression Broadcast Volunteers o 200 300 schools children and college students o 30 40 volunteers for Oldham Wide Strand o 15 20 volunteers over 60s o 15 20 volunteers for Multi-lingual strand o 10 15 volunteers for Discussion and Debate strand
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35 50 volunteers for Specialist Music and Interest Strand 15 25 young people included in above. 15 20 volunteers for Sports Strand None Broadcast Volunteers 20 voluntary Support Workers
6.3
Numbers Involved
For details of numbers and timescales involved see above 6.2. There are two distinct groups of volunteers involved with the station: o Those expecting to stay with the station long term (greater than six months) o Those using the volunteering experience to move on (less than two months) Most of our volunteers are expected to be in the first group and these numbers will increase over the first six months. After this there will be a less rapid increase followed by a period of time when replacement volunteers will be needed to continue the programme schedule. It should be remembered that we will work in partnership with other organisations thereby involving their workers and giving them ownership of their contribution to the project. We anticipate that three months after the Launch of broadcasting that we will be in a position to apply ourselves to the development of the none broadcast volunteers.
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6.4 (Mandatory social gain objective) Explain how you have identified your target audience(s) (defined in Section 4) as including individuals "who are otherwise underserved" and explain what appropriate radio programming you intend to provide.
Because of Oldhams recent history it is necessary to use the station to assist in the achievement of community cohesion within the town. By narrowcasting to the various underserved communities of the town we will reach all the diverse communities, seeking to increase understanding and tolerance. We will ensure that there is the involvement of the various individual communities in the presentation and production of the programmes. We will appeal to the specific interests of these communities, keep it very local and if individual listeners choose to change stations because a particular programme strand does not appeal to them, encourage them to return when their regular special interest programme strand is featured. This is significantly different to the approach taken by existing radio services in the area who seek to maximise their audience by adopting a broadcasting format that seeks to retain listeners for as long as possible. In particular the over 60s, under 15s and ethnic minorities (Afro Caribbean, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Kashmiri and Indian) are underserved by existing services. Programme strands aimed at these groups will form 50% of our weekday broadcasting. As Asian Sound Radio covers all of East Lancashire it can not focus too closely on one small geographic area (Oldham), even less on specific communities within that area. This we will do. As stated in (section 7) we will have an exclusively Oldham focus to the broadcast, all existing services have a much wider editorial area, and therefore the local perspective is often overlooked as a more regional or Greater Manchester view is offered. This can be clearly demonstrated with regards to sport. Our professional sports teams, Oldham Athletic and Oldham Rugby League are so far down the pecking order of other broadcasters who feature sport in their output as to be almost none existent. Amateur sport fares even worse. As all other broadcasters have a wider remit this editorial decision covers all aspects of their broadcasting. As our premises are disabled accessible we will encourage individuals with disabilities and groups addressing their needs, to become involved with our broadcasts. The achievement and monitoring of this objective including individuals who are otherwise underserved will form a specific part of our evaluation process. (see section 6.2). As we will be receiving income from Neighbourhood Renewal Funds and the inclusion of disadvantaged groups and individuals need to be reported on we have to monitor this objective closely and will be reporting on our achievements with special reference to Government floor targets and local priorities.
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6.5 (Mandatory social gain objective) Explain how your proposed service will "facilitate discussion and the expression of opinion".
We believe the facilitation of discussion and expression of opinion on community radio to be so important that we have created a specific programme strand (Discussion & Debate) to ensure this has a high profile. However, we do not limit the achievement of this objective solely to this strand we will seek to include it in all other appropriate programmes. For further details on programmes within the Discussion and Debate Strand see Section 7. In broad terms this strand will include a twice weekly formal studio based programmes with an in depth discussion on a specific topic (e.g. windfarms, pilgrimages, Housing Market Renewal, etc) with experts offering a point of view. It will include Any Questions type of outside broadcasts either broadcast live or pre-recorded. These may be of a general nature or may be on a specific topic. They could be used as part of a consultation exercise carried out with regards to specific initiative (e.g. neighbourhood renewal in Hathershaw). They could be a football or rugby league fans forum, etc. It will include the broadcasting of Council or Area Committee Meetings either live, as-live or in edited format. We have indicated our willingness to working with the council and area committees to pilot alternative forms of consultation and involvement. This strand may include a number of pre-recorded Talks on specific topics or individuals. During live programmes, where appropriate, we will encourage contributions from the radio audience via telephone, text, E-mail, and fax. As part of our programming outside the Discussion and Debate Strand we expect all programmes, where appropriate, to feature the facilitation of discussion and expression of opinion. This is particularly the case during our daytime programmes and we expect a high speech content within these programmes (see Section 7) These will include programme features such as a phone-in on a specific topic and in depth interviews. As part of our six monthly Programme Review (see 6.2) we will evaluate the effectiveness of each of these approaches.
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6.6 (Mandatory social gain objective) Explain how you propose to provide education and / or training to individuals not employed by your organisation.
We have already given introductory broadcast training to 50 individual volunteers in the lead up to our last RSL. Many of these will receive a refresher course. As we will be enabling voluntary and community groups to broadcasts we will be piloting this and providing a structured training course to two representatives from 18 community groups between January and March 2005. As this involves the groups writing, producing and recording their own infomercials we believe it to be a useful; first step. We have received NRF funding to do this as capacity building within the Voluntary & Community sector. This will enable us to trial and evaluate this aspect of our training. We anticipate that by the end of our first year of broadcasting 20 schools and colleges will be taking part on a regular basis (once a month). Each school will involve about 10 to 15 students (200 to 300 per year. Our Educational Development Worker will work in partnership with school staff to deliver an agreed training programme at our studio premises and in the schools. Evaluation will be ongoing. Provide in-house training to individual community radio volunteer staff at the station at least 50 in the first year. If additional training is sought by these individuals we will signpost them to appropriate providers (basic skills or additional broadcast training at a higher standard than we can currently offer) such as The Oldham College or Radio Regen in Manchester. We have been in discussions with the Learning and Skills Council and we will work with them to develop an accredited training course. They are keen to work with us on this and will assist us to make this move into formal, accredited training. The timing of this will depend upon the date in the academic and financial year we start broadcasting. There is the possibility that if the timing is wrong we will have to delay this development until year two. As our premises are accessible to the disabled we intend to ensure we have a number of disabled volunteers (an uncertain number but perhaps 8 would be a good target for us to achieve in our first year). A number of our volunteer broadcasters have argued that their programmes are educational in their own right especially the discussion and debate programmes. Towards the end of our first year of broadcasting we will be examining the possibility of adding a Programme Strand that targets pre-school children and their mothers. One of the targets that this strand will try to achieve will be around educating young mothers.
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6.7 (Mandatory social gain objective) How do you propose to build a better understanding of your target community and strengthen links within it?
The Ritchie Report into the riots of 2001 highlighted that Oldham had a population part of which lived in self-selected, segregated communities living almost parallel lives with little desire to, and few opportunities for interaction. This had to be addressed. As mentioned earlier one of the key documents outlining the future for Oldham Metropolitan Borough over the next several years is entitled Forward Together Building Confident Communities. It is a commitment to create a future where people from different backgrounds live, work, play and learn together with shared understanding and respect. Oldham Community Radio has committed itself to this shared view of the Borough. It is to support the increased knowledge of and respect for, this diversity that Oldham Community Radio will narrowcast (see Section 7.1) in programme strands to the many different communities that make up the boroughs population. As the various communities targeted are at times, of interest, at other times are communities of age, at other times various ethnic communities and on occasions are geographical, or neighbourhood, communities the station will send out the clear statement that we are about sharing the resource, listening to and learning about each others interests, and showing respect and understanding to each other. At the same time we intend to help build a feeling of belonging and a sense of identity. In May 2004 a 20 year visioning document Oldham Beyond was published in this it states, Interaction between communities will not happen unless there is Common Ground, not owned by any community public realm, where people can meet, interact and get on with each other. We believe that this describes what a community radio should strive to be. We will strengthen links between our communities by promoting community events and offering support for events within each community. These events may be broadcast or none broadcast. We have already done some of this in our support of, and inclusion in, the organising of the Oldham Festival of Diversity and Family Festival. The use of Outside Broadcasts we have always found to be an excellent vehicle for bringing an event to a wider audience thereby building better understanding and strengthening links as they are broadcasts from one community that all communities can access. OBs have the ability to build an audience as if the broadcast is live those unable to attend will listen and if it is pre-recorded those who were present will often listen again, out of curiosity. We anticipate a minimum of thirty outside broadcasts will be made during our first year. Our weekday drivetime programme the Oldham Review (see section 7) will showcase and rebroadcast interviews and events extracted from across the programme strands of the previous twenty-four hours. It will look ahead to promote forthcoming events and programmes from all programme strands thereby increasing awareness and understanding across all communities. Because Oldham Community Radio is an inclusive organisation and welcomes individuals and groups from all the towns various communities we anticipate that the station will become an example of good practice in community relations. Oldham Community Radio has established a Management Structure (see Section 4.1) with a broad community base and all communities can contribute to. This will ensure that it remains responsive and accountable to the needs and aspirations of those communities. We will review this on an annual basis. On an individual basis we will encourage station management, staff and volunteers to become integral members of the Community Network, the Area Committees, the Community Partnerships and other community organisations.
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6.8 (Additional social gain objectives) Please include here details of any other ways in which your station intends to deliver social gain.
It is through additional social gains that Oldham Community Radio can be of huge benefit to the population of the borough. With regards to the delivery of services provided by local authorities and other services of a social nature and the increasing and wider dissemination, of knowledge about those services and local amenities we are committed to achieving this by a number of methods:1. We will work with the local authority and other providers of services of a social nature and assist them in producing and presenting regular one hour programmes where they set the agenda, arrange the guests and present the programme. We did this in our last RSL where the following organisations, OMBC Social Services, the Oldham Primary Care Trust, the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and the Oldham Division of Greater Manchester Police each presented a weekly programme. Other large local community groups had similar less regular opportunities. We will look to expanding the range of providers of services featured in this strand e.g. Cultural and leisure services, Age Concern, Voluntary Action Oldham, etc. We will broadcast free to air infomercials promoting and raising awareness of services and amenities organised by the above organisations and others. Some of these will feature in all programmes, others will be targeted at the appropriate narrowcast audience (e.g. over 60s cold weather payments, young people availability of contraception advice, etc). Interviews of a more general nature will be used for awareness raising and signposting and will feature in the Oldham wide strand of broadcasting.
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In Culture at the Heart of Regeneration the DCMS stated in June 2004, Participation in cultural activities delivers a sense of belonging , trust and civic engagement, bringing farreaching benefits including improvement in education, and health, and reduction of crime and anti-social behaviour. Oldham Community Radio will ensure that many individuals become involved in the cultural activity of broadcasting and its related activities. With regards to the promotion of regeneration Oldham is a pilot area for Housing Market Renewal a fifteen year programme (28m over the next two years). It is often stated that HMR is not just about bricks and mortar but is about rebuilding confident communities and neighbourhoods. We will assist in this by working with the HMR neighbourhood teams to help create avenues for discussion leading to local involvement, ownership and pride in local achievements. Over the next three to four years as part of the regeneration of Oldham town centre it is proposed to create a Cultural and Creative Industries quarter. Oldham Community Radio has, funds permitting, agreed to relocate into this area. As part of the relocation a small ITC Learning Centre will be incorporated into the station premises, thus further opening up access to the station and enhancing our training facilities. The move would also bring us closer to the central Lifelong Learning Centre currently under construction and this would bring about additional opportunities. With regards to the promotion of employment we see this as a vital part of our remit as unemployment is identified as a significant indicator of social exclusion. Partnership work with the local Job Centre, and other agencies, highlighting employment opportunities, formal and informal training courses and initiatives will be part of our broadcasting. By highlighting and showcasing local social enterprises (Credit Unions, Recycling Projects, Community Accountancy Services, etc) and new start-up businesses we will encourage local economic development. We will offer a number of quality work placements to schools and colleges. We will also encourage the schools and colleges broadcasting on the station to feature some of their students experiences. This additional publicity will hopefully increase the number and range of work placements available. We will also offer volunteering opportunities to students on
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relevant specialist courses (media, broadcasting and journalism, etc) at Oldham College and Oldham Sixth Form College. We will extend this opportunity to University College Oldham as this particular project develops and offers appropriate courses. As stated earlier community cohesion is the key issue for Oldham, thus we must promote and actively work towards addressing issues of social exclusion, as it is impossible to have a cohesive community if some groups are excluded. Even if that exclusion is by choice! Compulsory integration is not an option. Opportunities must be created for all sections of the population to be included when they wish to be. We have worked with, and will continue to work with, organisations seeking to involve those at the margins. Our work with Home Office funded Youth Inclusion Projects have been acclaimed as being innovative and notably successful. The promotion of the cultural diversity of Oldham is another key issue. The task of understanding and explaining why our differences are important to us as individuals and communities is vital in developing a cohesive community. Awareness-raising, explaining, informing and dispelling the myths are crucial. We have worked with, and will continue to work with, established groups, organisations and individuals to promote cultural and linguistic awareness in the wider population. By narrowcasting we involve different audiences who while listening to their programmes will hear about other programme strands and events. They will almost certainly inadvertently hear alternative programme strands and our experiences has shown that listeners are more willing to sample other programme strands far more than they would access other radio stations. Feedback has also indicated that listeners doing this have often been impressed by what they hear. By placing linguistic diversity in our core daytime programming we are clearly indicating the shared nature of the station. As we seek to make the individual programmes within this particular programme strand bilingual we hope to include a wider audience than just those who can speak the none English language. By being bilingual it will assist anyone with a limited fluency in the English language to become more familiar from within the secure environment of their own homes. We will encourage increased levels of civic participation by extending the opportunities there are for discussing local issues. We plan to feature as part of our broadcasts the local council meetings (or edited versions) and will work with the six Area Committees and two Parish Councils to facilitate a wider involvement. This may be by phone-ins, Question Time events, interviews, advertising when and where these are happening and what is to be discussed, etc. We will broadcast from the local election Count and broadcast the results live. We will also do the same for the local constituencies during a national election. We are experienced in this type of broadcast. We will encourage electors to use their vote in all elections. We will work with community, voluntary and faith based organisations to promote their none religious activities and encourage participation in the activities and events organised by these groups. We will give these groups the opportunity to seek volunteers to either take part in, or be part of those activities. We will promote the message that volunteering is beneficial to both sides and as such encourage it.
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6.9 (Community Radio characteristic) How do you propose to provide members of your community with "opportunities to participate in the operation and management of the service"?
The aim of Oldham Community Radio is that all broadcasters will be volunteers (see Section 4.2). Thus we will need a huge number of volunteers to run the station (between 300 and 500 for a full programme schedule). Please note we anticipate that about 200 or more of these volunteers will access the station via their schools. We have experience of running a radio station based on volunteers as a number of our management team have been involved with the local hospital radio service for many years. Others will access us from community or voluntary groups who are involved with the broadcasts. Some will approach the station as individuals wishing to join. These we will seek to accommodate as part of our recruitment and training programme either on the broadcasting side or as station volunteers. We will be reporting to our funders and our Strategy Group the number and composition of our volunteers and would expect to be questioned if any section of our communities were failing to be involved or were being over represented. With regards to providing opportunities for our target communities to participate in the management of the station. Anyone representing a member organisation of Voluntary Action Oldham can stand for election to our Board of Directors. Or as an individual they can become part of our Advisory Panel which has an open access membership policy. The role of the Advisory Panel is to Influence development via Advisory Panel Workshop every six months. This is also achieved via an Advisory Panels Specific Interest Groups (Youth Broadcasting, Over 60s Broadcasting, Schools Broadcasting, Minority Ethnic Broadcasting, Sports Broadcasting, Specialist Music Broadcasting, Special Interest Broadcasting, Outside Broadcasts, etc).
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6.10 (Community Radio characteristic) How do you propose to ensure that the intended community radio service "is accountable to the community it is intended to serve"?
In a strict legal sense the Board of Directors of Oldham Community Radio are the responsible body for the organisation. However, as illustrated in Section 4.1 others are included in the Management Structure at either Strategy Group level or Advisory Group level thus ensuring that the station is rooted in and responsive to the various communities that make up Oldham. Members of the Board of Directors are elected for a three year period by the membership of Oldham Community Radio. The membership of Oldham Community Radio has been defined as being open to representatives of the voluntary and community groups which make up the membership of Voluntary Action Oldham. Voluntary Action Oldham is the Community Development Agency and the Representative Body for the Voluntary and Community Sector in Oldham, membership currently stands at about 500 organisations. (A copy of this membership list is available on request). Once we have been awarded a community radio licence we will invite organisations to sign-up. This will ensure that the Board of Directors of Oldham Community Radio is accountable to the wider Oldham community. The Board will meet monthly. Most members of the Strategy Group are key decision makers in the Borough with responsibility for providing statutory services. As such their input and guidance are essential to ensure that the community radio service fulfils its wider community cohesion remit. It would be unrealistic to expect them all to become directors of the company and some would be precluded from this by the nature of their position. Thus they are included in an advisory capacity to concentrate on the strategic aspects of the community radio. Membership and size of the Strategy Group is decided by the Strategy Group. At this stage of our development the Strategy Group has requested that it remain a relatively small tightly focused group. This will be reviewed on an annual basis and may change on the granting of a community radio licence. This group meets quarterly. To assist in guiding and informing the station we also have an Advisory Panel, which also includes Specific Interest Groups to focus on individual programme strands. This has an open access policy for membership and encourages a wide range of attendance at its workshops. These are expected to take place every six months. We have witnessed the advantages to be gained from a prominently placed public suggestion box and would wish to incorporate this into Oldham Community Radio system. In this system all contributions are publicly displayed and have to be responded to with the reply also displayed. This ensures all comments are treated with respect and explanations given. It is also proposed that once we are up and running that a Friends of Oldham Community Radio will be formed. This will be a support group for the station and will publish newsletters and encourage involvement with the stations activities.
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6.11 (Statutory selection criterion) What provision do you intend to make to allow for access by members of the target community to the facilities to be used for the provision of the service, and for their training in the use of such facilities?
Within our employed staff structure there are four relevant post-holders who will ensure that members of our target communities have access to and training in the use of our facilities (see Section 4.2). These are our Volunteer Development Worker, the Broadcast Training Development Worker, the Community Development Worker and the Educational Development worker (young people only). We have developed a small scale training facility (for groups of 8) and a range of broadcast training courses will be delivered in house. Additionally will offer short taster sessions (at least 6 in our first year) for groups and individuals. Several of our Directors have experience of training volunteer broadcasters from their many years of organising this for hospital radio. We will also work with Oldham Sixth Form College, The Oldham College and various schools to train and enable them to access the facilities and broadcasting. As an additional project we will be seeking funds to enable each school to acquire a basic recording and editing facility for use in school. Our experience from RSLs with this group indicates that many of these will wish to become more involved with the station outside of their programme strand. We will have to ensure we have a clear station policy in place that takes account of all aspects of this, in particular with regards to child protection legislation and CRB checks. We will offer 40 children (two groups) on Excellence in the Cities courses the opportunity to use computers and sound editing programmes (at the venue they attend as for EiC) and to produce a simple programme package for possible later broadcast. We will investigate with those services providing youth facilities in mobile venues (specially converted double-decker buses) about broadcasting music created as part of their activities. We will investigate the possibility of out-reach work into some community centres, and other venues that will enable us to include the hard to reach groups e.g. Asian woman, Youth Inclusion Projects, etc. We have recently been approached by Skillsbase a newly formed, local, not for profit theatre and media company that has just received a grant from the NW Arts Council to provide theatre and media training. We would expect to enable some of their students to broadcast via Oldham Community Radio. We will encourage individuals who have recently broadcast on the local Ramadan station to become involved in our none religious broadcasts. We will offer the availability of a Producer/Technical Operator for any group or organisation presenting a programme who feels they would prefer this option.
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6.12
Other (Broadcast) Community Radio Objectives
One of our strengths is our use of free to air Infomercials that explain and promote other not for profit organisations, groups, activities and events. We will support and train these groups to write, produce and present these. This will involve these groups with the station. During our first year of broadcasting we intend to broadcast four Focus Weeks. These will take a specific topic, e.g. mental health, and the theme will run throughout all programme strands. Some programmes will feature contributions in more depth than others. For example our discussion programmes may concentrate on the impact this has on family life, or an individuals life story, etc. At the other extreme specialist music programmes may contribute by featuring artistes who have experienced the condition. It is expected that these Focus Weeks will link to events and activities organised by other organisations away from the broadcasting thus maximising the impact locally. We intend to showcase the activities of community and voluntary organisations including minorities and the disabled. We aim to strengthen community cohesion by bringing the little known stories to the attention of the wider public, e.g. asylum seekers stories etc. We will broadcast the local Talking Newspaper. We have a great belief in the advantages to be gained by the use of Outside Broadcasts from events happening in the community (the launch of new groups, initiatives, etc). To this end we will provide training and technical support to volunteers to develop the necessary skills to establish an OB team. We already have a small OB unit that includes a POTS Tieline codec facility and an FM link. Towards the end of the first year of broadcasting we will investigate with others the possibility of developing a Young Childrens Strand of programmes. These will target pre-school children and their mothers. Through the Advisory Panel and the Strategy Group we would expect to identify new areas for broadcast activity and will grow the station.
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6.13
Other (Non-Broadcast) Community Activities
As a member of Oldham Community Radio one of our directors sits on the Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector Partnership, the Cultural Partnership, and the Community Cohesion Partnership, the Leaders Advisory Group (OMBC), the European Panel. We support Oldhams annual Festival of Diversity and have organised and assisted at events. One of our Directors is part of the organising committee. We provide public address for several community events e.g. Play Action Day, Families First, etc. This we expect to continue. We intend to develop our Website and include in it links to partners that we are working with and ot her Oldham based organisations sites. We intend to incorporate a small open access ITC Learning Centre focusing on media as part of our facilities when we relocate into Oldhams proposed Cultural Quarter. We intend to develop a Friends of Oldham Community Radio group. This will produce a quarterly Newsletter and seek to involve our listeners in station activities. It will also examine fundraising opportunities.
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Other Information
Four directors are members of Radio Cavell, Oldhams hospital radio and have served for thirty-one years, fifteen years (x 2) and ten years. As such they have extensive experience of volunteer broadcasting. Radio Cavell was UK Hospital Station of the year in 2000 and has featured in the top ten stations many times. Although the two organisations co-operate they are totally separate organisations. One of directors is a co-opted member of the East Oldham Area Committee. One of our directors is a past President of, and a longstanding member of Rotary International. One of our directors is a community governor at a large comprehensive school.
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SECTION SEVEN Programming.

(For more information about the individual questions below, please refer to sections 7.1 to 7.10 of the accompanying notes). 7.1 Programme Service
Due to Oldhams recent history of riots in and the subsequent reports into the causes of these one of Oldhams main targets is building a cohesive community where diversity is seen as a strength. Understanding and valuing this diversity is an essential objective for the towns future. A community radio station for Oldham must support this prime objective. Oldham community radio will do this by including all sections/communities in the town within our programme schedule. We believe that to broadcast a general mix of programme content would not draw enough listeners from each of the various communities to enable the station to fulfil its aims. We believe, and our experience in nine RSLs over ten years has shown, that by narrowcasting, or niche broadcasting, with individual communities targeted in programme strands in regular time slots we can build a series of diverse audiences.
Oldham Community Radio Programme Strands illustrative diagram

MON 12AM TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
OVERNIGHT REPEATS
of Afternoon Programmes
7AM
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES STRAND

9AM
SPECIALIST MUSIC AND INTEREST STRAND
OLDHAM WIDE STRAND

1PM
OVER 60S STRAND

3PM
MULTILINGUAL STRAND
5PM
SPORT STRAND
OLDHAM WIDE STRAND

6PM 8PM 9PM
DEBATE AND DISCUSSION STRAND SPECIALIST MUSIC AND INTEREST STRAND
12PM
No one expects TV schedules to be uniform in their content; they vary during the course of the day. Experience from our RSLs has demonstrated that as long as the audience is aware of the variety and timing of programmes they will be tolerant of that variety and will return for their specific programme strands of interest. They may also listen outside their initial preferred strands and our experience has demonstrated this to be the case. Our programmes facilitate individual groups within communities to narrowcast to their community with programme content being of specific relevance to that community. They will enable featured themes or initiatives to be highlighted in the focused local context. It also enables large numbers of volunteers from each community to be involved in producing and presenting the programmes. Programmes will cater for the tastes and interests of the various communities because they are produced and presented by members of the communities. Further details on about the individual programme strands can be found in Sections 7.2 to 7.5
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7.2 How will your proposed community radio service be different and distinct from existing (non-BBC) local radio services in the area concerned, and how will it broaden the range of programming offered in the locality? In addition, please explain how your proposed service will be of a nature or have a content distinct from that of any other local service with which it overlaps by fifty per cent or more in terms of population.
Radio stations which currently include Oldham in their editorial area: 96.2 The Revolution, Key 103, Galaxy 102, Century 105 , Asian Sound Radio, Manchesters Magic 1152 and Capital Gold Manchester. Due to the geographical location of Oldham a large number of out-of-area stations can also be received. All of the existing services cover a larger area than just Oldham. We will be different by concentrating solely on Oldham and at the individual communities within the town. By narrowcasting and serving a wide variety of different audiences we will increase listener choice. By working with community groups and organisations we will have a large number and a wider range of programmes and presenters than any of the existing services. Where individual programmes are similar to programmes on other stations we would seek to complement these programmes by scheduling them at different times, rather than be in competition. We would also expect them to contain a significant degree of localness. How our programme strands will be different to existing services: Schools and Colleges Strand: This will be different and broaden choice because it will feature as presenters and programme producers the students from the educational establishments. The aim is to showcase the achievements and abilities of the individual school or college. Oldham Wide Strand: The high content of speech of the programmes in this strand is different to any other local commercial radio service. Oldham Today (9am) is a magazine style programme featuring news, people and events from around the town. The Lunch Time slot is different as it offers access to the airwaves to statuary authorities or community groups to highlight their services, achievements, aims etc. showcasing what they do. Oldham Review (5pm) is different to existing services and aims to bring together bite size elements from all the days programmes together to a wider audience. Over 60s Strand: No local service targets people of this age in the area. Multilingual Strand: There is very little targeting of the Bangladeshi and Kashmir communities on Asian Sound Radio who mainly target Pakistani communities, we will feature programmes presented by and for these communities. Our programmes are designed to meet the specific needs and interests of the Oldham minority ethic population, rather than the wider South East Lancashire demographic. Specialist Music and Interest Strand: We will offer a far wider range (see Section 7.4) than is available across existing services. All of these programmes will be expected to feature the local perspective. Discussion and Debate Strand: This strand with others will offer to facilitate discussion and the expression of opinion. This regular strand of programming will concentrate on local issues and initiatives and consider the effect of national and international issues in the locality. It will also offer a wider audience for discussion, consultation etc. It seeks to involve the listener and their communities in the process. It will facilitate a better understanding and strengthen links within and between communities. These programmes will be both studio based and recorded on location. Sport Strand: This will highlight the local aspect. As Oldham is part of the Greater Manchester conurbation
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the Oldham content of all existing services is small. Reference to Oldham Rugby League and amateur sport is almost non-existent. We see broadcasting of these as being strength of the station.
7.3
Music and Speech Output
Speech : 34% Music: 66% There will a higher speech ratio in daytime broadcasting, and lower during specialist music programmes in the evening. As the overnight programming is a repeat of daytime programmes the speech content will be higher. Speech will include discussions, news, documentaries/packages, interviews, information, sport, drama, outside broadcasts and press conferences. Music will include a wide mixture ranging from the 1930s to the present day covering a range of musical genres including a variety of music of Asian origin as detailed in Section 7.4
7.4
Type(s) of music output included
The types of music broadcast will vary in each Programme Strand. Schools and Colleges Strand: 10% of total music output. Mainstream popular / chart music. In school recorded music performances. Oldham Wide Strand: 27% Due to the wide age range (25+) of the target audience of this strand a broad based mix middle of the road mainstream Radio 2 style music will be featured. Music in this strand is secondary to the speech content of the programmes. Over 60s Strand: 10% Pre 1960s and more recent melodic music. Multilingual Strand: 10% Kashmiri, Pakistani and Bangladeshi and Indian modern and traditional music. Specialist Music and Interest: 43% Rock, Classical, Opera, Bangra and modern Asian, Country, Gospel, Soul, Northern Soul, Keyboard, Urban (Dance, Hous e, Garage, RnB, etc.), Vintage Rock and Roll, 60s, Religious, Jazz, Big Band, Religious Music etc. Up to 46 hours per week of specialist music programmes. Each programme being of 1 to 2 hour duration with a wide spread of musical genres. Each programme will target different communities within Oldham and will be scheduled at times appropriate to these communities. Discussion and Debate Strand, Sport Strand: 0% These strands will feature speech based programmes.
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7.5
Type(s) of speech output included
Discussion: 10% Programmes within the Discussion and Debate Strand including Lets Talk programme, Phone Ins, Question Time style programmes. News: 18% IRN news bulletins, local news sourced from local newspapers (offering an opportunity for students from local college to compile local bulletin), Oldham Talking Newspaper. Documentaries / Programme Packages: 3% e.g. Local History, events, people, exhibitions etc. Interviews: 42% Live, pre-recorded, telephone if it is happening in Oldham we want to talk to someone about it. Interviews of interest to a wide Oldham audience will feature in Oldham Today, part of the Oldham Wide Strand. Other interviews of an appropriate nature will feature in the other strands. Information: 4% e.g. Whats happening, whats on, local events, health and social services information, crime prevention etc. Sport: 13% Our Sport Programme Strand features speech based programmes featuring commentaries, interviews, results and information on local professional and amateur sport. Drama: 2% Via contact with local colleges, societies, writers groups, also local theoretical training schools. This is an area where we will be looking towards future expansion e.g. Childrens stories. Outside Broadcasts: 8% Council / area committee meetings, local elections, consultation events, press conferences, special events i.e. inter-faith forum discussions. We see OBs as a vital element of our programmes and would hope to further increase numbers over time.
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7.6
Details of Third party Programming Sources
Independent Radio News will provide news bulletins and programme material. We will also receive IRN Alerts of major events and may take extended IRN programming in case of such major events. Please note that we will work extensively with local partners. We will facilitate them making a broadcast, which may be recorded away from our premises. As we will maintain editorial control and responsibility we consider these to be internal not external programme sources.
7.7
Broadcast Hours
We will broadcast locally originated programmes 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Programmes broadcast 12pm-6pm will be repeated overnight, with live IRN news bulletins inserted. As indicated in Section 6.2 we are planning to grow the output of the station over the first three months of broadcasting.
7.8
Automated Output
We will keep voice-tracked automated programming to a minimum during off-peak hours (i.e. early hours of weekend mornings) this will be around 5% of broadcast output. However we will use our Myriad automated system to deliver the following pre-recorded programmes: Overnight repeats of daytime programmes, with live IRN news inserted. Programmes recorded as-live or in partnership premises (e.g. schools, colleges, youth groups etc.) We will use the advantage of the technology to enable quality programmes to be produced at times convenient to the volunteer, rather than being live at unsociable hours.
7.9
Broadcast Languages(s)
The majority of programmes in languages other than English will form part of the Multilingual Strand. These will seek to be bi-lingual with English as a second language. These will be broadcast Monday to Friday 3pm 5pm, and repeated overnight. Additionally some Specialist Music programmes, in the evening and weekends, will be broadcast in languages other than English. Breakdown of Broadcast Languages: English 85% Urdu 5% Bengali 5% Gujarati 2.5% Hindi 2.5% Other languages may be added to meet the needs of refugees or asylum seekers that settle in the area.
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7.10
Commencement Date
Technical facilities and premises wise we could commence broadcasting with a month of the award of the licence. However we are dependant on the date in the funding cycle when this award is made and the recruitment and employment of staff to ensure that the station can meet its social gain targets. Thus we would estimate a realistic commencement date as being 6-9 months after the licence was awarded.
Please continue to Section Eight on next page.
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SECTION EIGHT - Finance (For more information about the individual questions below, please refer to sections 8.1 to 8.5 of the accompanying notes). 8.1 Capital, Set-Up Funding and Financial Support: Is funding in cash or in kind?
CASH
Provider of funds (name and address, status of provider e.g. charitable foundation, company etc.)
Existing Equipment owned by Oldham Community Radio Pennine Acute NHS Trust Community Chest Neighbourhood Renewal Fund ERDF
Is this funding secured? Impact if funding is not secured / contingency arrangements.

Previously secured and used to establish the infrastructure of the station. Secured use of premises. Awaiting licence decision. Recommended for approval. Decision Awaited
Terms and conditions placed on funding (if any).
% of Funding
Amount of Funding (s).
47%
80,000
IN KIND CASH CASH CASH
3% 12% 38%
0 5,000 20,000 65,000
Total Capital, Set-Up Funding and Financial Support: (Please continue on an additional sheet if necessary).
100%
170,000
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SECTION EIGHT FINANCE (continued) 8.2 Capital and Set-Up Expenditure: Details
Long term of NHS Trust property for studio premises, comprising 130 square meters, consisting of two studios, central technical area, reception, training room, meeting room, two offices, store room, toilet, kitchen. Installation of TX system at Oldham Civic Centre IRN Satellite dish, receiver and installation, P Squared Scoop software and hardware. Targeted leafleting, newspaper editorial, car stickers, newspaper and magazine advertising, back of bus advertising. Broadcast Studio
(Soundcraft RM1D Digital Mixer, Myriad playout system, 2x Denon CD players, 2 x Sony MD Recorders, 2 x Sonifiex Telephone Balance Units, 3 x Studio Projects C1 Condenser Microphones, Technics SL1200 Turntable, amplifier, speakers, distribution amp and related equipment.)
Item Premises (including refurbishment and fitting out costs). Transmission Equipment: Studio Equipment: Pre-Launch Publicity and Marketing (if any): Other one off costs Capital equipment already owned by group (at current replacement value)
1,000 6,000 2,000
80,000
Production Studio.
(D&R Airmate Mixer, Myriad playout system, 2x Technics CD players, 2 x Sony MD Recorders, 1 x Sonifiex Telephone Balance Units, 3 x Studio Projects C1 Condenser Microphones, Technics SL1200 Turntable, amplifier, speakers, distribution amp and related equipment.)
Racks.
(Myriad Playout server, P Sqaured Powerlog audio logging system, STL link equipment, CD Duplicator.)
Training Room
(6x computers and software, Panasonic LCD projector, 5 x Mini-disc reporter kits.)
Admin and offices

(3 x computers, fax machine, Colour Laser Printer, Telephone PBX and handsets, structured CAT5 network cabling and network hubs/router, furniture, filing cabinets fixtures and fittings.)
OB Equipment
(Tie-line POTS codec and iMix POTS codec, Behringer mixer, microphones and related accessories. Band I FM radio links kit.)
PA Equipment
(Peavey Mixer/Amplifier, Fostex Speakers, CD and Mini-disc players, 4 x AKG UHF radio microphones and related accessories.)
Transmitter Equipment
(SBS FM transmitter, audio processor, RDS, studio to transmitter links equipment.)
Working Capital (Contingency Reserves) Total set up costs
5,000 94,000
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SECTION EIGHT FINANCE (continued) 8.3 Operating Costs OUTGOINGS Items: Hp/Leasing General and Administration - Staff - Premises - Legal and Professional - Establishment/overheads Engineering - Transmitter operating costs - Other Maintenance and Technical Sundry Programming - Copyright fees - Music library - Acquired programming - News service - Other Consumables(e.g. Minidisc, black CDs etc.) Sales cost/commissions (where appropriate) Marketing and promotion (where appropriate) Audience research (where appropriate) Others Volunteer Expenses Ofcom / Wireless Telegraphy Licence Fees Total Outgoings Pre Launch Budget Pre-launch Pre-launch 6 to 3 Quarter (s) months (s)
none 20000 none 0 1000 0 500 none 45000 none 0 1500 0 300
On-Air Quarter 1 (s)

none 45000 none 0 1500 1000 250
Year 1 Budget On-Air On Air Quarter 2 Quarter 3 (s) (s)

none 45000 none 0 1500 1000 250 none 45000 none 0 1500 1000 250
On-Air Quarter 4 (s)

none 45000 none 1200 1500 1000 250
Year 1 Totals (s)

0 180000 0 1200 6000 4000 1000
0 0 none 0 200 none 0 none 500 0
1000 1000 none 0 200 none 2000 none 1000 1110
0 500 none 100 250 none 2000 none 2000 0
0 500 none 0 250 none 2000 none 2000 0
0 500 none 0 250 none 1500 none 2000 0
1000 500 none 0 250 none 1000 none 2000 1110
1000 2000 0 100 1000 0 6500 0 8000 1110 211910
22200
53110
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SECTION EIGHT FINANCE (continued) 8.4 Annual Income and Revenue Funding (Year 1) Is this funding in cash or in kind?
CASH CASH CASH CASH CASH CASH CASH
Provider of funds (name and address, status of provider e.g. charitable foundation)
ERDF NRF NRF OMBC (Tx Site) Community Foundation Learning and Skills Council (NLDC) National Lottery Small Grants
Is this funding secured, impact if funding is not secured / contingency arrangements?

Pending Recommended for approval. Unsecured. Pending Unsecured. Unsecured. Unsecured.
Terms and conditions Anticipated % of placed on funding (if Funding any):

Has to be matched, can count volunteer time 50% 10% 25% 1% 2% 10% 2%
Amount of Funding (s) (Year 1).

101,000 20,000 48,000 3,000 5,000 20,000 5,000
Total Income and Revenue Funding: Commercial and other sources. Type of Income and Revenue Funding. On-air spot advertising Programme sponsorship Other commercial revenues (off-air sponsorship, merchandising etc.). Please specify. Public Address and events Other non-commercial revenues (fund-raising, subscriptions, donations etc.). Please specify. Fundraising, Friends of Oldham Community Radio, Donations Total Income and Revenue Funding: 60% 20% 20% 100%
100%
202,000
Anticipated % of Funding
Amount of Funding s. 0 6000 2000 2000
10,000
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SECTION EIGHT FINANCE (continued) 8.5 On-Air Commercial Activities Yes: (tick) OR No: (tick)
Do you intend to seek commercial revenues?
YES
?
OR No: (tick)
Will your proposed station carry on-air spot advertising?
Yes: (tick)
YES
?
OR No: (tick)
Will your proposed station carry on-air programme sponsorship?
Yes: (tick)
YES
What contingencies are in place in case commercial revenues for the proposed service do not achieve the anticipated levels?
The first three years financial projects are not dependant on commercial revenues. Any developments of funds from this direction will be treated as additional income and used to establish a reserve fund or spent on additional community activities.
Please continue to Section Nine on next page.
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SECTION NINE - Engineering (For more information about the individual questions below, please refer to sections 9.1 to 9.12 of the accompanying notes). 9.1 Please provide a description of your proposed transmission site
Oldham Civic Centre Tower. The building is owned by Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council and is currently used for various broadcasts and telecommunications facilities.
9.2
Please provide a National Grid Reference for your proposed transmitter site:
SD923051
National Grid Reference
9.3 Please tick this box to confirm you have included a map showing your proposed transmitter site location and the expected transmission coverage from it: Map supplied: (tick) YES 9.4 Please tick this box to confirm you have included a photograph of your proposed transmitter site Photograph supplied: (tick) YES 9.5 Site Availability. Please tick those boxes below which best describe your group's situation regarding your proposed transmitter site(s). Site Identified YES Agreement in Place: Under Negotiation
YES
? ? ?
Group Owns Site
Site not yet identified
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9.6 (a)
Antenna Details FM Height of Antenna above Ground Level.
65
(b) AM Height of Transmitting Antenna.
Metres.
n/a
(c) AM & FM Assumed height of local ground above sea level.
Metres.
203
9.7 Radiated Power. Please complete the appropriate sections below.
Metres.
(a) If you are proposing to operate on AM, please give the Effective Monopole Radiated Power (EMRP) level you expect to need in order to cover your proposed service area.
n/a
Watts.
(b) If you are proposing to operate on FM, please give the Effective Radiated Power (ERP) level you expect to need in order to cover your proposed service area. (Vertical Polarisation).
50
Watts.
(c) If you are proposing to operate on FM, please give the Effective Radiated Power (ERP) level you expect to need in order to cover your proposed service area. (Horizontal Polarisation) (if used).
Watts.
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(d) Radiation (polar) Pattern. Please tick the appropriate box. If you tick the 'Directional' box, please enclose horizontal radiation diagram(s), for the vertically polarised signal component, and for the horizontally polarised signal component (if used). Omni Directional
YES
Directional Diagram of Horizontally Polarised signal component included
?
n/a
Diagram of Vertically Polarised signal component included 9.8
n/a
Engineering Compliance.
One of our directors Phil Edmonds will supervise the installation of the transmission systems. He has over five years of Broadcast Engineering experience. The installation will be carried by an established reputable Broadcast Systems contractor (e.g. Radica, SBS etc.) Oldham Civic Centre will facilitate 24 hour access on demand to our transmission equipment .
9.9 (a)
SBS
Principal Transmission Equipment. Transmitter (Manufacturer) (model)

FM50 Broadcast FM exciter
(b)
Antenna (Manufacturer)
Folded Dipole
(model)
Jaybeam
(c)
Limiter / Processing (manufacturer)

DSP-X Audio Processor.
(model)
Broadcast Warehouse
(d) Please provide a description of how these items of equipment will be configured, including details of any additional filtering you consider may be required.
We have already purchased a set of professional broadcast equipment as detailed above, plus a Broadcast Warehouse RDS encoder and Studio to Transmitter Radio Links equipment. This equipment has been selected as it will be suitable for use for RSL broadcasts (one of which we are planning for early 2005) and will also be suitable for use on a full time long term basis. We have selected equipment from established manufacturers so we can be sure that the equipment meets the required specifications and as noted in Section 9.8 we will contract of the services of a reputable Broadcast Systems company to install and configure the equipment. For the purposes of this application we have specified that we will radiate only vertically polarised signals to match the dipole antenna listed above, however we would substitute this for an alterative antenna if we were required to transmit a mixed polarity signal.
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(e) Please provide details of the gain calculations used to arrive at the estimated ERP / EMRP figure required to cover the proposed service area of your station.
In estimating the required power level required to cover the service area we carried out a detailed examination of the coverage of two access radio pilot stations in Manchester. We found that the 50 Watts ERP that they operate gave acceptable coverage, though it was noted that due to local terrain at the fringes of the 5km radius the field strength was patchy. The geographical nature of Oldham to the east of our transmitter site consists of many valleys and uneven terrain, thus it will be essential that we operate as high a power level as practical to ensure adequate coverage into these areas. Further to the east lie the foothills of the Pennines, we realise that the signal in this direction will be severely limited. In the other direction to the south and west of the transmitter site we have an open aspect over the Cheshire Plains and Manchester. Due to this there is a need to balance the need to run higher power levels for the reasons just mentioned and avoiding our signal propagating excessive distances. To this end we have identified a solution whereby that if we were to broadcast on the same frequency as a station some distance away we could prevent any excessive coverage while still operating at 50 Watts ERP. For instance by transmitting on 106.7MHz, also in use in Knowsley, or 106.3MHz in use in Chester, both around 70km away, we could ensure that our service was of sufficient field strength within our 5km radius of our transmitter. However beyond this area the other services signal will be stronger, thus effectively limiting the coverage of our service outside our target area.
9.10 Radio Data System (RDS). If you are proposing to operate an FM service and want to transmit RDS data, please tick the box marked 'Yes', otherwise, tick 'No'. Yes: (tick)
YES
No: (tick)
9.11
Transmitter Maintenance and Repair.
We are aiming to purchase additional backup transmission equipment to create a broadcast B Chain which we can switch over to in case of any problems. This will enable us to arrange any repairs needed with minimal disruption to the broadcast. We are in initial discussions with other North West based Community Radio operators (Radio Regen and All FM) to establish a consortium for engineering, maintenance and repair. In the event of this not materialising we will contract an annual maintenance agreement with an established industry specialist.
9.12
Studio Location
D Block, Pennine Acute NHS Trust Headquarters, Westhulme Ave, Chadderton Way, OLDHAM. OL1 2PN These premises are established as the base for Oldham Community Radio consisting of studios and offices. There is disabled access to all areas. See Section 8.2 for full description. It is proposed to relocate the station premises at some stage in the future, as part of the development of a cultural / creative industries quarter in Oldham Town Centre. These premises will be custom built and will incorporate an open access IT learning centre.
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SECTION TEN - Concluding Declaration. Do you confirm that, to the best of your knowledge and belief that: (1) 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); 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; No person involved in the application has been convicted within the past five years of an unauthorised broadcasting offence and that the applicant will do all it can to ensure that no person 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 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.
(2)
(3)
(4)
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. I agree that the applicant conforms with the above
YES
The ticked boxes below indicate which additional documentation is included as part of this application: Memorandum & Articles of Association
YES
(Odham_CR_Appendix_1-Documents.doc)
Certificate of Incorporation
YES
(Odham_CR_Appendix_1-Documents.doc)
Map of proposed transmitter site
YES
(Oldham_CR_COVERAGE_MAP.gif)
Photograph of proposed transmitter site
YES
(Oldham_CR_TX_SITE_civic_centre.jpg)
Antenna pattern information
n/a
Declaration continues on next page
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Others Documents (please provide details in box below)

none
Application Payment (UK 600.00) non-returnable YES I hereby apply to Ofcom for the grant of a licence for the Community Radio Licence de scribed above and declare that the information given in this application and any additional documentation is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, correct. Name: Position: Date: David McGealy Managing Director 22nd November 2004
Please tick this box to confirm that you have kept a copy of this completed application form for your records. Please tick this box to confirm that you have completed this form as completely as possible and that you have attached / sent any required additional documentation, together with the nonreturnable application fee of 600.00
YES
YES
Please return this form and any additional electronic information by e-mail to: communityradio@ofcom.org.uk If there is any paper-based material associated with this application, please send it to: Community Radio Licensing Radio Planning & Licensing Team 3rd Floor Ofcom Riverside House 2A Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 9HA
Please make sure you keep a copy of this form for your records.
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40 Saffron Drive Moorside Oldham

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Phone (home) Fax number

0161 652 6744 0161 626 8778

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Date of Registration or Application:

Mobile number: E-mail address:

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Oldham Community Radio

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Oldham Community Radio

40 Saffron Drive Moorside OLDHAM

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Mobile number E-mail address

0797 988 3594 david@mcgealy.fsne t.co.uk

Retired Teacher and carer

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DIRECTORS 3.1 3.2 Name of member or director Contact Address

19 Woodend Street Coldhurst OLDHAM

You must include the postcode

Mobile number E-mail address

097946 501101 phil@philedmonds.n et

Technician, Radio Regen. Freelance Broadcast Engineer.

Radio Cavell, Oldhams hospital broadcasting organisation.

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Oldham Community Radio

DIRECTORS 3.1 3.2 Name of member or director Contact Address

91 Grasmere Road Royton OLDHAM

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Mobile number E-mail address

Managing Director Wiretronic Ltd.

Member of Rotary International

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DIRECTORS 3.1 3.2 Name of member or director Contact Address

48 Medlock Way Lees OLDHAM

You must include the postcode

Mobile number E-mail address

07789 854863 ianwolstenholme@k eyview.org

Retail Manager Freelance Broadcast Journalist

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DIRECTORS 3.1 3.2 Name of member or director Contact Address

13 Bartlett Road Shaw Oldham

You must include the postcode

Mobile number E-mail address

07710 666 192

Customer Services Manager, Vertex Data Service

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