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Community radio application form

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1. Station Name Guidance Notes

What is the proposed station name?

Answer:

This is the name you expect to use to identify the station on air.

Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters

2. Community to be served Guidance Notes

Define the community or communities you are proposing to serve. Drawing from various sources of data (e.g. from the Office of Population, Census and Survey) and in relation to your proposed coverage area, please determine the size of the population concerned and the make-up of the population as a whole, along with any relevant socio-economic information that would support your application.

(Please tell us the sources of the information you provide.)

Answer in fewer than 300 words:

It is a legislative requirement that a service is intended primarily to serve one or more communities (whether or not it also serves other members of the public) and we need to understand who comprises that community or communities. The target community will also be specified in the licence, if this application is successful.

The legislation defines a ‘community’ as: people who live or work or undergo education or training in a particular area or locality, or people who have one or more interests or characteristics in common.

Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters will serve BME Communities and young people (Under 25)

who live, work, undergo education or training in the town of Coventry and we will reflect the rich

cultural, social and ethnic diversity of our town in a positive way.

Coventry is a Metropolitan City with a population of 352,900 according to Coventry City Council with BME representing %33.4 of the population and young people under the age of (25) represents %14.3 .

The main cause of population growth in Coventry between mid-2015 and mid-2016, as in recent years, was net international immigration – more people move to Coventry from overseas than move abroad from Coventry. 6,600 of the population increase was a result of net international immigration, part of this was a result of increases in the number of overseas students studying at local universities leading to increase number of BME population and Young people.

Coventry’s population has a much younger age profile than England in general; the average age of Coventry’s residents is 33.1, notably lower than the England average of 39.8, and is falling. This is partly because Coventry is home to two large Universities - Coventry is one of the top 20 towns and cities in the UK in terms of the proportion of the population who are students (source: Census 2011). The student population means there is continually a large population aged 18 – 24, this age group makes up 14.3% of the population compared to the England average of 9.0%. There are other reasons why Coventry is a relatively young city;

A number of European economic migrants, who tend to be in their twenties, moved to the city – this was at its highest a few years ago;

A study by the Work Foundation shows that more than a quarter of 16 to 24-year-olds in the city are currently without a job.

An ascent in the number of citizen settling in the city from abroad is to great extent driving the city population upwards. Most recent figures obtained from the office of the National statistics demonstrate that somewhere around 2012 and 2013, the city’s population developed by 2.07% or 6,678 more individuals. More than 7000 vagrant from abroad made Coventry their home in the year 2013. (Source Office of the National statistics)

3. Proposed area Guidance Notes

What is the area you propose to serve? Although we believe it is helpful to set guidance that frequency availability may often limit transmission powers to around 25 watts and the


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coverage radius to around 5km, we are adopting a more flexible approach and will consider applications for wider areas where applicants can demonstrate that the proposed coverage area will better serve the target community, and where it is technically possible.https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_fil

e/0020/101459/community-radio-future-licensing-technical-policy-statement.pdf

Answer: Coventry

Programmes and programme output:

Definitions:

Studio location: The studio from which the service will be broadcast should be located within the licensed area.

Locally-produced: Locally-produced output is output made and broadcast from within the service’s licensed coverage area. (It is anticipated that most stations will produce the bulk of their output themselves, in the locality. However, for some target communities it may be appropriate for fairly high levels of output to originate from outside the licensed area.)

Live output: is that which is produced by a presenter in the studio at the time of broadcast. (The amount of live output may vary between different services depending on the needs or expectations of the target community.)

Original output: output that is first produced for and transmitted by the service, and excludes output that was transmitted elsewhere before. Original output can be live or voice-tracked. Repeat broadcasts of original output do not count towards the minimum requirement.

Peak time: it may be helpful to state what material will be broadcast in ‘peak time’. If you do, please say what you consider peak time to be for your target community (this may vary from station to station).

Automated output/voice-tracked material: most stations will carry automated output at some time. The amount of automated or voice-tracked material does not need to be specified in the Key Commitments.

Sustaining service/third party produced material: if you intend to broadcast material produced by a different organisation please state what it is and how much (per day or week as appropriate).

4. Programming output Guidance Notes

Please fill-in all three questions below

Question A asks you to describe your programme service.

Question B relates to how your output will serve the tastes and interests of your target community.

Question C is about how your service will broaden the range of local (non-BBC) services available in your area.

Later in this form you will be asked to draft your own ‘key commitments’. This will form the basis of your licence and is what Ofcom will judge you against. It should include a summary of your proposed programme output as set out below and reflect your commitment to cater for relevant tastes and interests, to broaden the range of relevant programmes and services and to provide a service with a distinct nature and content as set out in the Guidance Notes in the column opposite.

The law requires applicants to state their proposals for providing a service that would:

(i) cater for the tastes and interests of members of its target community or communities (or for any particular tastes and interests in those communities);

(ii) broaden the range of programmes available on non-BBC local services (commercial and community stations) to members of the relevant community or communities;

(iii) broaden the overall range of such non-BBC local services provided in the area concerned; and

(iv) have a distinct nature, or provide distinct content, from any non-BBC local services with which it would overlap.

Ofcom is required to consider the extent to which an applicant’s proposals will cater for the tastes and interests of members of its target community or communities.

Ofcom is also required to consider the extent to which proposals for a community radio station would broaden the range of programmes available by way of non-BBC local services (both commercial and community stations) in the area concerned (especially, the extent to which a proposed service would have a distinct nature or provide distinct content from any overlapping non-BBC local services).

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The information given here should be more detailed than what you set out in your draft key commitments (later in this form), and will help us gain a fuller understanding of how you will serve your target community and what the station will sound like.

4. Programming output

A: Please tell us about your programme service. The following questions may help you describe your programme service (but should only be used as a guide):

• What will the service sound like?

• What music will you play?

• What are the main speech elements of the service and how will the social gain/community benefits you propose be reflected on-air?

• What is the likely music to speech ratio?

• Will this vary at different times of the day or week (or year)?

• Do you intend to broadcast live output? If so when and how much do you propose to do?

• Will you broadcast in languages other than English (what languages and how much)?

• Will your output be original i.e. specifically produced for your service?

• Will it be locally produced?

• Do you intend to repeat material?

Answer in fewer than 1,000 words:

What will the service sound like?

Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters will be BME and youth-orientated and Coventry-centric. It will reflect the ethnic diversity and inter-cultural mix that represents the BME and youth of Coventry of today with programming produced and presented by young volunteers and BME volunteers.

What music will you play?

Vanny Radio will be more new/chart-focused than the local commercial radio station . The music policy of the station will be dictated by the young people themselves as we will (within the bounds of the Broadcasting Code) allow them to play the music that they want to play and the music requested by their peers. The main playlist (and management thereof) will be looked after by “The On-Air Team” Subcommittee whose responsibility will be to research what music our community wishes to listen to, maintain & refresh playlists and load material onto the system for play-out, supervised by the Station Coordinator. Specialist programming in the evenings and at weekends will provide a forum for alternative music genres and be an outlet for local bands and artists who do not get access to the local airwaves via other stations where as the BME will be playing Afrobeat and music from the Caribbeans with chat in French and some local African Languages.

What are the main speech elements of the service and how will the social gain/community benefits you propose be reflected on-air?

The main speech elements of the service will be information and content of specific interest to local young people and BME living, working or studying in Coventry. This will include the dissemination of information regarding events, activities and opportunities for young people and BME of social, educational or general interest and which encourages young people and BMEto become active civic volunteers within our own community. For cost reasons, the service is likely to use IRN/News Hub as its primary news service which provides news for many community radio stations across the UK. However, Vanny Radio will include a local news bulletin during weekdays. We will also have sports and entertainment news bulletins. We will have at least one documentary/current affairs programme per week dedicated to discussing issues of relevance to young people and BME. This will provide for debate, discussion and interaction with thewider listening audience through traditional methods and, more importantly, through new social media outlets.

What is the likely music to speech ratio?

Music:Speech ratio will typically be 80:20 across 7 days.

Will this vary at different times of the day or week (or year)?

Speech content will be greater in the evenings and weekends (outside of school & work hours) as there will be greater availability of volunteers. Evenings & weekends will have programming


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containing greater speech content from the young people as it will include specialist music genres and magazine-style and documentary/current affairs programming focusing in on youth issues. The evening access to premises is one of the core reasons for choosing our preferred studio location, along with the public transport and disabled access it affords.

Do you intend to broadcast live output? If so when and how much do you propose to do?

Yes we will have a minimum of 30 hours per week of live broadcasting. However, we also recognise the different skillset required to produce quality pre-produced, as-live and recorded material. (This includes storyboarding, scripting, recording, editing, scheduling, working in teams etc). We feel that many of these are transferrable skills for their working lives and therefore we would want to have a healthy output of this type of material also.

Will you broadcast in languages other than English (what languages and how much)?

Yes. 5% of our program will be broadcast in French and one local Africanlanguages ,when we conducted the workshops/focus groups the strong feeling was that the station should be 95% in English and 5% in French since the first language of most of the BMEcommunities in Coventry is French and one local African language to attract more BME volunteers.

Will your output be original i.e. specifically produced for your service?

The majority of output will be original but we do not exclude the possibility of including externally produced or shared material. There is a wealth of quality youth broadcasting across the UK especially in the community radio sector and therefore we may source external programming where the programming is likely to be of interest to young people in Coventry.

Will it be locally produced?

The majority of output will be locally produced.

Do you intend to repeat material?

We would plan to repeat some programming that we believe would be of highest social gain impact or that we feel the young people or the BME would like to hear again. Repeated material will typically be at non-prime hours.

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

Coventry Boys and Girls Club

Whitefriars Lane Coventry CV1 2DT

C: Based on what you have said above, how will your proposed radio service cater for the tastes and interests of your target community/communities?


Our community is Under 25s living, working or studying in Coventry and our research including workshops/focus groups has identified the needs of the community in terms of the music style and speech content of the station. We ran 6 workshops in May , June and July 2017. 3 separates one for the young people and 3 separate ones for the BME to seek the views from the target community about what output it wanted from the service. These workshops took the form of

focus/discussion groups and identified the following:

• Music should be primarily chart focused.

• Programming should include opportunities for local bands and artists to access the airwaves

• There should be provision for non-chart music and alternative genres.

• Speech content should not dominate but include local news and information about events and opportunities/services for young people and BME.

• Speech should include topics of relevance to young people (sexual health, suicide &self harm etc)

• The station should broadcast 95% in English and 5% French and one local African language, by having different sections of the schedule in different minority languages would actually be unifying rather than divisive as our city is multicultural City.

We have taken this research on board in framing our programming output. Our presenters will be



young people and BME themselves, sharing the tastes and interest of the target community. Our “On-Air Team” subcommittee will be to design, maintain & refresh the playlists based on ongoing research into the tastes of our target community and they will actively use social media to keep abreast of this. They will choose the music for play-out (subject to Broadcasting Code restraints) so ensuring it meets their tastes and interests. Equally, our approach to speech content will be to ensure that it is targeted at the youth and BME even current affairs output will feature stories as they impact on the young people and BME Communities in Coventry.

There is a vibrant arts and music community here among the BME and the youth. We will have local artists, writers and musicians presenting and guesting shows which reflect the local community. We will encourage local young and BME writers and ‘am dram’ producers to produce radio drama, contributing original material for broadcast Vanny Radio. We will provide the training to help them do this.

D: How will your proposed community radio service add to the range of programmes available on non-BBC local services (commercial and community stations) to members of the relevant community or communities, add to the overall range of such services in the area concerned and be different and distinct from them? Please tell us which non-BBC local services your station will overlap with.


We will provide a distinctive new service for Coventry, serving the Under 25s and the BME Communities. Coventry has one community radio station but with different types of programs that do not take into account young people and the BME Communities. Regarding commercial radio, there isn’t any with Coventry named in its licence. What we are aware of is Free radio based in Birmingham which is more Regional than local because they share programs with other commercial radio stations across the Region,so the station is wider than Coventry.This station is not youth and BME focused, therefore do not provide a local service to Coventry which Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters will.

Touch fm which is in Kenilworth is not youth and bme cantered like we will. All these include some local content, mainly news and weather-based, but tend to focus on the cities and rarely mention the towns and villages of the Coventry, let alone feature them regularly, partly because the population is so spread.

We will add to the current broadcasting choice by providing regular programming specifically tailored to, and mainly presented by, the youth and BME people who live in this community, as described above.

Social gain

5. Social gain Guidance Notes

Community radio is required to be for the public good and to bring community benefits, or social gains, to listeners and participants. The requirement for ‘social gain,’ is one of the key factors that makes community radio stations different from other radio services.

Please tell us what community benefits your service will bring to your target community(ies) and/or the general public. Please include summaries of evidence to support your answer.

Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) should include a summary of your proposed social gain set out below.

Broadcasting legislation specifies a number of ‘characteristics of community radio services’. Licence holders need to ensure their services conform to these characteristics, including in this case the delivery of social gain.

The legislation sets out social gains that stations must provide. These are the achievement, in respect of individuals or groups of individuals in the target community, or in respect of other members of the public, of the following objectives –

(a) the provision of a radio service to individuals who are otherwise underserved by such services,

(b) the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion,

(c) the provision (whether by means of programmes included in the service or otherwise) of education or training to individuals not employed by the station, and

(d) the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it.


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Social gain may also include the achievement of other objectives of a social nature.1

Applicants are required to provide evidence that their service will result in significant social gain to the public or the target community(ies). Copies of letters or research reports etc. should not be submitted, but brief relevant extracts from them, which represent an accurate and comprehensive summary, may be included. If we wish to see the source material, we will ask for it.

Ofcom is required to have regard to the extent to which your proposed service would result in the delivery of social gain to the public or target community.


Coventry does have one community radio station but not directed at the needs of young people and BME across the city. Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters will fill that gap providing a station focused on young people and BME and focused entirely on Coventry. Vanny Radio will be volunteer-led supported by a Station Coordinator and the output of the station will be by young people for young people and BME for BME.

We will have young people from across traditional ethnic divides working together creating programming of interest to them and their peers. The station will give a voice to young people and BME marginalised by society and under-represented by the current media. This is particularly relevant to minority ethnic groups and young women. Unlike commercial broadcasters, Vanny Radio will provide all young people and BME with full access to the facilities and extensive structured training and mentoring so everyone can get involved.

We will provide training to a minimum of 50 young people each year 50 people from BME. The station will complement its broadcasting activities with widespread engagement with our target community through social media channels and we will use this to develop greater understanding of what they want from their station. All towns and communities have problems. In the case of Coventry the key issues affecting the town have been post-industrial decline and migration. There is a wide ethnic mix in the City but one of the key inhibiters to social cohesion is that the ethnic mix don’t mix.

The approach in past decades has been one of mono-culture where the different communities have lived apart in different areas of the City so they didn’t have to mix and it was believed that new immigrants should assimilate into the existing British-white culture. Clearly that didn’t work. In more recent decades there has been a greater emphasis on multi-culturalism where the different communities mix in their work and education and share space but they don’t get involved in each others’ cultures or share them. Clearly that has hardly worked either.

Today society has moved on and the ambition forCity such as Coventry is to achieve inter-culturalism. Inter-culturalism is where different ethnic and cultural groups celebrate the diversity of each others’ cultures, recognising that participating in others’ cultural activities enhances and enriches your own. It is important that Coventry begins to embrace this more fully. Currently the schools in Coventry are predominantly White-British or Asian and it is only when you progress to tertiary level education that there is a greater mix amongst students (primarily enforced as Coventry College dominates this sector locally). This reality of sharing the space of Coventry but not sharing in each others’ identities and cultures breeds fear and suspicion that one community is getting a greater share of community assets and benefits.

Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters will facilitate discussion, debate and the expression of opinion from all sections of our City and will be a neutral forum for such debate, to which all can contribute. In this way, the station will contribute directly to the better understanding of the diverse elements of our City and the strengthening of links within it. Coventry suffers from a lack of civic pride linked to a harking back to the days when the town was wealthy due to industrialisation.

The future wealth, and civic pride, for the town must come from new technological industries (such a BAE based locally) and the station will promote the importance of education and training in its widest form and also to promote the potential of self-employment as Coventry suffers from a lower rate of

1See Article 2(3) of the Community Radio Order 2004 and Ofcom’s Notes of guidance for community radio

applicants and licensees.



self-employment than the country as a whole and we believe the station can promote awareness of enterprise and an entrepreneurial ‘can do’ attitude amongst young people and BME volunteering with the station and indeed with the wider listenership.

This will be achieved through community information announcements, on-air interviews with local agencies, educational institutions and enterprise centres. Coventry has many community organisations doing fantastic work building bridges between different communities (Coventry Ethnic Minorities Action Partnership, Coventry Refugee Centre, Voluntary Action and The Black Minority Ethnic Partnership ).

These organisations do not get the recognition or publicity that their work deserves. Vanny Radio will provide coverage through community information bulletins and, when appropriate, outside broadcasts.

We will provide training to young people and BME not employed by the station in a variety of communication, technical and life skills. While much of this will be allied to broadcasting, the nature of those skills is that they are transferable to many life situations and can enhance their employability.

We will also have volunteering opportunities which are not on-air or linked to output (administration, fundraising, promotions, management of teams) and full training will be given in these areas also. We will provide training to a minimum of 50 young people each year and 50 BME.

In our research for the station , we engaged with young people,BME community leaders, schools, youth service providers and wider society and our proposed service has been universally supported with many wanting to get involved.

Examples of the feedback received include:

Coventry College, : “A fantastic opportunity and would certainly be supported by Coventry University College and felt that two of the key benefits that the station would offer would be

“volunteering opportunities for our young people” and the promotional opportunities for the school.

A Doyle Community Development Officer from Coventry City Council ,

‘the station would be instrumental in “giving publicity to events in which the local community are involved”.

A Leader of the Somalian Community Association,

‘’ the station would provide “an interesting opportunity for young people and for students from BME interested in radio to have access to work experience opportunities”.

P Williams (Director of Coventry Boys and Girls Club):

‘’The station can “open up new career avenues which were not thought of before”. He also believes that the station “would also address the need for speaking good English”. Infact they have offered us a space to facilitate this project.

C Amoakoh from the High Life Centre,

‘’ the station will be a true local asset in terms of “advertising community events and students and promote more BME local business”.

J Graham Director of Support Sports Coventry:

“this is a great avenue for young people involved in sports to also have interest in media “

D Kaftizas, from Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre,

‘’Finally this is an opportunity for us to send in migrant for training and volunteering to gain work experience’’

A Nyamayaro Principal Director and Solicitor at Tann Law

Says’’ this is a very good opportunity for their firm through our media to give free information on immigration and crime to the youth and the BME community’’

T Marsella Customer and Community Engagement Manager from Whitefriar Housing says

,,This is a youth oriented project therefore it is everyone responsibility in the City to support it and Whitefriar Housing will be willing to support’’


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Suzy from Positive Youth Foundation,

‘’this is an opportunity for young people in Coventry and should be supported by the Positive Youth Foundation’’

W Pamire Community Support Police Officer,

‘’This project will surely help reduce crime and anti social behaviour in the City’’

In our surveying of young people themselves, 85% said that they would listen in to a local youth station and 56% said they would be interested in being involved in some capacity.

In our surveying with BME Communities 86% said they will listen and 53% said they would be interested in being involved. Through Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters we want to build on that attitude of civic participation and ambition

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

L Anderson Coventry Youth Partnership says:

‘’This is a great opportunity for mix culture and youth volunteering as many youth centres are closed down due to lack of funding we will surely be part of this’’

D Atkinson The Employment Support Service Manager was also supportive of the aims of the station, saying

“Sounds exciting stuff and there are plenty of youth related groups ( Young Peoples Service , Youth Action , Job Shop) as well as ourselves who I am sure would be interested in supporting. From a Employment point of view we would be interested in using to promote careers information and advice - publicising vacancies we have for 16-19 year olds , promoting information around career events , application time etc and perhaps contributing to discussion forums on young people and BME views./ needs around employment , training etc.”.

We ran 6 workshops in May and June and July 2017 with young people and BME communities to seek the views from the target community about what output it wanted from the service. These workshops took the form of focus/discussion groups and identified the following:

Music should be primarily chart focused. Programming should include opportunities for local bands and artists to access the airwaves There should be provision for non-chart music and alternative genres.

Speech content should not dominate but include local news and information about events and opportunities/services for young people and BME Communities. Speech should include topics of relevance to young people (sexual health, suicide & self harm etc) The station should broadcast in English and 5% French and one African Language.

Our application has widespread political support on Coventry . Other Councillors expressed the view that this was a fantastic idea and much needed in the City although there is already one community radio sattion in the city ,Coventry is a big City and need more than one community radio station

Access and participation:

6. Participation in the service Guidance Notes

How do you propose to ensure that members of your target community (or communities) are given opportunities to participate in the operation and management of the service?

Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) should include a summary of your proposed participation objectives as set out below.


Legislation specifies a number of ‘characteristics of community radio services’. Licence holders need to ensure their services conform to these characteristics, including in this case providing opportunities to participate in the operation and management of the service. Ofcom requires information as to how this would be achieved.

What will be the involvement of members of the target community in the radio station? How many volunteers do you anticipate will be involved in your service per year?



Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters will ensure that, the young people and BME Communities in Coventry will be able to participate in the operation and management of the radio service in a variety of ways:

1. The Station Management Committee with overall responsibility for running the station will include two third of its membership from young volunteers and BME community.

2. On a day-to-day basis the station will be operated by a series of Teams (The On-Air Team, the Production Team (Jingles & Promos), the Fundraising Team, the Promotions Team, the Training & Mentoring Team, the Tech Team, the Social Media & Web Team). These teams will have young Team Leaders and BME Team Leaders who in turn will be supported by the Station Coordinator.

3. We will ensure young people and BME communities can fully participate by providing structured training and mentoring to a minimum of 50 young people and 50 from BME per year.

4. We will widely publicise the volunteering opportunities in the station both on-air and through community networks and educational institutions.

5. Young people and BME will produce programming themselves, both live and pre-recorded.

6. We will have a thorough complaints and grievance policy based on equality and mutual respect for all cultures and traditions..

7. Access to facilities and training Guidance Notes

Set out the practical (formal and informal) mechanisms which you will use to ensure that members of your target community can gain access to your facilities that would be used for the provision of your service and to receive training in their use.

Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) should include a summary of your proposed access and objectives for training people in the use of the facilities as set out below.


Ofcom is required by the legislation to have regard to the provision each applicant proposes 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 those facilities.

We will provide structured training for a minimum of 50 young 50 BME people per year.

All young people and BME will go through an initial induction and training process which will include one-on-one mentoring to ensure that a common base level can be achieved across all volunteers regardless of their prior training or experience.

Beyond that, all volunteers will be trained according to the roles they wish to fulfil within the station and pitched at a level appropriate to their own needs. Wherever possible the station will embrace Open-Source software for the operation of the station (Zara Radio for Playout, Audacity for Editing) which means that young people can supplement their training with practising at their leisure on their own, at home or at school or using the computers in the station to enhance their skills.

While overall responsibility for Training in the station will lie with the Station Coordinator, there will be a Training & Mentoring Team and Team leader who will organise sessions and appoint Mentors to new volunteers. Beyond the training which goes on in the station, Vanny Radio will also have outreach programmes to go into schools and youth centres to run workshops and Media Activity Sessions.

We will also run Media Camps in the summer which will broaden our catchment and also provide a revenue stream to the station.

Ensuring accountability:

8. Accountability Guidance Notes

Please set out your proposed community accountability mechanisms. These should cover matters such as:

How will members of your target community:

Broadcasting legislation specifies a number of ‘characteristics of community radio services’. Licence holders need to ensure their services conform to these characteristics. One is that, in respect of the provision of the service, the provider makes itself accountable to the


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• make contact with your service, and

• influence the operation of the service?

How will suggestions or criticisms from members of your target community (or communities) be considered and acted upon?

Your draft ‘key commitments’ (later in this form) should include a summary of your proposed accountability measures as set out below.


community (or communities) the service is intended to serve.

Ofcom is required to have regard to the provision each applicant proposes to make in order to ensure its accountability to the relevant community (or communities).

Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters will engage in an ongoing conversation with our community through social media as well as via traditional methods of contact (telephone, post, email).

Our Promotions Team and Team Leader will have as one of its responsibilities to actively engage with the community to research what they want from their station on an ongoing basis.

Central to the running of the Station is the Station Management Committee which in addition to the directors will have representation from the young people.

We will encourage listeners to get in touch with the station by broadcasting messages on-air soliciting this feedback and we will do so in a manner which encourages listeners to provide constructive criticism of the service.

All feedback will be discussed at t he Station Management Committee and acted upon as necessary. We will produce an annual report detailing the work, successes and failures of the station in the previous year.

Our website will include a feedback section for comments to be made either openly or anonymously. We will seek feedback from our volunteers internally on an ongoing basis and have a suggestions box in the studios. We will publish a complaints procedure for listeners and volunteer

Guidance notes: station’s draft key commitments

Please draft the Key Commitments for your proposed service. There is a blank key commitments template overleaf. If your organisation is awarded a licence, the key commitments you draft here will be included in your licence. (Please note: Ofcom may require amendmentsif, for example,we feel changes are required to better reflect your application proposals).

Your draft Key Commitments should be consistent with,and, where appropriate, summarise the answers you

have already given in this application form.

It is important that you draft your own commitments rather than just copying what may have been done by others. You should keep in mind that it will be a condition of any licence to meet the Key Commitments: something you must do at all times and for breach of which you could face sanctions including revocation of the licence. So, you should think carefully about what you will be committing to.

We would expect key commitments to be brief and no more than one page long.

KEY COMMITMENTS: to be completed by the applicant

[Guidance is given in italics.]

Station name

[As in section 1 of this application] Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters

Licence area

[State the proposed coverage area asset out in section 3 of this form.]

Coventry

Description of character of service

[Describe in no more than 80 words in total]:

- the target community/communities [describe the community or communities you will serve; this should be

a summary of your answer in section 2 of this form]:

- the main purpose of the service

- the station’s primary functions or activities.



Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters serves young people (Under 25) and BME Communities who live, work, undergo education or training in the City of Coventry. The purpose of the station is to entertain and inform the community and to provide opportunities for training and direct participation in the making of programmes for the station.

The service broadcasts:[these bullet points should be a summary of the answers you have given in section 4 of this form]:

• Music.The main types of music2 broadcast over the course of each week are: [insert types of music in a maximum of 30 words]

• Music.The main types of music2 broadcast over the course of each week are new & popular/chart music but including local bands and alternative music featured in evenings and weekends.

• Speech. The main types of speech output3 broadcast over the course of each week are: [describe the speech output in a maximum of 30 words]

• Speech. The main types of speech output3 broadcast over the course of each week are information regarding events, activities and opportunities for young people and BME, a local news bulletin (weekdays); sports and entertainment bulletins. At least one magazine programme weekly discussing relevant young people’s or BME issues.

• Over the course of each week programming is broadcast in [list all language(s) other than English, if relevant]

• Over the course of each week programming is broadcast in English 95% and French 3% and 2% African local Language.

• The service provides original output4 for a minimum of [insert number] hours per day.[What are the minimum hours per day that the service will broadcast original output?]

• The service provides original output4 for a minimum of 40 hours per week.

• The service provides locally-produced output5 for a minimum of [insert number] hours per day.[What are the minimum hours per day that the service will broadcast locally-produced output?]

• The service provides locally-produced output5 for a minimum of 40 hours per week

[The text below is included in the Key Commitments in all community radio licences, and does not need to be amended or augmented. Every service is required to comply with these requirements, but the details of how each service does so do not need to be included in the Key Commitments]

The studio is located within the licensed coverage area.

The service provides a range of community benefits (social gain objectives mandated by statute) for the target community, both on-air and off-air, and in doing so, achieves the following objectives:

• the facilitation of discussion and the expression of opinion,

• the provision (whether by means of programmes included in the service or otherwise) of education or training to individuals not employed by the person providing the service, and

• the better understanding of the particular community and the strengthening of links within it.

Members of the target community contribute to the operation and management of the service.

The service has mechanisms in place to ensure it is accountable to its target community.

[Please note: If awarded a licence, the key commitments you draft here will be included in your licence. (However, Ofcom may require amendments if, for example, we feel changes are required to better reflect your

2 e.g. mainstream pop, urban etc. 3 e.g. local news, what’s on etc. 4 Original output is output that is first produced for and transmitted by the service, and excludes output that was transmitted elsewhere before. Original output can be live or voice-tracked. Repeat broadcasts of original output do not count towards the minimum requirement. 5 Locally-produced output is output made and broadcast from within the service’s licensed coverage area.


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application proposals).]

About your organisation:

9. Company details Guidance Notes

The legislation requires that:

• Community radio services should not be provided primarily for commercial reasons or for the financial or other material gain of the body providing the service or the individuals involved in it

• Any profits produced may only be used to either improve the future provision of the service or for the delivery of social gain to members of the public or the target community

Provide the name of the body corporate (e.g. company) submitting this application and the type of body corporate.

Please provide copies of the company’s Memorandum, Articles of Association and Certificate of Incorporation (or, where it is another type of body corporate, its founding documents and those which set out its objectives and rules of operation)

Only a body corporate can hold a community radio licence. A body corporate is almost always a (registered) company, although it can also include, for example, some bodies created by statute (an individual or a registered charity on its own is not a body corporate).

Your application must therefore be submitted on behalf of a registered company (or other body corporate). There are different types of company (e.g. a company limited by shares, a community interest company, a company limited by guarantee) and we need to know what kind of company is applying for a licence.

We will not consider a licence award to a company if it has not yet been registered. If the application is successful the licence will be awarded to the body corporate (e.g. company) submitting this application.

Answer:

Company (or other body corporate) name: Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters

Date of registration: 27 May 2014

Company registration number: 09056908

Type of company (or other body corporate): Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital use of 'Limited' exemption

Where your body is not a company, please explain how it meets the requirement to be a body corporate:

N/A

10. Ownership Guidance Notes

Please provide details of who controls and who owns the body corporate (e.g. company) applying for this licence, and on what basis this control and ownership is achieved. (If this will be different once the station starts broadcasting please say so (a licence is not issued until broadcasting starts.)

The information provided must include:

• all the subscribers, members, shareholders, or whatever is appropriate for the applicant company (or body corporate), and state the extent of their interest (e.g. % shareholding) (if the company will be controlled by members, but the members are not yet recruited, please say so). (You will also be asked about the board of directors in 11 & 12 below.)

• details of any individual, company or other body that may exert control over the applicant.

Ofcom needs to know about the ownership of the company (or other body corporate) applying for this licence, and any issues regarding its control. We will also consider how the company (or body corporate) will be run (this will usually be specified in the Articles of Association of the company).

In relation to exerting control over the applicant, the information provided should include the name and address of any individuals or corporate bodies in accordance with whose wishes the applicant’s affairs are or will be conducted in most cases or in significant respects.



Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters Limited is a company limited by guarantee and without share issue. Therefore, there are no shareholders only members. However, all volunteers (over the age prescribed by company law) will be able to apply for membership of the company.

Ability to maintain the service:

11. Management and operations Guidance Notes

With regard to the applicant please provide:

• A list of directors, indicating who is the managing director and/or chair (please see question 12 regarding directors’ details).

• An indication of management structure (e.g. management committee or equivalent, if applicable), and/or

• Information about who would be responsible for the day to day management and running of the station (there is a separate question regarding other staff below). Explain the role(s) in the station, job titles, and indicate whether paid or voluntary, full or part-time (and the number of hours). Answer:

In addition to the notes above on ownership, Ofcom is also required to evaluate the human resources involved in the running of a community radio station. Answers should demonstrate how those who have relevant experience will work for the station. In addition, a diagram or organisation chart may help paint a clearer picture.

Mr Abiga Atiemo Chair

Mrs Cherry Spencer Executive Director

Mrs Roselyn Donkor Director

Mr Armah-Godwin Eric Secretary

Dennis Francis Non Director ( Trustee)

The station will be run by the Station Management Committee which will consist of 9 members. This will include directors and representatives of the young volunteers and BME Communities. The Station Coordinator will attend Station Management Committee Meetings but will not be a member of it.

The day to day running of the station will be devolved to the Station Coordinator with support from the directors (who have specific roles allocated to them) and Volunteer Team Leaders who will coordinate the activities of volunteers in a variety of areas (eg The On-Air Team, the Production Team (Jingles & Promos), the Fundraising Team, the Promotions Team, the Training & Mentoring Team, the Tech Team, the Social Media & Web Team).

Greater detail is given in the experience and human resource compliment in the following two sections (so as not to duplicate)

12. Management and operations Guidance Notes

Please provide information regarding each director as set out below (some or all of which may be regarded as confidential).

In addition if any individuals have been identified for management roles at the proposed station, please give further information in this section.

Answer (for each director):

Ofcom needs to know about the proposed directors and chair of the applicant. Some or all of the information given in this section will usually be removed from the publicly available copy of this application form. (All community radio applications forms will be made available on our website.) If you request that any information be removed, please indicate which (and why by email to [email protected]).

Name: Mr Abiga

Employment: Media Consultant

Other directorships: Chair Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters

Relevant experience or qualifications:

Mr Abiga is an experienced and highly respected Media Consultant in London and West Midlands


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working in the media sectors and also managing his own company in public housing . He is a skilled negotiator and corporate administrator where his attention to detail ensures cost savings both for his own company and the businesses of his clients.

He manages his own sales force directly as well as a back-office telesales team. Although now in his early 40’s his music taste remains youth orientated, perhaps in part due to his 4 young children, and he has had a keen interest in internet radio for several years.

Abiga will take the lead as Chairman in supervising the administration of the company, the administrative tasks related to licensing (Ofcom, PPL, PRS, IRN etc) and act as the Line-Manager for the Station Coordinator.

Abiga’s extensive experience in business mean that he will be responsible for compiling budgets and cash-flow forecasts and will work with the Station Coordinator to ensure that sales and fundraising targets are met.

Mr Abiga has experience in running community radio station and has worked with some commercial radio stations to add to his portfolio. Worked with RFI (Radio France International), worked as content producer at Radio Lome Togo.

He has met with directors of a number of other community radio stations to learn more about the specific requirements of a company in the community radio sector and in particular to compile the job specifications for the Station Coordinator in order that he can properly manage this key role effectively. Abiga provide substantial financial support to the station under its Corporate Social Responsibility Policy.

Abiga has worked with young people from Waltham forest Young People Housing Association as a Manager and also currently the Executive Manager of Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters and very much active in most of the Community activities in Coventry.

Abiga holds Master Degree in Mass Media Communication .

Bachelor Degree in Business Information System (…) and

French Diplomat (…).

Mrs Cherry Spencer

Employment: Dentist

Other directorships: None

Relevant experience or qualifications

Cherry Spencer is a dentist by profession but with experience in radio broadcasting and , bid writing and fund raising.

She is in charge of seeking funding for Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters through bid writing and fundraising.

Cherry has contributed immensely to financial support of the station for the past four years.

Cherry also acts as community outreach officer for the station by working hard to getting us involved in community event in the city which has made us one of the most vibrant youth and BME led online radio station for the past four years. She is also fully involved in the administrative needs of the station as she is also experience in that field.

She is currently a presenter at the station. Cherry has formally worked for other community radio stations in London as Program Manager and Presenter. She was former Manager of Elie fm in London and former production manager at GBC in Ghana.

Cherry holds Bachelor Degree (…).

Mr Armah-Godwin Eric

Employment: Software tester and Technical Engeneer


Relevant experience or qualifications

Armah-Godwin Eric is a software tester and technical Engineer. He is self employed and holds contracts across the nation.



Eric has worked as Software and Technical Engineer for most of the Communities and Commercial radio stations across the Nation.

He has also worked with most of the telecommunication companies in the UK, BT, Virgin media, Sky,Talk talk and others.

He volunteers his time for the station as our software and technical engineer. He makes sure all our current equipments are up to health and safety standards and monitors our sound output.

Eric holds Bachelor Degree in software testing.

Mrs Roselyn Donkor

Employment: Lecturer


Roselyn Donkor is a lecturer by profession. She teaches Mass Media Communication and runs her own business as well.

Roselyn offers support to the youth at the station with training in photography, broadcasting and media production.

Roselyn is also a qualified safeguarding trainer and responsible for making sure all our volunteers are up to date with safeguarding.

Roselyn hold PGCE in Mass Media Communication.

Dennis Francis (Trustee non Director)

Dennis is currently a volunteer with Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters

Dennis is a qualified Broadcasters and sound engineer.

She has experience in working with with community radio stations as presenter and sound engeneer.

In addition for volunteering for vanny radio, she currently also volunteers for Coventry University Hospital radio as a presenter.

Dennis has formerly worked with Hillz fm and BBC Coventry and Warwickshire

Dennis is braised with information about Ofcom and is responsible for making sure Ofcom rules and regulations are implemented in our station. Dennis is responsible for making sure the station and presenters are up to date with Ofcom rules.

Dennis holds Diplomat in Broadcasting and Sound Engineering.

If any individuals (not necessarily directors) have been identified for management roles please state what experience identified individuals have to undertake the role in question.


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13. Staffing structure Guidance Notes

What is the staffing structure of your proposed radio service? Provide a job title for each position and indicate whether the individual will be paid or will work in a voluntary capacity, will be full or part-time (indicate the number of hours for part-time posts). This may be provided as a diagram or organisation chart.

Answer in fewer than 400 words, plus organisation chart (optional):

The legislation requires that Ofcom has regard to the applicant’s ability to maintain the proposed service (as well as to ensure the applicant is fit and proper to hold the licence). As well as its ownership, management and operations, the proposed staffing of the station is relevant to these considerations.

Chairman (Unpaid - Director Responsibility Abiga Atiemo)

Station Coordinator.

(Full-time Paid - will be part-time for 2 months prior to launch)

Chairman (Part-time - Unpaid - Responsibility Abiga Atiemo)

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

Station Coordinator. (Full-time Paid - will be part-time for 2 months prior to launch) The Station Coordinator will take overall responsibility for the launch and running of the station.

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

Management Committee.

Training & Sales Director (Unpaid – Director – Cherry Spencer)

Cherry will take director responsibility for supervising Training & Mentoring provision by the station in association with the Training & Mentoring Team. Cherry will also develop the Sales Strategy of the

Technical Director (Unpaid – Director – Armah-Godwin Eric )

Training & Sales Director (Unpaid – Director – Cherry Spencer )

Programming Trustee(Unpaid – Dennis Francis)

Teams & Team Leaders – Unpaid. These will be drawn from the volunteer base.

On-Air Team

Production Team (Jingles & Promos) Fundraising Team

Promotions Team (including audience & community research) Training & Mentoring Team

Tech Team

Social Media & Web Team



Station in association with the Station Coordinator and will support the Station Coordinator in achieving sales targets.

Technical Officer (Unpaid - Director Responsibility Armah-Godwin Eric)

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

Programming Director (Unpaid – Trustee – Dennis Francis)

Dennis will take responsibility for ensuring Vanny Radio meets with all programming requirements and drawing on his many years experience as a presenter and programmer she is on hand to offer advice and guidance to the Training and Mentoring teams, as well as the wider volunteer base. Dennis will run regular group and one-to-one training sessions with volunteers.

Teams & Team Leaders - Unpaid - these will be drawn from the volunteer base.

On-Air Team Production Team (Jingles & Promos) Fundraising Team Promotions Team (including audience & community research) Training & Mentoring Team Tech Team Social Media & Web Team

14. Applicant’s experience Guidance Notes

Please describe the history of your group, and any relevant experience of the group, or the individuals within the group, by answering the questions below.

Ofcom is required to consider whether an applicant has the ability to run a community radio station for the licence period (up to five years). To aid our consideration we want to know about any relevant experience the applicant group as a whole, or the individuals involved, may have.

A. Please provide a brief history of your group.


The group initially started with Mr Abiga Atiemo who started an online radio station in his Dining room just for the love it as it has been part of his life from childhood until date. A young person found out about the online radio and spread the news across the City and many young people started coming to the house for training and broadcasting.

Due to health and safety ,we then approach the City Council for a space and we were allocated a bigger space in the City and it started to become bigger. Cherry,Roselyn and Eric saw the vision and they approach me to bring their expertise on board and went to the right process to register the station with Company house.

With all the expertise together,we have been running online radio for the past 4 years in Coventry with so far 25 volunteers from BME and young people. We are very known across the City due to our involvement in community project.

We train young people for media production, sound engineering, photography and djying. Our young djs perform at community events,some show their interview technics, photography

And setting up PA Systems.

B. Please summarise the group’s broadcasting experience (e.g. internet radio, Restricted Service Licences (RSLs)).


In summary, the group has a very strong experience in broadcasting with Abiga the Chair who holds Masters Degree in Mass Media Communication; he has worked as Program Manager in two Community radio stations, Administrator at two commercial radio stations and presenter. Currently has been in charge of Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters for the past four years that has gain recognition across the city. Qualified Sound Engineer and train Media Student from Coventry University in Broadcasting and Media Production.

Eric is a qualified broadcasting Engineer and has worked with many radio and tv station as an Engineer, currently volunteering for Vanny Radio as our technical Engineer.


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Dennis Francis is also a sound Engineer who has worked in community radio station as Engineer and presenter, She is currently volunteering for Vanny radio as an engineer and presenter and also volunteer at the university hospital radio as a presenter.

Cherry Spencer has been a great presenter for Vanny Radio for four years, training young people in broadcasting ,and media production. She was a former presenter at the GBC (Ghana Broadcasting Corporation)

C. Please summarise the relevant experience of the group or its members, in relevant non-broadcast areas (such as third sector, local business, fund-raising, training or education).


Mr Abiga is an experienced and highly respected Media Consultant in London and West Midlands working in the media sectors as Managing Director of his own business in public housing company. He is a skilled negotiator and corporate administrator where his attention to detail ensures cost savings both for his own company and the businesses of his clients.

Abiga holds Master Degree in Mass Media Communication .

Bachelor Degree in Business Information System (…) and

French Diplomat (…)

Cherry Spencer is a qualified Dentist and a mother has a marketing and advertising skills.

Eric is a software tester who conduct automated and manual tests to ensure the software created by developers is fits for purpose. He holds Bachelor Degree in software testing.

Roselyn Donkor is a Lecturer and hold PGCE Certificate in Mass media communication.

D. Please summarise the radio broadcasting experience of key individuals in the applicant group (only if not already described above).


As above

Evidence of demand:

15. Demand and/or support Guidance Notes

Please provide a summary of evidence of demand and/or support for your proposed service.

This may include a variety of information, for example:

• summary of support from statutory or voluntary sector organisations which expect to contribute practically and/or financially to your operations, or which would expect to collaborate with you in joint activities;

• evidence of interest generated through radio activity (e.g. RSLs, internet radio), community activity, training, voluntary sector work etc.;

• results of research;

• summary of support from local politicians, councils, educational or religious bodies etc.;

• summary of support from local business or other sectors;

• evidence of support from your proposed target community.


When considering community radio licence applications, Ofcom is required to take into account the extent of local demand for, or support for, the provision of the proposed service.

It is for applicants to decide what evidence of demand or support they wish to submit. However, Ofcom does not believe that generic support for the establishment of a new radio service is as meaningful as evidence of considered support for a specific applicant’s proposals. This means that Ofcom does not attach great value to numerous examples of similar generic or form letters of support by your group, or to petitions.

Copies of letters or research reports etc. should not be submitted. However, your response here may include brief relevant extracts from such material and must represent an accurate and comprehensive summary of any such supporting evidence. If we wish to see the source material, we will ask for it.

In relation to our research and community consultations, the responses were unanimously positive and all felt that a volunteer-led youth radio station would be a real resource for Coventry and crucially



that it could help all the respective schools, academies and colleges in their work.

Examples of the feedback received include:

Coventry College, : “A fantastic opportunity and would certainly be supported by Coventry University College and felt that two of the key benefits that the station would offer would be

“volunteering opportunities for our young people” and the promotional opportunities for the school.

A Doyle Community Development Officer from Coventry City Council ,

‘the station would be instrumental in “giving publicity to events in which the local community are involved”.

A Leader of the Somalian Community Association,

‘’ the station would provide “an interesting opportunity for young people and for students from BME interested in radio to have access to work experience opportunities”.

P Williams (Director of Coventry Boys and Girls Club):

‘’The station can “open up new career avenues which were not thought of before”. He also believes that the station “would also address the need for speaking good English”. Infact they have offered us a space to facilitate this project.

C Amoakoh from the High Life Centre,

‘’ the station will be a true local asset in terms of “advertising community events and students and promote more BME local business”.

J Graham Director of Support Sports Coventry:

“this is a great avenue for young people involved in sports to also have interest in media “

D Kaftizas, from Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre,

‘’Finally this is an opportunity for us to send in migrant for training and volunteering to gain work experience’’

A Nyamayaro Principal Director and Solicitor at Tann Law

Says’’ this is a very good opportunity for their firm through our media to give free information on immigration and crime to the youth and the BME community’’

T Marsella Customer and Community Engagement Manager from Whitefriar Housing says

,,This is a youth oriented project therefore it is everyone responsibility in the City to support it and Whitefriar Housing will be willing to support’’

Suzy from Positive Youth Foundation,

‘’this is an opportunity for young people in Coventry and should be supported by the Positive Youth Foundation’’

W Pamire Community Support Police Officer,

‘’This project will surely help reduce crime and anti social behaviour in the City’’

In our surveying of young people themselves, 85% said that they would listen in to a local youth station and 56% said they would be interested in being involved in some capacity.

In our surveying with BME Communities 86% said they will listen and 53% said they would be interested in being involved. Through Vanny Radio-Community Broadcasters we want to build on that attitude of civic participation and ambition

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


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L Anderson Coventry Youth Partnership says:

‘’This is a great opportunity for mix culture and youth volunteering as many youth centres are closed down due to lack of funding we will surely be part of this’’


“Sounds exciting stuff and there are plenty of youth related groups ( Young Peoples Service , Youth Action , Job Shop) as well as ourselves who I am sure would be interested in supporting. From a Employment point of view we would be interested in using to promote careers information and advice - publicising vacancies we have for 16-19 year olds , promoting information around career events , application time etc and perhaps contributing to discussion forums on young people and BME views./ needs around employment , training etc

To understand what young people themselves and people from the BME Communities, and the wider community in Coventry, felt about the prospect of a station we carried out Field Research in the form of a Street Survey over a number of days in the City centre. In total there were 989 participants.

Part of the survey was conducted in the main shopping centre where we surveyed a mixture of young people under 25 (400 participants) and people from BME across a wide age range (289 participants). The remainder of the survey was conducted in the area of the City containing the extensive Coventry University College Campus and this part of the survey was exclusively Under 25’s (300).

The results of the survey were overwhelmingly positive:

655 supported the creation of a station for Coventry for young people

38 supported the creation of a station for Coventry but felt that it should cater for all ages.

7 felt Coventry didn’t need another radio station.

From the BME Community

274 Supported the creation of a radio station for BME and Young People

10 supported the idea but felt that more African languages should be aired

5 felt they listen to more local African news on the internet

Of the young people who participated in the survey (87%) said that they would listen in to a local youth station and (53%) said they would be interested in being involved in some capacity. From the BME Communities ( 90%) said they would listen and( 55%) said they would be interested in being involved in some capacity.

We ran 6 workshops in May , June and July 2017 with young people and the BME to seek the views from the target communities about what output it wanted from the service. These workshops took the form of focus/discussion groups and identified the following:

• Music should be primarily chart focused.

• Programming should include opportunities for local bands and artists to access the airwaves

• There should be provision for non-chart music and alternative genres.

• Speech content should not dominate but include local news and information about events and opportunities/services for young people and BME communities

• Speech should include topics of relevance to young people (sexual health, suicide & self harm etc) • The station should broadcast 95% in English, 3% in French and 2% local African language.

L Anderson , the Head of Coventry Youth Partnership from Coventry City Council approached us to lend their support, saying “The Young People Service could work with your organisation around youth voice and engagement of young people as well as supporting local youth bands we work with. Although no financial support is requested, we could definitely support in promoting the station (if successful) across our provision and also look for opportunities for young people to get involved and gain employability skills. I’m aware ofa local radio stations in other area and they can add real value to the local community”


“Sounds exciting stuff and there are plenty of youth related groups ( Young Peoples Service , Youth Action , Job Shop) as well as ourselves who I am sure would be interested in supporting. From a Employment point of view we would be interested in using to promote careers information and advice



- publicising vacancies we have for 16-19 year olds , promoting information around career events , application time etc and perhaps contributing to discussion forums on young people and BME views./ needs around employment , training etc

We spoke with 46 local retailers to ascertain if the station could realistically expect to part finance itself with advertising.Of the 36 shops/cafes/bars that we spoke to, 30 said that they would be “interested” or “very interested” in advertising but all indicated that it would be price sensitive and of the 3 price options offered, £100 per month (or £1000 per year) was the level that they would feel appropriate

Our application has widespread political support from Toni Skipper (Mayor of Coventry) including G Quinton executive director for the vast people Covering Education, Adult Social care,and community services . Other Councillors expressed the view

that this was a fantastic idea and much needed in the City. Indeed, the only negative comment we received was from Mark Hinton Community Development Manager from Warwick who queried why it was only Coventry and not the wider Council Region including Warwickshire. We explained that community radio have a smaller broadcast reach than commercial radio and he was happy then to support the proposal and hoped that drift signal would reach Warwickshire.

We huge support from the following community groups and schools:

Caledon Castle School, Sidney Stringer Academy, Coventry University College, Coventry College, Somali Association, Valley House, Coventry City Council, Refugee and migrant centre, Voluntary action, Ghana Union, Congolese Association, Cameroon Association, Zimbabwe union, Ugandan union, the highlife centr,Coventry boys and girls club, Coventry youth partnership, public health protection, hope in unity, Bethel Dumis Christian centre,Whitefriars housing,dumi international, centric project, positive youth foundation, black minority ethnic partnership,wyken community association,terrence Higgins trust Coventry, active citizen (west midlands police),west indies association.


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Ability to maintain the service – financial information:

16. Pre-launch financial information

In assessing an applicant’s ability to maintain the service we need to know what funds and assets it holds, how much it intends to spend getting the station on-air (pre-launch expenditure), and predicted funding for the pre-launch period. Please note ‘in-kind’ income is dealt with in 18 below.

✓ Tick this box if you request Ofcom to withhold this information from the public copy of your application.

17. Year 1 financial information - income

Please provide information on the predicted income for your first year of broadcasting. N.B. there is a legislative restriction on income from on-air advertising and sponsorship/commercial references (in summary, each station is allowed a ‘fixed revenue allowance’ of £15,000 per year from paid-for advertising and sponsorship; some stations may also be allowed up to 50% of their total relevant information per year (i.e. disregarding the fixed revenue allowance). See the ‘Invitation of applications for community radio licences’ for your region for further information).


18. Financial information – in-kind support

Please provide totals that reflect the in-kind support you expect to receive for the pre-launch period, and for year one. You may count some volunteer input as in-kind support – please see our guidance on this http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/radio-ops/volunteerinput.pdf


19. Year 1 financial information – outgoings

Please summarise year 1 outgoings – your expected operational expenditure to cover the first 12 months after the service has commenced broadcasting. (Add rows if necessary).


20. Year 1 financial information – commercial activities on air


21. Pre-launch financial information - contingency

If there is a shortfall between pre-launch predicted income and outgoings, please explain below how you would expect to cover any outstanding costs.

Answer in fewer than 150 words and/or submit a summary table:


22. Year 1 financial information - contingency

If there is a shortfall between Year 1 income and Year 1 outgoings, please explain below how you would expect to cover any outstanding costs (see also 23 and 24 below).

Alternatively if there is a surplus at the end of Year 1, please explain what you intend to do with such additional resources.



23. Financial information – loans and other borrowings

If any of your proposed funding (either set-up or operational) is in the form of loans e.g. from directors, individuals or organisations, please provide details as to who the loan is from and the terms of such lending, expected repayment terms, interest rate charged and other associated costs.


http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/radio-ops/volunteerinput.pdf




24. Financial information – alternative funding streams

If there is a shortfall between income and outgoings, what arrangements have you explored and are in place to provide further financial and/or ‘in-kind’ support for your proposed service?

If you have any proposals for expanding and/or changing the funding model of your proposed service after the first year of operation, please provide details below:



Broadcasting engineering:

Engineering notes

We require preliminary radio frequency (r.f.) engineering information and applicants are advised that this section is not intended to be exhaustive. We are asking for the basic engineering parameters necessary to determine the extent of frequency availability in an applicant’s chosen area (after taking account of the requirements of neighbouring broadcasters); and to determine whether the proposed service area can be adequately served from this site. As a result, applicants should note the importance of identifying a transmission site that is suitable for the area they wish to serve.

While Ofcom would not wish applicants to go to unnecessary expense (we do not guarantee the availability of a suitable frequency and/or our ability to allocate it for broadcasting from the chosen transmission site), we do require precise details about the transmission site chosen. The questions following relate to this.

Applicants should provide evidence of negotiations or agreement with the site owner (e.g. whether a provisional agreement is in place). Any licence award will be based on the coverage area from the site identified in the application. If a licence is offered, Ofcom may not be able to agree to a change from the site put forward in this application (and any request for a change will need to be justified).

Applicants should read and be aware of the relevant part of the Ofcom Site Engineering Code which may be found at: http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/tech-guidance/eng_code/

25. Engineering information

Answer

Waveband: This application is for an FM licence Yes

Do you understand the requirements for FM (VHF) and have you incorporated these below and in, for example, your start-up and other costs, detailed earlier?

Yes

Transmission site address:

What is the postal address and post code: Coventry Boys and Girls Club Whitefriars Lane CV1 2DT

The NGR is a reference code comprising two letters and two groups of three numbers (e.g. SW 123 456). It is available from Ordnance Survey.

SP339787

What is the height of the site, in metres, Above Ordnance Datum (AOD)?

35 metres

National Grid Reference (NGR):

In metres, what is the total height of the mast / building Above Ground level (AGL)? 14 metre

About the site’s dimensions:

What is the height, in metres, of the transmitting antenna AGL?

16.5 metre

Please supply photographs of the transmitter mast / building and aerial location.

✓Tick if enclosed

Is this site already used for broadcasting and if so by whom?

No

About the Delete as appropriate the yes/no answers which describe your situation regarding proposed site (it may be that you

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transmission site: cannot answer all four questions):

Site identified? Yes

Transmission site availability:

Provisional agreement with site owner in place? Yes

Or under negotiation? No

Applicant group owns site? No

Other – please specify.

Applicant group owns site? No

(Note: we cannot consider an application if no site has been identified.)

How to contact you:

26. Public contact details Guidance Notes

Provide the name of the person who will deal with enquiries from the press and public and the contact details for them.

Ofcom will publish community radio licence applications, and from time to time statements which may include public contact details, on its website. A point of contact is required to deal with press and other enquiries from interested parties.

Name: Mrs Cherry Spencer

Phone: 02477050140

Mobile: 07507523242

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.vannyradio.com

Postal address: Coventry Boys and Girls Club Whitefriars Lane Coventry CV1 2DT

PLEASE ENSURE YOU ADVISE OFCOM OF ANY CHANGES TO YOUR CONTACT DETAILS

27. Contact details for Ofcom Guidance Notes

Provide the name of the person who will be Ofcom’s primary contact and their contact details:

Ofcom will need to contact your group in relation to this application.

PLEASE ENSURE YOU ADVISE OFCOM OF ANY CHANGES TO YOUR CONTACTDETAILS

Concluding declaration:

28. Declaration

APPLICANT’S, DIRECTORS’ AND OWNERS’ OTHER INTERESTS

1. In relation to the applicant and any body’s and/or individuals whose details are given in sections 11, 12 and 13 of this application, please state whether the applicant, any body or individual is (and if so identify that body or individual) involved in any of the activities set out in the table below, and the extent of the involvement or interest. For these purposes, the applicant includes associates of the applicant (i.e. directors and their associates and other group companies): (Note: if none of the following categories in

this section apply, this must be clearly indicated by writing “none” in any appropriate box.)

Activity/involvement By the applicant and/or a shareholder or member

(section 11 of this application form)

By a director

(section 12 of this application form)

a) Local authorities None None

b) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a political nature, or which are affiliated to such a body

None None

c) Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a religious nature

None None



d) An individual who is an officer of a body falling within (c) above

None None

e) A body corporate which is an associate (as defined in paragraphs 1(1) and 1(1a) of Part I of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990) or a body falling within (b) or (c) above)

None None

f) An advertising agency or an associate of an advertising agency

None None

g) Other broadcasting interests (including radio, television, satellite and cable broadcasting and allied activities).

None None

Other interests

2. Give details of any other interest or activity of the applicant which is or could be incompatible with the requirements imposed by or under Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as modified by the Community Radio Order 2004) and Articles 6 and 7 of the Community Radio Order 2004. Please also give details of any other participant in the applicant whose interest is or could be incompatible with those requirements. (You may need to seek advice about these matters)

Answer: None

Other matters

3. In pursuance of its duties under Section 86(4) of the Broadcasting Act 1990 (as amended), Ofcom requires that the applicant should notify Ofcom of any matters which might influence Ofcom’s judgement as to whether:

(i) the applicant;

(ii) any director of the applicant;

(iii) any individual, or any director of a company, who will have an interest of 5 per cent or more in the applicant;

may not be considered a 'fit and proper person' to participate in a radio licence. Such matters would include, for example, the following (whether they occurred in the UK or any other country): any unspent criminal conviction, any undischarged insolvency and/or bankruptcy orders, any disqualification from being a director of a limited company, and any adverse findings made by Ofcom (or its predecessor broadcast regulators), any other regulatory authority and/or any court or tribunal in respect of any regulatory matters.

Answer:

None

Do you confirm, to the best of your knowledge and belief, that:

4. The applicant is not a disqualified person in relation to the licence by virtue of the provisions of section 143 (5) of the Broadcasting Act 1996 (relating to political objects);

5. The applicant is not otherwise a disqualified person in relation to the licence by virtue of Part II of Schedule 2 to the Broadcasting Act 1990 or any other rule prohibiting its holding the licence;

6. No director, member or other person involved directly or indirectly in the management of the applicant group is the subject of a disqualification order as defined by section 145 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 1996;

7. No person (body corporate or individual) involved in the application has been convicted within the past five years of an unauthorised broadcasting offence and that the applicant will do all it can to ensure that no person (body corporate or individual) so convicted will be concerned in the provision of the service, the making of programmes included in it, or the operation of the radio station if the applicant is granted a licence; and

8. Any matters which might influence Ofcom's judgement as to whether the directors or members of the applicant group are fit and proper persons to participate in a radio licence have been made to Ofcom.

Applicants should note that Ofcom reserves the right to revoke a licence if at any time any material statement made is found to be false and to have been made by the applicant or any member or officer thereof knowing it to be false, and that in the circumstances of section 144 of the Broadcasting Act 1996, the provision of false information or the withholding of relevant information with the intention of misleading Ofcom could incur a criminal conviction and a disqualification from the holding of a licence.

✓Please tick this box to confirm that the applicant agrees with the above statements.

Please tick the boxes below to indicate which additional documentation is included as part of this application. We are not willing to accept additional information with this application, other than that set out below:


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✓Memorandum & Articles of Association

✓Certificate of Incorporation

✓ Application Payment (UK £ 600.00) non-returnable

✓Photographs of the transmitter mast / building and aerial location.

I hereby apply to Ofcom for the grant of a community radio licence and declare that the information given in this application and any additional documentation is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, correct.

Abiga Atiemo (Name of person)

Chair (Title or position in the applicant group)

(Date) 24/10/2017

Please return this form and any additional electronic information by email to:

[email protected]

If there is any paper-based material associated with this application, please send it to:

Community Radio Licensing Team, 5th Floor Ofcom Riverside House 2A Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 9HA

Please make sure you keep a copy of this form for your records.

mailto:[email protected]

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