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The growth of community radio has been described by Ofcom as "one of the great UK broadcasting success stories in the last few years", yet this new sector remains economically very precarious. The Community Radio Order 2004 restricts community radio to a maximum 50 per cent of revenue from advertising and sponsorship and, in some locations, advertising is prohibited entirely. This settlement was to be complemented, in part, by a sizeable Community Radio Fund. The government's own impact assessment, in line with the recommendations of the Everitt Report, suggested the Fund would require £3-4 million per annum. In its first year £500,000 was provided. Since then, annual spending commitments to the Fund have not increased, while the number of licensees has grown from 14 to over 200. Alongside review of the Community Radio Order 2004 the government must commit to a substantial increase in the Community Radio Fund to support the long term sustainability and success of community radio.

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• ANTHONY BLAKESLEY (SINEFM,EQUITY AND BECTU)
• Judith Haughton
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• tricia revill
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• sara teiger
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• Marie Bulman
• stuart stebbens
• Mark Sutton
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• andrea stone
• Tom Mortimer
• Paul Walters
• Anne Holmes
• Peter Slater
• Louise Amas
• Betty Dobson
• Paula SAnchez
• Jane mullins
• Simon Grace
• Chris Weaving
• Mark Morton
• caroline churchill
• Rhian Egerton
• Peter Glazebrook
• Helen Morgan
• James Sanders
• Graham Lewis
• adrian wilkinson
• David M Smith
• Bruce Wall
• Sue Homer
• Helen Wrigley
• Nicholas Cragg
• Anthony Pitt
• john stutely
• Ian Stutely
• zoe few
• Marcus Taylor
• Jon Rowett
• Helen Batterby
• Frances Caine
• Ingrid Brunstad
• Wayne Simpson
• david rowett
• Christine Thompson
• Robert Miller
• Ari Henry
• aidan sheerin
• Erica Halliday
• Jo Delfgou
• katie nicholls
• Rose Arnold
• Meg Spencer-Thomas
• daniel biggs
• Sarah Lovibond
• Lucy Brierley
• Julia Fitzgerald
• Paul Hollingworth
• Anne Jones
• Stephen Burnham
• Linda Buckland
• Linda Robinson
• Carl Peck
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• Mark Davis
• David Cantrill
• Stephen Lawton
• Wolfe Witham
• Miranda De Blasio
• Alex Ferris
• Matthew Skidmore
• sarah patch
• s lovell
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• Neil Shoubridge
• martin lampitt
• Tristan Stephens
• Ian Jacobsberg
• Lesley Meade
• Steve Bilsborough
• Jonathan Robson
• Andy Saunders
• Neil Smith
• rebecca clack
• David Benton
• kashmear elliott
• Simon Partridge
• Eric Gray
• Sylvia Harvey
• Iain Boyce
• john moore
• James Simpson
• Adam Hutchison
• renne mc garrigle
• AMANDA JONES
• Richard Dudley-Smith
• Joanne Batson
• ed woodhouse
• GaryO'Sullivan
• A Henderson
• Andrew Sewell
• Mary Delfgou
• Brian Marshall
• robert nicholls
• claire Liebig-Denham
• Eric Ratcliffe
• karen reveley
• Mike Morris
• bryan murray
• Joel Baker
• vic sims
• William Manchester
• Cathy Aitchison, London Link Radio
• Susannah Cass
• Robert Thompson

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