Radio Fyneside - Ofcom Licensing

Public Version 2.0 [14th August 2006]. 

Community Radio Licence 

Application Form (2006/07) 

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Community Radio Application Covering Sheet. 

IMPORTANT: BEFORE SUBMITTING THIS APPLICATION FORM PLEASE 

READ THE FOLLOWING ESSENTIAL INFORMATION CAREFULLY AND 

COMPLETE THE DECLARATION WHICH FOLLOWS. FAILURE TO ACT 

ON THE CONTENTS OF THIS COVERING SHEET OR FAILURE TO SIGN 

THE DECLARATION MAY RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION BEING 

REJECTED BY OFCOM. 

If you have a query about how to complete this form, please contact Ofcom's 

Community Radio Team via e-mail at: communityradio@ofcom.org.uk, 

or call 020 7783 4506 for advice. Please note that Ofcom can only advise on how to 

complete the application form. It cannot provide more general help and advice 

concerning your group's overall proposals. 

1. Confidential Information. Applications will be made available for public 

inspection on Ofcom’s website. In general, Ofcom will accept requests to keep 

the following information confidential if requested to do so by an applicant: 

o Non-public contact details (Sections 2 & 3 of the application form) 

o Staffing matters (Section 4 of the application form) 

o Financial matters (Section 4 of the application from) 

Ofcom may also be willing to keep other parts of an application submission 

confidential. However, should you wish to submit any information in confidence 

other than that which is listed above, confirmation that this is acceptable must be 

obtained in advance, in writing, from Ofcom’s Community Radio Licensing Team. 

All confidential information MUST be provided in a separate document, clearly 

marked 'confidential'. By placing information in the application form you 

agree to its publication by Ofcom (and by third parties at the request of 

Ofcom). 

In submitting this application you agree that, should a licence be granted, Ofcom 

may publish contact details for the licensee (specified in section 2.2 of this 

application form), which may include personal data, on the Ofcom web site and/or 

in other relevant publications. 

2. 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. 

3. 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 in accordance with the Community Radio Order 2004. 

Before a licence is granted, further details may be required.


4. This application form covers the requirements of the Broadcasting Acts of 1990 

and 1996, the Communications Act 2003, the Community Radio Order 2004 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. 

5. One electronic or paper copy of an application must be received by Ofcom no 

later than the closing-date specified in the Invitation of applications for community 

radio licences. Applications received after this time will not normally be accepted. 

All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt (by email or written receipt). 

Paper copies of applications, together with any supporting documentation, must 

be sent to the address below. If e-mail is the chosen method of submission, the 

application must be sent to communityradio@ofcom.org.uk. Applicants should be 

aware, however, that e-mails are not an instantaneous means of communication, 

especially when they have large attachments. Applicants are therefore strongly 

advised to submit e-mail applications at least 48 hours in advance of the closingdate, 

so that urgent steps can be taken by the applicant if no acknowledgement 

from Ofcom is received. PLEASE NOTE: The maximum size of file which can be 

received by Ofcom is 10 megabytes – larger files will automatically be rejected. 

6. If you are sending additional printed information, or you would like to send a hard 

copy of your application in addition to the primary electronic copy, such material 

should be sent to the postal address below. If you cannot send an electronic 

copy of your application via e-mail you may send it on a CD to the address below 

instead. You should post any such material using a signed for delivery method 

which will guarantee delivery before the closing deadline. You should also keep 

proof of posting (timed, dated and stamped by the delivery service used) for 

traceability in case your application fails to arrive on time. 

Community Radio Licensing, 

Radio Planning & Licensing Team, 

Ofcom, 

Riverside House, 

2A, Southwark Bridge Road, 

London, 

SE1 9HA. 

7. This application must be accompanied by a non-refundable application fee of 

£600. Payment of the application fee must be received (i.e. the funds must be 

present in the Ofcom bank account) by the closing-date specified in the Invitation 

of applications for community radio licences. We need details of how your 

application fee is paid to help us check that your payment is received. Applicants 

may submit their payment by any of the following methods: 

(a) By BACS into the Ofcom bank account (sort code: 30-97-90, account 

number: 0740372, account name: Ofcom). Please note that any payments 

made using this method will take at least three working days to reach the 

Ofcom account. In the mandate reference field of your payment please put 

‘CR [station name]’. By adding your station name, or the applicant company’s 

name, we can match your payment to your application. 

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(b) By CHAPS into the Ofcom bank account (details as above). Please 

note that although this is a ‘same day’ payment method, applicants intending 

to submit their payment on the closing-date itself should confirm with their 

bank the deadline for ensuring that it is received by Ofcom on that date. In the 

mandate reference field of your payment please put ‘CR [station name]’. By 

adding your station name, or the applicant company’s name, we can match 

your payment to your application. 

(c) By cheque, or banker's draft, made payable to ‘Ofcom’ and posted to 

the Community Radio Team, Desk 05:116, Radio Licensing, Ofcom, 

Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA. The cheque 

or draft should be sent with a paper copy of the application, or a note clearly 

detailing the station or applicant company’s name and address. This is 

important as it will help ensure we can match your payment to your 

application. 

Please note we cannot accept cash, electronic payments or credit / debit 

cards. 

8. Please read the rest of this document carefully and then answer all the 

questions as fully and accurately as possible. It is very important that you 

read and understand the Notes of Guidance for Community Radio Licence 

Applicants and Licensees before completing this form. This, and other 

supporting documentation, may be obtained from the Ofcom website at: 

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/. 

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Please use as much space as you need to answer the following questions (the 

size of the spaces provided for answers are indicative only). Remember that 

your application will be judged on the contents of this form and any 

supplementary information accompanying it. It is therefore important to 

ensure that you provide comprehensive information when answering the 

specific questions contained in this form even if you believe that some of this 

information is already known to Ofcom. 

Where other information submitted separately is relevant to a particular 

question, please make this clear in your answer. 

SECTION ONE: OPENING STATEMENT. 

1.1 Opening Statement. Please describe your organisation and its objectives, 

the nature of your proposed radio station, the community which it intends to serve 

and its broadcasting philosophy. The statement should be brief, at most no longer 

than two short paragraphs. 

Picture this 

• A starkly beautiful, remote landscape around the head of the second longest 

sea loch in the UK – Loch Fyne, in Argyll 

• The birthplace of Scotland - Dunadd Fort, where the ancient Kings of 

Scotland were crowned. 

• One of the richest clusters of archaeological remains in the UK – Kilmartin 

Glen, with 350 ancient monuments, 150 of which are prehistoric 

• The gateway to the highlands and west coast islands reached by a mountain 

Pass called Rest and Be Thankful 

• One of the best known and most attractive tourist destinations on the west 

coast – Inveraray 

• A topography so complex that communities are small, dispersed, isolated and 

self-contained with distinct histories and cultures 

• Word-of-mouth communications once carried by fishing boats and inshore 

freighters – now silent as the industries that served them 

• Weather to keep people indoors 

• Roads that are tortuous, friable and sometimes single-track 

• Public transport incapable of responding to social need 

• A small, ageing population living with social and economic decline and overstretched 

public services 

• Families with pre-school children living in physical and social isolation 

• Young people with little to do and divided by school catchment systems 

• A county town as needy of regeneration as the villages of its hinterland 

• A large part of the territory – East Loch Fyne, from Cairndow to Kilfinan - now 

designated as an area of rural multiple deprivation 

• One community – Cairndow – receives no radio signal of any kind 

Radio Fyneside is a Community Interest Company committed to the primacy of 

localness in helping to bring these communities of place into a single, cohesive 

community of interest. We will hear each other’s stories. We will listen to each other’s 

music. We will learn about our own place and others’ places. And we will get news, 

information and advice on everything from local events, to healthcare, to business 

development, to training opportunities – without leaving home. 

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SECTION TWO: About Your Organisation and How To Contact You. 

General Note: Ofcom needs information about your organisation and needs to be 

able to contact you. It is very important that you provide accurate information 

in this section as this is the primary contact information for your group. 

Ofcom needs background information about your organisation and those involved in its 

ownership, management and operation. In addition to company memorandum and articles of 

association which you should include with this application, you must ensure that the most 

recent annual reports and accounts are available in case they should be required. 

PLEASE NOTE: It is ESSENTIAL that you notify Ofcom of any changes to 

these details as soon as possible. In particular, Ofcom needs to be able to 

contact you by e-mail and phone. If the details we hold are out of date we may 

not be able to complete the assessment of your application which could result 

in its rejection. 

2.1 Proposed Name of Station. (This is the name you expect to use to identify 

the station on-air.) 

Radio Fyneside 

2.2 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). 

Contact Name. (The person who deals with enquiries from the press and public.) 

Lynda Henderson 

Public Contact Address. [You must include an accurate postcode] 

Powdermills 

Furnace 

Argyll PA 32 8XN 

Other public contact details for your organisation, as applicable: 

Phone Number: 01499 500677 

Mobile Number: 

Fax Number: 01499 500682 

E-mail address: talk@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Web-site: http://www.radiofyneside.co.uk 

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2.3 Contact Name(s) for Ofcom use. Ofcom may need to contact your group in 

relation to this application. This is the name of the person you would like to 

be Ofcom's primary contact. (If this person is the same as the Public Contact 

in Section 2.2, please tell us this below.) 

Lynda Henderson – as Public Contact 

2.4 Administrative Contact Address. [You must include an accurate 

postcode] (If this is the same as the Public Contact Address please state that this is 

the case in the space below and then answer the supplementary questions which 

follow.) 

Powdermills 

Furnace 

Argyll PA32 8XN 

Is the above address: 

The main address of your organisation? [No] (Delete as appropriate.) 

The registered office of your organisation? [No] (Delete as appropriate.) 

The home address of the main contact? [Yes] (Delete as appropriate.) 

Other contact details for your organisation as applicable: 



E-mail address: 

Fax Number: 

2.5 Company Details: What type of organisation are you? (Only a 'body 

corporate' (i.e. a company, not an individual) can hold a Community Radio 

Licence.) Note: On its own, a registered charity is not a body corporate. If 

your organisation is a registered charity it must also be a ‘body corporate’ in 

order to hold a licence. Please answer the questions below and provide the 

additional information requested. 

Please provide your company name. 

Radio Fyneside CIC 

Please tell us what sort of structure your organisation has or intends to have. 

(For example: company limited by guarantee; community interest company; 

company limited by shares; corporation.) 

Radio Fyneside is in the process of registration as a Community Interest Company, 

limited by guarantee 


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Please tell us when your company was registered (or, if the process of 

registration is not yet complete, the date at which you applied for company 

registration). 

Registration applied for in early December 2006 

Please provide your company registration number (if available). 

Registered Number is: 314532 

2.6 Is your organisation a registered charity in England, Wales, Scotland or 

Northern Ireland? (Note: you cannot hold a Community Radio Licence if 

you are only a registered charity. See also previous question.) Please 

answer the questions below and provide the additional information 

requested. 

Registered Charity [No] (Delete as appropriate.) 

Waiting to be registered [No] (Delete as appropriate.) 

Date of Registration (or Application). 

N/A 

2.7 Supporting Documentation. Ofcom needs to check that your organisation 

is eligible to operate a Community Radio Licence. Please confirm that you 

are providing the required documents. 

Certificate of Incorporation enclosed [No – available end Jan 2007] 

Memorandum & Articles of Association enclosed [Yes – as Draft submitted] 

(You MUST make sure you include your organisation's name and postcode on 

the front page of the constitutional document(s) provided.) 

2.8 Unavailable Documents. If you are not able to provide the documents 

requested above, for example because registration of your company 

structure is not yet complete, please indicate when these documents are 

likely to be provided. Please note it is your responsibility to ensure that 

copies of these documents are provided to Ofcom as soon as possible. If 

you are providing draft versions of the required documentation, please tell us 

here. 

Draft Memorandum & 

Articles of Association enclosed [Yes] 

Registration Certificate, Company Registration Number and Final Mem & Arts 

available from end January 2007 and will be forwarded to Ofcom when received. 

Please continue to Section Three on next page. 

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SECTION THREE: Ownership. 

General Note (Sections 3.1 to 3.6): Ofcom needs information concerning those 

responsible for the management and policy-making process of your proposed 

station. Important!: The information in sections 3.2 to 3.6 (inclusive) is 

required for each individual director. Please repeat these sections for each 

person involved. 

For sections 3.7 to 3.15, Ofcom requires the information requested in order to 

check that the applicant would comply with the rules governing who is eligible 

to hold a community radio licence. 

3.1 DIRECTORS: Please list the names of all directors below. 

*Professor John Patrick 

Mr Andrew Cassey 

Dr Morag MacNeil Cassey 

*Mr Douglas Currie 

Mr David Drysdale 

Ms Lynda Henderson 

*Mr John Holt 

*Ms Christina Noble 

Ms Mags Russell (Co-opted) 

*Mr David Sillar 

Mr Charles Dixon-Spain (Co-opted) 

NOTE: * Indicates nominated Directors not available to sign initial incorporation 

forms. With the two co-opted Directors, these are in the process of being formally 

added. 

For each Director, please provide the following information: 

3.2 Name of Director (or Member). 

Professor John Patrick 

3.3 Contact Address 

Dalchenna Farm 

Inveraray 

Argyll PA32 8XT 

Other contact details as applicable: 



E-mail address: john.patrick@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 

3.4 Other Employment. 

Director of Argyll Riding Ltd, trading as Argyll Adventure Dalchenna. 

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3.5 Interests relevant to the operation of a community-based radio service. 

Has an unusual blend of expertise in electronics, tourism, marketing and community 

development. 

Is actively engaged with both community and economic development initiatives, 

liaising with VisitScotland on tourism and area marketing. 

Has an early-career but useful City & Guilds qualification in Radio & TV Engineering. 

Has a heavy duty background in electronics and IT with an MSc and PhD in 

Computer Science, a Professorship of Computer Science and Applied Modelling 

(Research WSU) and a related business career from being an Electronics Design 

Engineer with Ferranti, to Managing Director of NTS Ltd, to CEO of both Tiko 

Computer Corporation Ltd and WCS Computer Systems Ltd. 

Is a Fellow both of the Institute of Analysts and Programmers (FIAP) and the Institute 

of Directors (FinstD). 

In developing his current business, has also become a qualified British Horse Society 

Ride Leader and a British Horse Society Centre Operator. 

Current committee responsibilities, in addition to Chair of the Radio Fyneside Board 

of Management, include: 

Secretary of Inveraray Marketing Group 

Vice-Chair of Inveraray Community Council 

Chairman of Argyll & Western Isles (British Horse Society (BHS) Scotland) 

Chairman of BHS TREC 

Member of BHS Training Committee 

Member of Executive Council, BHS Scotland 

3.6 Expected Role. (How will this person be involved in the management and / 

or operation of your proposed Community Radio Station?) 

Chair of Board and Marketing Director 

PLEASE REPEAT QUESTIONS 3.2 – 3.6 FOR EACH DIRECTOR OF THE 

APPLICANT GROUP 


Mr David Drysdale 


Dunadd 

Furnace 

Argyll PA32 8XU 



Mobile Number: 07771 711995 

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E-mail address: david.drysdale@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 


Runs own company: DM4 – involved in media and communications work throughout 

Scotland. Currently working on the development of approaches to digital media 

education in further and higher education for a major government agency. Is 

Marketing Consultant for three SMEs in central Scotland and for a ‘multi-cultural, 

creative imaging’ project with a central-belt College. 


Has a very germane blend of expertise in media production and management, 

training and skills development management, public relations, creative industry 

initiatives and community development. 

.Is an award-winning producer with 25 years experience in the media and 

communications industry. 

Former Commercial Manager then Head of Production & Programming at Clyde 

CableVision and a Corporate Producer with various independent companies. 

Member of the Chartered Institutes of Public Relations (CIPR) and Marketing (CIM), 

the Association of Integrated Media, Highlands & Islands (AIMHI) and of the National 

Union of Journalists (NUJ). 

Former Community Development Officer with Strathclyde Region. 

Over the last three years he has managed a skills development initiative focused on 

the creative industries for Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) and is scheduled to 

take on the voluntary post of union learning representative for the NUJ in Argyll. 

He is currently involved in a 10-week radio production course via the NUJ. 



Business, Production and Training Director and Manager until appointee in place 




Ms Lynda Henderson 


Powdermills 

Furnace 


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Mobile Number: 07802 781728 (used mainly for outgoing calls) 

E-mail address: lynda.henderson@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 01499 500682 


Freelance Journalism and Research 


Has a blend of relevant expertise in broadcasting; media and performing arts 

education and training; arts journalism; high level participation in arts policymaking; 

and management skills. Much of this took place in parallel with academic career. 

10 years experience in freelance arts journalism on-air for BBC Radio, TV and World 

Service; RTE Radio & TV; and Downtown Radio [commercial] ); and arts programme 

presenting for BBC Radio Ulster. Experience also in arts journalism in print for The 

Irish Times, The Guardian and Fortnight. 

19 years experience as Media & Performing Arts University Lecturer with specialisms 

in Arts Management and Contemporary Theatre. Established and managed UK-wide 

undergraduate work placement scheme for Theatre Studies students at the 

University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. 

Former Managing Editor (for 12 years – in parallel with University teaching) of 

Theatre Ireland (quarterly magazine with international distribution). 

Former member of the Literature Panel (2 years) and of the Performing Arts Panel (4 

years) for the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. 

In previous incarnation was Critical Path Analyst (project management process) for 

Marconi Radar and later for the then British Rail Board. 

Member of the Association of Integrated Media, Highlands & Islands (AIMHI). 

Current Governor of Furnace Primary School. 



Funding & Community Liaison Director and Station Manager until appointee in place 




Mr Andrew Cassey 

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South Craleckan 

Furnace 





E-mail address: andrew.cassey@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 


Retired 


Has the advantage of total immersion in business life, long experience in the 

electronics industry with national and international experience in sales and 

management stretching into the construction sector. 

Imbued in business from early life through father who was Company Secretary for an 

electrical wholesaling business. 

Joined Honeywell Control Systems in 1966 and combined completing apprenticeship 

with a ‘sandwich’ course in Electrical Engineering at Aston University, followed by a 

course in Business Studies. 

After working as a Sales Engineer with ITT and Honeywell, went on to become 

Branch Manager for nine years with a Swiss Multinational controls company. 

After a further two years as General Manager for a controls maintenance company, 

worked as Project Manager for various companies in commercial building 

management systems. 



Finance Director & Company Secretary 




Mr John Holt 


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Knock Steading 

Lochgair 

Argyll PA31 8SB 




E-mail address: john.holt@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 


Retired 


Has an unusual blend of management expertise at a very high level from 

international athletics to business development alongside relevant skills as a 

musician, interests in art and commitment to community development. 

Moved from national and international athletics performance to international athletics 

management. 

From significant early achievements, went on to win the Silver Medal in the 800m at 

the World Student Games in 1959. Was President of the Oxford University Athletics 

Club (OUAC) in 1960. 

Represented Great Britain in 1960 (3 times) in the 4 x 400. and won the Bronze 

medal in 1961 (with Menzies Campbell in the team). 

After teaching at Tonbridge School (1961 – 1968). 

Appointed Director of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) in 1968 

and was Secretary General of the organisation from 1976 – 1992. 

MORE TO INSERT – CLARIFICATION FROM JOHN 

Manager for Argyll and the Isles of the Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust (1993 

– 2000). Also Chair of Mid-Argyll Community Enterprise, 1997 – 2001. 

Worked with the Scottish Arts Council as: Director of Enterprise Music Scotland 1997 

– 2003; and as Chair of the Finance Committee 1999 – 2003. (CLARIFY SAC) 

A committed and competitive musician, he also contributes to the community as Hon. 

Secretary of the Mid-Argyll Arts Association; as a Church Organist and Pianist; as an 

accordionist for Scottish country dance; and in organising a local Accordion and 

Fiddle Club. 

Also a key force in the successful initiative and fund raising to build a public 

swimming pool in Lochgilphead. 

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Culture & Sport Director 




Mr Douglas Currie, MBE 


Lephinmore 

Strathlachlan 

Strachur 

Argyll PA27 8BU 


Phone Number: 


E-mail address: douglas.currie@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 


Member of Argyll & Bute Council, representing East Loch Fyne. (Retiring at elections 

in May 2007) 

JP – since 1984 


Has long expertise at a high level in local government, agricultural and scientific 

research and community development, including the establishment of a Piping 

Association offering significant opportunities to young people in his area. 

National Service experience as a Wireless Operator strikes a chord today in his 

posting to RAF Intelligence in Middle East Command (Iraq). 

A Nuffield Scholar, is highly trained across a spectrum of agricultural specialisms with 

extensive, senior research responsibilities in the field and several scientific and 

agricultural research papers to his name. 

Co-opted to Argyll and Bute Council in 1972, becoming an elected member in 1974. 

Retired, voluntarily, from this service in 1996 and was elected again in 1999 when he 

was also Convener of the Council. 

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Deciding to retire from the Council (again) at the next elections in May 2007, his 

service has seen him act as Chairman of Development (1980 – 1984); Chairman of 

District Council (1984 – 1988); and Chairman of Housing (1988 – 1992). 

In the homeland of the epic lighthouse-building Stevenson family, he has been 

Commissioner of Northern Lighthouses and Executive Board member (1984 – 1988). 

In addition to many farming-related committee responsibilities, has played a central 

role in community development in his home area of Strachur. Founded and was first 

Chair of the Strachur and District Piping Association (1968; was Chair of the Strachur 

Memorial Hall (1996 – 2006) and was central to the successful major campaign to 

restore and extend it to its current functions as performance and conference venue. 



Local Government & Farming Director 




Dr Morag MacNeil Cassey 


South Craleckan 

Furnace 





E-mail address: morag.cassey@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 


Retired 


Has a depth of cultural experience of Scottish island life and its music, alongside 

practical experience in nursing and an academic life in nurse teaching, including 

senior academic management. 

Knows island life and culture at first hand. Born in the Outer Hebrides on the Gaelicspeaking 

Isle of Barra and had, like other islanders, to complete her schooling on the 

mainland, in Oban. 

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Trained in general nursing and went on to specialise in Midwifery and later in 

Intensive Care nursing. After promotion, transferred to Nurse Teaching at Glasgow’s 

Southern General Hospital. 

After relocating to the Midlands, moved into teaching in Higher Education, completing 

a doctorate at the University of Lancaster. Became Dean of the School of Health at 

Wolverhampton University. 



Health & Education Director 




Mr David Sillar 


Knock Cottage 

Lochgair 

Argyll PA31 8SB 




E-mail address: david.sillar@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 


Non-Executive Director of Highfield Forestry Ltd 


Marries extensive high level business experience with a qualified and long standing 

interest in the natural environment and a passionate engagement with classical 

music. 

Moved from original qualification – BSc in Botany and Biochemistry – to business, via 

National Service followed by eight years in the TA - 8th (Argyllshire) Battalion of the 

Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. 

Has extensive marketing and management experience in the UK and the Middle East 

across the spectrum from a Supermarket chain, to farming and forestry, textiles and 

insurance. 

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Joined Highfield Forestry Ltd (forestry managers and acquisition agents) in 1984 as 

Marketing Director. Became CEO in 1986, retired in 2003, remaining a Non- 

Executive Director of the company. 

Knowledgeable and committed gardener. 

Keen musician with an extensive knowledge of the classical repertoire. 



Environment Director 




Ms Christina Noble 


Clachan 

Cairndow 

Argyll PA26 8BL 




E-mail address: christina.noble@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 


Project Director of Here We Are (HWA) Centre 


Has significant experience in innovative and context-sensitive approach to 

community development. 

Living in a community with a unique physical position and a fragile present, she 

conceived the idea of the Here We Are centre in 1998 and has worked since to 

establish, maintain and develop it. 

It is a community resource, collecting and providing information on the development, 

education and history of a rural area. It is designed and resourced by local people for 

the benefit of their fellows and for visitors to the area. 

It endeavours to explain how a rural community, while loyal to its roots, makes its 

way in the modern world. 

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Its subject matter is people in a place – hence its title. 

The Centre acts as a local information centre for Argyll & Bute Council ; and provides 

a local platform for Argyll College, part of the network of colleges forming The 

University of the Highlands and Islands. 



Community Development Director 




Ms Mags Russell 


The Old School House 

Ford 

Argyll PA31 8YF 




E-mail address: mags.russell@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 


Area Support Officer, Scottish Natural Heritage 


Has followed a distinctive career in project development in both the corporate and 

voluntary sectors, together with tourism, estate management, the music industry and 

the arts. 

In 2003 she was responsible for the Dalriada Revival Festival in Mid Argyll, 

undertaking fund raising, programming and marketing for the entire event. Following 

the success of the Festival, she founded Dalriada Arts & Culture Ltd, a development 

initiative with charity status, of which she is a Director. 

Between 2004 and 2005 she was area project manager for Aig An Oir, and arts and 

natural heritage project for Forestry Commission Scotland and the Society of Wildlife 

Artists, and also project manager for The Oakwoods of Knapdale, again for the 

Forestry Commission. She has also worked with Diageo on a number of corporate 

events. 

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Is a Director of Wild Biscuit Ltd, a record label and project management company 

based in Argyll, and in 2005-06 was responsible for the Tarbert “Dooker Soup” 

creative content CD project which achieved national airplay on three BBC Radio 

Scotland broadcasts. Other Wild Biscuit releases have acquired international airplay 

and widespread UK media coverage, with The Distance gaining a four star review in 

The Herald. 

Following a long held and persistent ambition, Mags personally invited the 

internationally acclaimed company nva to develop a major project for Argyll in 2007, 

which has resulted in a dynamic collaboration with the National Theatre of Scotland 

as part of the 2007 Year of Highland Culture celebrations. 



Events Director 




Mr Charles Dixon-Spain 


arbu 

Dunans 

Glendaruel 

Argyll PA22 3AD 




E-mail address: charles.dixon-spain@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Fax Number: 01369 820116 


Owner / Director, arbu - see company note in ‘Interests’ below. 


Has been a new media consultant since 1998 and proprietor of arbu.co.uk since 

2004. 

Works for clients all over the world including VISA, Hampton Court, iSport (Sydney), 

Ingenian Software (Bogota), LNGVW (Washington DC), the Scottish Soap 

Company, Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park and Argyll & Bute Council. 

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One of his specialisms has been developing community-oriented websites - such as 

greenside.org.uk, colglen.org.uk, and runcowal.col.uk – as tools to create a sense of 

local interconnectedness. 

arbu.co.uk's areas of operation include web design and development, graphic 

design and branding, marketing and book publishing, as well as the provision of ISP 

services and training. 

Has significant personal interests in shinty and music and is a Director of the Dunans 

Charitable Trust.. 



Web Development & Design Director 




Two further Directors will be nominated (in rotation for a 2 year term) by the 

Volunteer teams from within their number, once they are in operation and have got to 

know each other better. We have arranged for these nominees to be given Director 

Training by Argyll and the Islands Enterprise. 



Once nominated, each of these additional Directors will be assigned a specific 

Directorial brief commensurate with their interests and experience. 

3.7 Company Limited by Shares: Please provide the names and addresses of 

all members of the company having an interest of 5% or more in the 

applicant. Please also provide this information for members of any company 

which has an interest of 5% or more in the applicant. 

N/A 

General Note: Please state whether the applicant or any member about whom 

information has been provided under question 3.7 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. 

3.8 Local Authorities - If any Local Authority is involved in your application, 

please give details of the nature and extent of any such involvement. 

There is no Local Authority involvement in the station. One of the Directors, Mr 

Douglas Currie, is an Independent Member of Argyll and Bute Council, representing 

the East Loch Fyne ward - and is retiring at the forthcoming elections in May 2007. 

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3.9 Bodies which are wholly or mainly of a political nature, or which are 

affiliated to such a body - If any Political Body is involved in your application, 

please give details of the nature and extent of any such involvement. 

N/A 

3.10 Bodies whose objects are wholly or mainly of a religious nature - If any 

Religious Body is involved in your application, please give details of the 

nature and extent of any such involvement. 

N/A 

3.11 An individual who is an officer of a body falling within 3.10 above – 

Please provide the names of individuals involved in the management or 

operation of the proposed Community Radio service who are officers of 

Religious Bodies. 

The Reverend Dr Roderick MacLeod, a Church of Scotland minister who is also a 

specialist scholar, writer and publisher in gaelic language and culture and an 

experienced broadcaster in these areas, is Head of Gaelic Programming for the 

station. 

3.12 An advertising agency or an associate of an advertising agency - Please 

provide details of any linkages to advertising agencies or associates of 

advertising agencies (such as sales representatives). 

N/A 

3.13 Other Broadcasting Act licences, specifying which licences (for example 

RSL licences). - Please also provide details of any other broadcasting 

service which is linked to the proposed Community Radio service. 

As a project that began only in August 2006, we have not yet had a regulatory 

relationship with Ofcom via an RSL. 

The station will be taking a news feed from IRN. 

3.14 Affiliations with other bodies not outlined above, (for example related 

charities or community groups). 

Radio Fyneside has become an Associate Member of: 

• Bute and Cowal Community Planning Partnership 

• Inveraray Marketing Group 

• Cowal Marketing Group 

Note 1: The Bute and Cowal Community Planning Partnership is a pilot scheme 

bringing local residents together with all of the statutory and voluntary agencies and 

associations involved in aspects of governance, economic development, health, 

education, tourism, natural heritage and social services in Bute and Cowal. Its 

objective is to bring to bear comprehensive resources and focused thinking on the 

development of the community. Radio Fyneside is fully supportive of this initiative 

and engaged with it. 

Note 2: The last two small organisations named above represent community 

marketing initiatives on both sides of upper Loch Fyne. Radio Fyneside’s relationship 

with them is one of support, not of dependence. 

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Note 3: ‘Cowal’ is the Cowal Peninsula in the south east of Argyll and contains East 

Loch Fyne, part of the area we are applying to serve (from Cairndow to Kilfinan) – 

and now recognised as an area of rural multiple deprivation. 

Radio Fyneside is also developing a relationship with ‘Determined to Broadcast’, 

an imaginative initiative from the Scottish Executive. This provides a mobile radio 

studio visiting secondary schools throughout the country, with S3 and S4 pupils 

making a radio programme in a day. Radio Fyneside is positioned to support this 

initiative by offering continuing engagement with radio production and presenting for 

young people in our coverage area whose interests are awakened by this one-day 

school-based experience. 

3.15 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 Ofcom’s judgement as to whether: 

a) any director/manager or the applicant group, 

or, 

b) any individual, or any director of a company, who will have an interest of 5 

per cent or more in the applicant group 

may not be considered a ‘fit and proper person’ to participate in a radio licence. 

Factors which might exclude a person from involvement would include, for example, 

any unspent conviction for an offence committed within ten years before the date of 

this application, any pirate radio offences within the last five years, any undischarged 

bankruptcy order, or any disqualification from being a director of a 

limited company. 

Please answer 'No' below 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: 

[No] (Delete as appropriate.) 

If you have answered 'YES' to the above question, please provide details on a 

separate sheet, such that this information may be kept confidential by Ofcom. 

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SECTION FOUR: Ability to Maintain Service. 

Section 105(1)(a) of the 1990 Broadcasting Act requires that, when considering a 

licence application, Ofcom takes into account the applicant's ability to maintain the 

proposed service. This means that we need to know about the experience and 

expertise of your group, its structure and the management and staffing it would have 

if your application was to be successful. In addition, we also need to know about 

your financial position, assets and proposals for funding the operation of your 

intended service. 

4.1 Please provide us with a brief history of your group, including when it 

was formed, its links with other community organisations and membership. 

Radio Fyneside at speed 

This initiative was born in August 2006. Ofcom opened invitations for Community Radio 

applications from Scotland on 25 th October. Applications close on 16 th January 2007. It has 

been an intensive operation. 

Community need is the driver. The widespread response can only be described as a hunger 

to engage with the sort of service collectively devised. 

The project launched at a Community Conference on 9 th September, attended by 35 

delegates from all parts of the upper Loch Fyne area and beyond. 29 of these delegates 

represented a variety of community councils, business organisations, marketing groups, 

individual businesses, statutory and voluntary organisations - and clubs and associations 

with interests from traditional music, to the arts, local history and shinty. 

These initial supporters made nominations on that day, producing the Board members, with 

two co-options, representative geographically and of the spectrum of key interests. 

From this conference and subsequent recruiting has come a panel of 26 volunteers who 

form initial action teams according to their interests: technical, programming, news, music, 

website, admin etc. 

There is a continuing process of information, consultation and exchange with all of the 

community councils and a range of business, statutory and voluntary organisations. 

The station became an Associate Member of the Bute and Cowal Community Planning 

Partnership (which brings together all of the statutory and voluntary bodies with 

responsibilities for the area); and an Associate Member of both the Inveraray and Cowal 

Marketing Groups – as a gesture of support for their activities and of the station’s intent to 

work alongside all groups engaged in community and economic development. 

Other current partnerships in discussion include: 

• the new Mid-Argyll hospital at Lochgilphead - on collaboration to provide scheduled 

broadcasting for patients which we are extending to Care Home residents 

• Argyll College at Cairndow, (part of the University of the Highlands and Islands) - to 

explore collaborative delivery of qualified courses in radio broadcasting 

• Argyll and Bute Council Education Department – to explore the use of the station to 

enhance the educational opportunities available to children in their care 

• ‘Determined to Broadcast’, a Scottish executive initiative aimed at S3 / S4 pupils – to 

explore the provision of continuous opportunity to develop broadcasting skills 

• ‘Wild Biscuit’ – a professional music recording studio – joint support for new bands 

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4.2 What broadcasting experience does your group have? 

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, please provide details and provide the licence reference 

number(s) and / or the name(s) of the service(s) for granted licence(s). 

[No] (Delete as appropriate.) 

If you answered 'YES' to the above question, please provide details here: 

N/A 

Has the applicant any other broadcasting experience? Please include details of 

Internet radio services operate by the applicant, overseas broadcast experience etc. 

and any other relevant information here. In addition, if any persons that will be 

involved in the proposed service on a day-to-day basis bring particular broadcasting 

expertise, please include brief details here also. 

Business, Production & Training Director (and Manager of these areas until appointee is in 

place) has been Head of Production and Programming at Clyde CableVision. He has also 

been Corporate Producer for various independent production companies. 

Funding & Community Liaison Director (and Station Manager until appointee is in place) has 

10 years experience in regular arts broadcasting and presenting for statutory broadcasters 

like the BBC and RTE and for commercial stations. 

Head of Music, an active musician, is a producer/presenter/DJ of long standing for Oban FM 

as is a colleague who is a member of our Music team. 

Head of Gaelic Programming has extensive experience in broadcasting on this and other 

subjects at national and local level. 

Head of Scottish International Connections has considerable experience in broadcasting on 

arts topics for a commercial radio station. 

A member of our technical team (the others are experienced and active electrical engineers) 

is a Radio Engineer working mainly for the UN in constructing and commissioning command 

and control centres in various hotspots around the world. 

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4.3 Management Structure. Details of board, management committee or 

equivalent. Please provide details of those individuals who will be responsible 

for management and policy-making process, outlining individual roles and 

responsibilities. You should detail the number of people involved and explain 

their particular roles within the management of the proposed station. Please 

also indicate which posts are paid and which are voluntary. Please give 

details of which posts are full-time and, in the case of part-time posts, specify 

the number of hours expected to be worked each week. A diagram of the 

proposed management structure may be helpful. 

Management and Staffing 

Following 4.4 is a Radio Fyneside Organogram demonstrating the structures asked for here 

and in 4.4. The Organogram also indicates the numbers involved in each assigned team. 

The answer below, with the Organogram, should be read as a response to both 4.3 and 4.4. 

Details of current Directors, their expertise and interests and their consequent roles on the 

Board of Management are given above under the serial 3.2 - 3.6 responses . 

As noted under 4.1 above, these Directors, with two later co-options, were nominated by 

delegates at the Community Conference which launched the Radio Fyneside initiative. 

Everything below stems from a broadcasting and operational philosophy already agreed, 

implicit below and described elsewhere in this application. 

Make-up of Board 

The construction and membership of the Board demonstrates the organisational strategy 

behind it. 

• A core of Directors have first hand experience of radio broadcasting including 

management, production and presenting. 

• Many Directors have direct experience of community development 

• Every Director has first hand experience of leadership and management. 

• Almost every Director has first hand business experience to offer. 

• Each Director brings specific professional expertise and contacts that can be brought 

to bear on the development of the station. 

• Each Director brings personal specialisms and associated contacts to contribute to 

programme development. 

• Three Directors are on the Board by virtue of their managerial roles in the station – 

the Business, Production & Training Manager, the Station Manager and the Web 

Development Manager. 

Two additional Directors (included in the Organogram) will be nominated from among their 

number by the volunteer teams once they are operational. Volunteer training and service as 

a Director will be rotational, disseminating the skills and experience involved. All Directors 

stepping down will be replaced by member and community nomination. 

Below Board level, there are five specialist Heads of Section in place whose responsibilities 

are detailed below and whose relevant expertise is noted in Annexe 1. 

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Board of Directors 

(Voluntary but paid expenses as appropriate) will, under the Chair: 

• ensure compliance with the statutory licensing, financial, legal and technical 

obligations of the station 

• monitor the station’s compliance with the Ofcom Broadcasting Code 

• monitor the station’s performance in meeting Ofcom’s mandatory social gain 

objectives and the other social gain objectives to which the station is committed 

• monitor the station’s delivery of support across the spectrum of its community 

responsibilities 

• contribute to policy development 

• contribute to the business development of the station in response to the needs and 

strategies of the Business, Production & Training Director 

• contribute to programme development in response to the needs and strategies of the 

Station Manager 

• contribute to funding development in response to the needs and strategies of the 

Funding Director 

• represent and promote the station and its interests at every opportunity 

Business, Production & Training Manager 

(Four days a week. Salaried) will: 

• deliver the necessary financial performance – through broadcast and non-broadcast 

activities - to secure the station’s continuity, drawing upon the expertise and contacts 

of fellow Directors as necessary 

• ensure the efficient and coordinated management of the income generating side of 

the company in terms of personnel, services, budgets, accounts and administration 

• establish a qualified training course delivery service with external funding 

• develop service level agreements and commissioned special productions 

• direct the work of staff with responsibilities in sales, production and training 

• liaise with the Web Development Manager and Station Manager in relating business 

development strategy to the station’s developing nature and services 

Station Manager 

(Full Time. Salarie) will: 

• ensure the efficient and coordinated day to day running of the station 

• develop, deliver and manage programmes, services and schedules in line with the 

key objectives devolved from Ofcom’s licence conditions and in liaison with relevant 

Heads of section 

• ensure compliance with the Ofcom Broadcasting Code 

• manage the skills, experience and professional development of the volunteers 

• manage the services and costs of external consultants on transmission and website 

• liaise with the Business, Production & Training Manager on relating the station’s 

developing nature and services to business development 

• liaise with the Web Development Manager on web presence including internet 

broadcasting and related services 

Web Development & Design Manager 

(Part time: 1 day a week. Salaried) will: 

• deliver the station’s web presence including internet broadcasting and related 

services 

• develop the station’s web services and activities in line with developing technology 

• develop, refresh and ensure consistency of branding across all of the station’s 

communications, activities and merchandising 

• manage domain usage, access, hosting and server needs 

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Head of Accounts and Administration 

(Part Time: 5 hours per week. Voluntary initial, then annual honorarium) will: 

• establish procedures and oversee the administration of the station’s operations 

• ensure the prompt payment of all operating and music licence fees due 

• oversee the management of the station’s operating budgets 

• liaise with the external accountant in the production, auditing and submission of 

annual accounts 

Head of Sales 

(Commission only in the first instance) will: 

• work under the guidance of the Business, Production & Training Manager to develop 

the stations income generation from advertising and programme sponsorship and 

from merchandising and fund raising events 

• direct and co-ordinate the work of sales team members, also paid by commission, as 

and when these may be recruited (Note: when this point in sales development 

occurs, Head of Sales will be paid a salary appropriate to the time demands of such 

responsibilities.) 

(Full time for contracted periods and funded from commissions) will: 

• work under the instruction of the Business, Production & Training Manager to 

produce advertisements and special commissioned programmes 

Head of Training 

(Full time for contracted periods and funded from training revenues) will: 

• work under the instruction of the Business, Production & Training Manager to 

manage delivery of training courses as developed and approved 

Head of Access Airside 

(Part time and funded from Access Airside project funds) will: 

• organise and manage this training and work-experience project for young 

broadcasters between 16 – 25 that will be developed during 2007/2008 

• brief and supervise professional trainers employed for this project on a contract 

basis, also supported by project funding. (Over time, this project will employ a 

‘cascaded training’ approach, with experienced trainees and volunteers mentoring 

new trainees.) 

• liase with Station Manager over scheduled broadcast hours for the project 

• report to Business, Production & Training Manager and liaise over relationship to 

broader training initiatives 

Head of Scottish International Connections 

(Part Time: 5 hours per week. Voluntary initially, then annual honorarium) will: 

• research contacts with historically established Scottish communities outside 

Scotland, with contemporary exiled Scottish communities (often associated with the 

oil and construction industries) 

• research contacts with any English speaking radio stations existing to serve these 

communities 

• develop initiatives to apply these resources to Radio Fyneside’s programming and 

commercial development 

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Head of Music 


• liaise with Station Manager in devising, scheduling and staffing music programmes 

• oversee - in collaboration with music team members - the development of the 

station’s music libraries in all genres 

• manage station budget for music libraries 

• liaise with Managing/Commercial Director on musical contribution to planned fundraisers 

and charitable events 

• support volunteers involved in music programmes and dj-ing 

Head of Gaelic Programming 


• liaise with Station Manager in devising, scheduling, and staffing gaelic language 

programmes 

• liaise with Station Manager/Funding Director on fund raising to support gaelic 

programming 

• support volunteers involved in gaelic programmes 

Head of News 


• liaise with Station Manager in devising, scheduling and staffing news and opinion 

programmes 

• liaise with Station Manager on development of news operation 

• liaise with Station Manager on commissioning and scheduling of feature programmes 

• support volunteers involved in news and opinion programmes 

Volunteer Teams 

(Volunteers will work weekly hours relevant to their interests and approved roles. 

They will be paid agreed expenses incurred in association with the performance of 

their work.) 

Music Team: Currently has 9 volunteers 

News Team: Currently had 6 volunteers 

Administrative/Accounts team: Currently has 1 volunteer 

Additionally, there are 10 volunteers Interested in in-house making and presenting of general 

programmes and special features. 

4.4 Staffing Structure. Please provide details of the staffing structure of your 

proposed radio service. You should detail the number of people involved and 

explain their particular individual roles and responsibilities within the operation 

of the proposed station. Please also indicate which posts are paid and which 

are voluntary. Please give details of which posts are full-time and, in the case 

of part-time posts, specify the number of hours expected to be worked each 

week. A diagram of the proposed staffing structure may be helpful. 

See combined answer to this and to 4.3, given under 4.3 and supported by the Radio 

Fyneside Organogram which follows. 

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General Note (Questions 4.5 . 4.15): Ofcom needs to take account of the resources which applicant groups can call upon in order to 

establish and operate a proposed community radio service for the duration of the licence period. This means we need information 

about set-up funding and costs together with predicted income expenditure once the station becomes operational. The Community 

Radio Order 2004 requires that stations be funded from multiple sources with no one source comprising more than 50% of operational 

income. 

4.5 Financial Information - Existing Assets: Ofcom needs to know about your current financial position, what you think it will 

cost to set up the proposed service and how much you think it would cost to run over its first year of operation. In addition, 

we need to know where you expect funding to come from, and what you would do with any profits that might be made. 

What assets does your group already own? Please provide totals at 

current replacement value below. 

Item: Amount: 

Cash at Bank / Building Society etc. £1,400.00 

Studio Equipment £0.00 

Transmission Equipment £0.00 

Outside Broadcast Equipment £0.00 

Premises (value of buildings you own) £0.00 

Premises (annual rental income you receive) £0.00 

Office Items £0.00 

Other Items (These MUST be specified) £0.00 

TOTAL REPLACEMENT VALUE: £0.00 


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[If you think it might be helpful, please provide brief 

explanatory comments in relation to this answer below.] 

£1,000 donation; £400 from £1k advance on £2k set up 

grant awarded. (£600 was Ofcom Application Fee) 

Use volunteers’ equipment: phones; faxes; computers; 

printers; scanner; binder; camera; mics; recorder;MP3s


4.6 Financial Information (continued) – Pre-Launch Expenditure: How much do you think you would need to spend in order 

to set up your proposed service? (This question relates only to pre-launch capital and other expenditure which you expect 

to make before you begin broadcasting. DO NOT include any costs associated with running the proposed service once 

operational.) 

Item Details £s 

Premises (including 

pre-launch rent, 

refurbishment and 

fitting out costs etc.): 

Transmission 

Equipment: 

Studio Equipment: 

Office Equipment: 

Publicity and 

Marketing (if any): 

Staffing (salaries 

etc.): 

18 Months rent for temporary premises @ £400pm 

Purpose-built Studio & training facility: 200 sq mtrs @ £1500psm, plus 3 soundproofed 

studios, site surveys, planning & professional fees and all VAT 

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7,500.00 

552,880.37 

Including Studio transmission; Site 1 – from Studio; and Site 2 – Site to Site, 

Installation & Commissioning, Engineers Travel & Expenses and all VAT 38,328.50 

Including 1 x On Air Studio; 1 x Production /Backup On Air Studio; 1 Training Studio; 

IRN Dish/Receiver, OB equipment, Dual hybrid 6 line phones to studios; mobile 

reporting kits; Internet streaming PC; Production PCs & software; Traffic billing 

software; recording studio and logging packages and all VAT 

2 x PCs; Office & Quick Books software; 2 x Printers; 1 x switchboard; 2 Business 

Answerphones; 1 Scanner; files and CD storage; desks, tables, chairs & visitor 

seating; volunteers & trainees lockers, carpeting and all VAT 

Phone line installation & 18 months rental; BT Business Broadband subscription; 

Domain names, web hosting, bandwidth, branding; Logo design; stationery design; 

press advertisements for volunteers and paid jobs; branded t-shirts, branded mugs 

and all VAT 

1 x Business, Production & Training Manager (4 days pw) @ £30k + NICs; 1 x Project 

& Station Manager (3 days pw) @ £12k + NICs; 1 x Web Development Manager (1 

day pw) @ £6k + NICs; 1 x Accounts & Admin Contract (to set up systems) @ £3k + 

VAT 

116,958.07 

34,120.50 

8718.79 

55,185.32


Other one off costs 

(please specify): 

Working Capital 

(Contingency 

Reserves) 


2 x RSLs inc Ofcom Application fees @ £400; Ofcom/WTA Daily Licence Fees x 28 

days x 2; Copyright fees for RSL & Internet; and VAT 

Training: for 4 x Core staff x 26 days – inc Config & Setup; Schedules & Templates; 

Population of database; Equipment Ops; Creation of Jingles; Traffic Software; 

Presentation; Maintenance; News management & presenting + all VAT 

Core staff travel to 26 training days @ 35p per mile 

Presenter training for12 x Volunteers x 3 days + VAT 

Volunteers travel to 3 training days @ 35p per mile 

Office expenses: Water rates; Electricity; Insurances; phone calls; stationery; Postage; 

Printer inks; Blank CDs; 10% contingency and all VAT 

Preparation of annual Accounts + VAT (50% donated in kind) 

10% Contingency on Building Costs inc VAT 

5% Contingency on Rent, Transmission Equipment, Studio Equipment and Office 

Equipment, Furniture and Carpeting inc VAT 

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6,544.75 

12,220.00 

1,183.00 

4,230.00 

409.50 

8,918.25 

587.50 

55,288.03 

9,845.35 

Total set up costs 912,917.93


4.7 Financial Information (continued) – Pre-Launch Income: How would you fund the setting up of your proposed service? 

Please provide details below. The total for pre-launch expenditure (above) should be covered by income as detailed below. 

If you are proposing to use existing group assets, please make sure that these have already been included under the 

relevant section (4.5 above). The first section of this question deals only with monetary (cash) income, ('in-kind' income is 

dealt with in a subsequent question (4.9)). 

Confirmed (secured) Cash Funding: 

Details of Funding Provider: Terms and conditions placed on 

Amount of % of Total 

funding (if any). 

Funding (£s). Funding 

Community Land Unit N/A 2,000.00 0.14% 

Argyll & the Islands Enterprise Try to get this from other sources if 

possible – but it will be there 

136,937.95 11.98% 

[Please add rows to the above as may be required.] 

Unconfirmed (not yet secured) Cash Funding: 

Big Lottery Fund: Investing in Communities 50% Development Costs inc VAT 403,710.15 35.32% 

Big Lottery Fund: Investing in Communities 75% Revenue Costs inc VAT 65,590.96 5.73% 

Big Lottery Fund: Investing in Communities Technical Assistance – Structural 

Design Fee inc VAT 

18,362.12 1.62% 

Big Lottery Fund: Investing in Ideas Fees for Site Surveys, Site tests, 15,000.00 

Services Surveys and Architect’s Prep 

of Plans for Outline PP + all VAT 

1.21% 

Big Lottery Fund: Awards For All Training – 21 days @400.00 + VAT 9,870.00 0.86% 

The Hugh Fraser Foundation (Community Benefit) – 12 months 

Rent; 2 x studios; Transmission 

Equipment; 2 x RSL total costs; 30 x 

Volunteer training & travel and all VAT 

125,000.00 10.9% 

Al Fayed Charitable Foundation (Community) OB equipment, Mics & 

Portable Recording Kits 

9,000.00 .0.78% 

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation: Social Welfare (Social Exclusion) PC pre-configured 

for Internet Streaming; 2 PCs with 

pre-loaded Synergy production 

software and all VAT 

9,037.50 .0.79% 

Carnegie UK Trust: Young People’s Active Participation in Training Studio, Mobile Reporter Kits. 31,130.00 2.72 

Society 

Young Volunteer Training & Travel 

and all VAT 

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The Nationwide Foundation: Supporting Volunteer Volunteer training, travel & expenses 9,500.00 0.83% 

Programmes 

inc VAT 

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. Social Change: Enterprise Funding for Post: Business, 

32,745.00 2.86% 

and Independence 

Production & Training Manager for 3 

years @ £30k + NICs – YR 1 ONLY 

The Gannochy Trust Capital Project - 275,000.00 24.06 



Total Cash Capital, Set-Up Funding 

and Financial Support: 

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1,142,883.68 (Total)


4.8 Financial Information (continued) – Pre-Launch Contingency: If there is short-fall in the resources above when 

compared to the amount you are intending to spend on preparing your proposed station for launch, please explain below 

how you would cover any outstanding costs. Alternatively, if you expect to have a surplus when the station is ready to 

launch please explain what you intend to do with such additional resources. 

Shortfall Hypothesis 

Using the principal of the body’s reaction to hypothermia – progressively withdrawing support from the periphery to protect the vital organs for as 

long as possible – our plans to deal with the progressive degree of the hypothetical shortfall in the predicted resources are: 

• drop the Training Studio (and its associated soundproofed building space) and double up on production and training with the Production / 

Back-up On Air Studio 

• drop the Production Studio too (and its associated soundproofed building space) – the Synergy equipment we have decided to go for (for 

this very reason) has the capacity to run broadcast and production activities simultaneously from a single studio – it would be hectic but 

survivable in the very short term until additional funds were raised. This option would mean a postponement of the development of the 

training initiative with Argyll College. 

• postpone the new building and secure rented accommodation for operations; with a renewed funding round to support the original plan 

• drop the proposed salary of the Business, Production and Training Manager by 50%, revise the job specification to focus purely on 

commercial activities (we would not have the resources for commissioned production and formal training courses at this stage anyway) and 

employ a less experienced but competent person, offering 20% commission as an incentive. 

• ask all three paid staff to work voluntarily for the time being while a siege of the funding fortresses begins 

• go home and forget all about it 

Surplus Hypothesis 

While our Funding Plan shows a total of over 133% of projected pre-launch costs, this does not mean that we anticipate a surplus. 

To keep faith with Argyll & the Islands Enterprise who have offered us 15% on condition that we try not to use it but with the reassurance that they 

are ‘the last brick in the wall’, we have shaped our Funding Plan to try to do that. 

If this 15% is deducted from the 133% shown, it leaves us with a hypothetical surplus of 18%. This is a modest hedge against a degree of rejection 

in our funding applications. 

Should there indeed be a surplus at the end of the funding phase, that surplus would be invested to secure the sustainability of the project and 

particularly to support the continuing training costs of the team of volunteers. 

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4.9 Financial Information (continued) – Pre-Launch 'In-Kind' Support: What 'in-kind' support (e.g. equipment or services donated 

to you) do you expect to obtain which would help you set up your proposed service? Please provide details below. In the table 

below, you should value such non-monetary support at the cost you would otherwise expect to have to pay for it. 

Confirmed (secured) 'In-Kind' Support 

Details of 'In-Kind' Support Provider: Terms and conditions placed on this 'inkind' 

support (if any). 

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Estimated 

equivalent 

value of 

support (£s). 

For each item 

please show 

% of total 'inkind' 

support 

Business, Production & Training Director has worked for Costed @ £15 per hour x 8 hour day x 30 3600,00 11.78% 

one and a half days per week for 20 weeks 

days 

Funding & Community Liaison Director has worked for four 

days per week for 22 weeks 

Costed @ £15 per hour x 8 hour day x 10,560.00 34.58% 

Business, Production & Training Director paid for 

professional portable recording kit 

(Receipted) 700.00 2.28% 

Business, Production & Training Director paid for own 10 Course cost 300 + VAT (Receipted) 352.50 1.15% 

week one-night-a-week production training course and for 

his weekly round trip of 140 miles 

Travel is costed @ 35p per mile 

490.00 1.6% 

Funding & Community Liaison Director paid for production 50 Packs – colour printed materials in 120.00 0.39% 

of Delegate Packs for Community Conference to launch 

project 

custom folders @ £2.40 (Receipted) 

Funding & Community Liaison Director paid for Binding 

Machine, comb and wire bindings and card and plastic 

covers for presentation of Prospectus to potential 

sponsors 

(Receipted) 410.30 1.34% 

Funding & Community Liaison Director paid for 

Community Hall hire for launch Conference & meetings 

(Receipted) 120.00 0.39% 

11 x Board Members paid for own travel to meetings Costed @ 35p per mile x average return 

journey of 41 miles x 4 cars (shared) x 7 

meetings 

401.60 1.31%


Business, Production & Training Director paid own travel 

to meetings with Community Councils, Business 

Organisations, Business Development Organisations, and 

potential Programme Sponsors, other Community Radio 

Stations in Glasgow and Oban, potential training partner 

Funding & Community Liaison Director paid own travel to 

meetings with Community Councils, Community Planning 

Partnerships, Marketing Organisations, potential 

programme sponsors, funding bodies, community clubs 

and groups, studio equipment suppliers, other Community 

Radio Stations in Fort William, Oban and Campbeltown, 

potential training partners and potential music recording 

studio partners 

Head of Scottish International Connection paid for own 

travel to address meeting of Rotary Club 

Radio Engineer member if Technical team paid for own 

travel to Glasgow for Ofcom Applications Seminar 

Costed @ 35p per mile x average return 

journey of 25 miles x 21 journeys 

Costed @ 35p per mile x average return 


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183,75 0.60% 

477.75 1.56% 

Costed at 35p per mile x 1 return journey of 

44 miles 

15.40 0.05% 

Costed at 35p per mile x 1 return journey of 

140 miles 

49.00 0.16% 

3 Board Members paid for own travel to Oban FM Costed @ 25p per mile x return journey of 

115 miles x 3 journeys 

120.75 0.39% 

Volunteers paid own travel to launch Community 

Costed @ 35p per mile x average return 315.00 1.03% 

Conference 


Volunteers paid for own travel to planning meetings Costed @ 35p per mile x average return 


298.20 0.97% 

Private Donation 1,000.00 3.27% 

Consultant Radio Engineer (from CMAC Electronic 

Systems) donated his expertise and time to produce the 

transmission solution and complete the Engineering 

Section of the Ofcom form. This work also involved 

contacting and liaising with the owners of potential sites. 

Costed @ 6 days work @ £300 per day 1,800.00 5.89% 

Web Development Manager (also graphic designer) Costed at standard professional rates and 3,500.00 11.46% 

bought Domain Names, paid for web hosting, produced receipted cost of domain namaes and 

branding, logo design, stationery design, built and 

designed website and added functionality to enable 

podcasting and podrecording 

webhosting


The Community Media Association paid for a 

representative to travel to and speak at our launch 

Community Conference. 

A broadcast equipment firm paid for its CEO, an assistant 

and a demonstration studio kit to speak and show at our 

launch Community Conference 

2 broadcast professionals gave a day to develop studio 

strategy 

Website team member built databases and search 

engines for website 

Broadcast equipment supplier has offered a compete 

digital Studio kit free for 2 months around the time of our 

f8rst RSL later this year 

Costed @ half a day @£200 per day; and 

35p per mile for a return journey from 

100.00 0.32% 

Glasgow of 140 miles 

49.00 0.16% 

Costed @ half a day @ £300.00; at half a 

day @ £150 (assistant) and 35p per mile 

225.00 0.73% 

for a return journey to Glasgow of 140 miles 49.00 0,16% 

Costed @ £300 per day x 2 600.00 1.06% 

Costed @ 5 days @ £200 1,000 3.27% 

Costed at standard commercial rates of 

£2,000 per week + VAT 


Unconfirmed (not yet secured) 'In-Kind' Support 


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4,700.00 15.39 

Total 'In-Kind' Capital and Set-Up Support: 30,537.25 (Total 100%)


NOTE It is anticipated that it will be around 6 months before any funding 

awards are in place. The current levels of Support In Kind have 

been guaranteed to keep the project running until awards are 

received. The details above cover a period of 5 ½ months. It would 

therefore seem reasonable to estimate that the following 6 months 

will attract 80% of the support already received, when one-off 

supports received to date are removed from the foregoing 

calculations. 

It is therefore uninflatedly accurate to assume a total pre-launch 

figure for Support In kind of that shown in the cell to the right. 


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24,429,80 

54,967.05


4.10 Financial Information (continued) – First Year Operational Expenses: How much do you think it would cost to operate your 

proposed service for the first year? This question relates only to operational expenditure once your proposed service has begun 

broadcasting. DO NOT include any capital or other pre-launch costs associated with establishing the proposed service. 

OUTGOINGS Notes 

Items: 

Hp / Leasing 

General and Administration 

Please include any additional information that you think might be helpful below: Year 1 Totals (£s) 

- Staff Details as given for pre-launch funded year and inc NICs 

55,185.32 

- Premises Figure = Ground Rent (discounted) inc VAT for land leased for Studio build 3,525.00 

- Legal and Professional Prep of annual accounts (50% given ‘in kind’) inc VAT 

587.50 

- Establishment/overheads 

Engineering 

Best estimate is 2200.00pa – inc rent, power plus VAT 

- Transmitter operating costs 2775..00 

- Other (specify) 

Programming 

- Copyright fees 

PRS (they said to ignore MCPS) & PPL plus PPL Internet – and all VAT 

1667.50 

- Music library 2000.00 

- Acquired programming 

- News service 

- Other (specify) 

Sales cost / commissions 

N/A 

IRN fee and VAT 

117.50 

Marketing and promotion 

Audience research 

Others (These MUST be specified) 

3,000 plus VAT 

3525.00 

Ofcom / WTA Licence 850.00 

Domain Names/hosting/bandwidth inc all VAT 

698.89 

BT Bus Broadband/Line rental inc all VAT 

1006.97 

Volunteer Training 

Office expense: stationery; 

12 in teams of 4 @ 1410 each (inc VAT) for 3 days plus travel @ 409.50 (1 Car) 4639,50 

Postage; Printer inks; Blank CDs; 

10% contingency and all VAT 

3,525.00 

Buildings & Contents 

Insurance+VAT 

3525.00 

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Water Rates / Electricity / Phone 

calls / Fire Exting Service 

4,500.00 

Office Phone lines rentals inc VAT 564.00 

Listeners’ Nights accountability 

meetings x 10 x 2 - travel 

280.00 

Staff & Volunteers x 6 Bi-monthlies 1800,00 

Staff/Studio travel expenses 5024.00 

Board/Studio travel expenses 645.75 

Volunteer/Studio travel Expenses 25,480.00 

Staff to Community Councilsx10x9 Costed @ £5 per hour x 12 hours pw x 52 weeks 

1575.00 

Hospitality plus VAT 705.00 

Cleaner plus NICs 3,190.00 

Equipment Maintenance 1,200.00 

Total Outgoings 

128,691.00 


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4.11 Financial Information (continued): How do you expect to fund your proposed service during its first year of operation? Please 

provide details below. The total for of first year operational expenditure (above) should be covered by income as detailed below. If 

you are proposing to use existing group assets, please make sure that these have already been included under the relevant 

section (4.5 above). The first section of this question deals only with financial (monetary) income, ('in-kind' income is dealt with in a 

subsequent question (4.13)). 

Confirmed (secured) Cash Funding: 

Details of Funding Provider: Terms and conditions placed on funding (if any). Amount of 

Funding (£s). 

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% of Total 

Funding 


Unconfirmed (not yet secured) Cash Funding: 

The Big Lottery: Investing in Communities 75% Revenue Costs 96,518.25 55.30% 

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Year 2 of Salary of Business, Production & Training 

Manager 

32,745.00 18.76% 

Community Radio Fund (Ofcom) (Must have CR Licence) Salaries for Station Manager inc 22,745.00 13.03% 

NICs 

Royal Bank of Scotland Station Sponsor @ £10,000pa for 5 years 10,000.00 5.73% 


Commercial and Other ‘in-house’ Sources 

On-air spot advertising 

Programme sponsorship 7,000.00 4% 

Commercial revenues from off-air activities 2,000.00 1.14% 

'In-house' non-commercial revenues 3,000.00 1.71% 

Supporters Organisation Subscriptions 10 @ £50.00pa 500.00 0.28% 



Total First Year Income and Revenue Funding: 

174,508.25 (Total 

100%)


4.12 Financial Information (continued) Operational Contingency: If there is short-fall in the resources above when compared 

to the amount you are expecting to spend during the first year of operation of your proposed station, please explain below 

how you would cover any outstanding costs. Alternatively, if you expect to have generated a surplus at the end of your first 

year of operations, please explain what you intend to do with such additional resources. 

Responses below are premised on successful funding applications in line with our funding plan. 

Shortfall hypothesis 

We have begun to use full cost recovery in the preparation of our funding applications and budget projections. The shelter offered by the funding 

contribution to salaries and to other overheads is, if awarded, a potent shelter against a shortfall. 

Should there be shortfall in funding awarded, we would restructure the two largest hits on the budget – salary and volunteer’s travelling expenses. 

Staff would be asked to rebalance the proportion of their time that is paid for against the proportion that is volunteered. Volunteers would be asked 

to accept a mileage allowance closer to the actual cost paid, although this does not take car maintenance and depreciation into account. 

Regular budget monitoring should also identify a potential shortfall in actual performance in time to take action towards recovery. In the event of a 

minor shortfall, explicable in terms that do not suggest recurrence, we would consider covering this by taking out a loan from The Charity Bank and 

adjusting our business plan to cover the interest and ensure prompt repayment. In the event of a late, major and unforeseen shortfall we would 

immediately undertake any necessary restructuring and interrogate our budget monitoring procedures. 

Surplus hypothesis 

We would not expect to generate a surplus in the first year. ILR’s in the area have advised us that their experience was a struggle for advertising 

until they had established a track record with audiences and businesses. While we have more diverse income generation strategies in our business 

plan which may make our experience different, these will not come into play at once – and we feel that it would be arrogant and perhaps naïve to 

assume that our experience will be any different from the norm.. 

However, should we make any surplus it will be invested to contribute to salary cover after the end of Year Three, at which point our expected grant 

aid for salaries and other revenue costs will end. Research shows that that the end of the third year is the point when young businesses either 

struggle across the threshold of survival or roll over. Our plan is to protect our position at that point as strongly as possible. 

Should such cover prove unnecessary, such a surplus will be invested to create a reserve for contingencies and to cover depreciation / 

replacement / upgrading of equipment and refreshment / advanced training for staff. 

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4.13 Financial Information (continued) First Year 'In-Kind' Support: What 'in-kind' support (e.g. equipment or services 

donated to you) do you expected to obtain which would assist you in running the proposed service during its first year of 

operation. Please provide details below. In the table below, you should value such non-monetary support at the cost you 

would otherwise expect to have to pay for it. 

Confirmed (secured) 'In-Kind' Support 

Details of 'In-Kind' Support Provider: Terms and conditions placed on this 

'in-kind' support (if any). 

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Estimated 

equivalent 

value of 

support (£s). 

2,000.00 

Ardkinglas Estate have offered a 3 year discount on th This is £2,000.00 for each of 3 years 

ground rent of the land for the Studio building 

but only th first year is shown here 

Accountant is giving 50% of his fee to us in the first year £500.00 + VAT 587.50 

Funding & Community Liaison Director will work alongside Costed @ £15 per hour x 8 hours x 23,040.00 

the Station Manager appointee for four full days per week 4 days x 48 weeks 

Five Heads of Section will work 5 hours per week on a Costed @ £15 per hour x 5 hours x 

voluntary basis this year 

42 weeks x 5 

26 Volunteers will work an average of 3 hours per week. Costed at £7 per hour x 3 x 42 

weeks x 26 


Unconfirmed (not yet secured) 'In-Kind' Support 



15,750.00 

22,032.00 

For each item 

please show 

% of total 'inkind' 

support 

Total Value of First Year 'In-Kind' Support: 63,409.50 (Total 100%)


SECTION FOUR: Ability to Maintain Service (continued). 

4.14 On-Air Commercial Activities (see also Section 4.11 above): The 

legislation for Community Radio places limits on the amount of on-air paid 

for spot advertising and programme sponsorship that can be generated. No 

Community Radio station may generate more than 50% of required 

operational income from these two sources taken together. There are also 

additional restrictions, in particular relating to areas where small scale 

commercial broadcasters operate. More detailed information is available in 

the Notes of Guidance for Community Radio Licence Applicants and 

Licensees available at: 

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/commun_radio/. 

Please provide answers for each question, giving details where appropriate. 

During your first year of broadcasting would your proposed station carry on-air spot 

advertising? 

[Yes] 

If you have answered 'No' to the above question, might your proposed service seek 

to carry on-air spot advertising at a later date? 

N/A 

During your first year of broadcasting would your proposed station carry on-air 

programme sponsorship? 

[Yes] 

If you have answered 'No' to the above question, might your proposed service seek 

to carry on-air programme sponsorship at a later date? 

N/A 

4.15 Loans: If any of your proposed funding (either set-up or operational) is in 

the form of loans from directors, individuals or organisations associated with 

the applicant. Please provide details as to the terms of such loans including 

the expected repayment terms interest rate charged and any other 

associated costs. 

N/A. We do not propose loan funding from any source. 


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4.16 Alternative Funding Streams: What arrangements are in place in case 

your expected income streams (non-commercial and commercial) do not 

achieve the anticipated levels? What other options have you explored that 

might provide financial and / or 'in-kind' support for your proposed service? 

If you have proposals for expanding and / or changing the funding model of 

your proposed service after the first year of operation, please also provide 

details below: 

The funding model proposed is set for a three year period. Business research 

indicates that the average survivable new business reaches break even point at the 

end of the third year. 

We plan to make maximum use of 75% support for salaries and overheads for which 

we are applying for a three year period. The strategy is to reach a point at the end of 

that time where we are either self-supporting or in a position to be self-supporting 

with some restructuring. 

W will appoint a business person experienced in sales, managing commissioned 

productions and training programmes. This person will be charged with delivering the 

income streams, the stable client base and the income generation infrastructure the 

station will need if it is to be sustainable. 

With our modest population and local business base, we cannot assume that after 

this three year period we will be in a position to support this post independently. We 

will therefore advertise the post as a three year contract on a four day week. This will 

enable the appointee to maintain other business interests on life support, should it be 

necessary to revive them later. 

In this case, we will fill this post with a less experienced person who will cost us less 

and inherit the shelter of the client base and commercial infrastructure established by 

the initial postholder. 

Projected income streams are necessarily conservative. Experience here 

demonstrates that Community Radio stations must work to prove themselves before 

they attract serious advertising and sponsorship. We expect to earn relatively little in 

our first year and to build steadily but not spectacularly year on year. 

Our business plan sets out to develop non-broadcast activities including developing 

and delivering formal, qualified training courses and carrying out third party 

commissioned productions. This diversification is calculated to offer some protection 

against our small population catchment and modes business base. 

Regular budget monitoring should identify any shortfall in time for strategic 

redirection. In the event of a shortfall, reactions would depend both upon its scale 

and its source. 

A serious and unforeseen shortfall would call budget monitoring procedures and/or 

practice into question. 

Any shortfall arising either from a flawed business plan or flawed budget monitoring 

processes would not offer a persuasive base to raise an emergency loan or to 

support any appropriate grant application. 

This situation would obviously necessitate emergency refocusing of the business 

plan alongside some structural rebalancing towards increased volunteering to cut 

costs. 

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SECTION FIVE: Engineering. 

Section 105(1)(a) of the 1990 Broadcasting Act requires that when considering a 

licence application Ofcom takes into account the applicant's ability to maintain the 

proposed service. In addition to the structural, financial and other matters dealt with 

in the previous section of this application form, Ofcom also needs detailed 

information about your engineering and transmission proposals. In order to identify a 

suitable frequency for your proposed service, Ofcom needs detailed technical 

proposals about your transmission parameters. The following questions must be 

answered accurately and in full. Requested maps and photographs etc. must 

be supplied with your application. Ofcom reserves the right to reject your 

application if you provide incomplete or inaccurate technical information. 

5.1 Waveband. Please state whether this application is for an FM or an AM 

licence. Please also state if you are willing to accept the alternative type of 

licence should your first choice be unavailable. Please note that if you are 

willing to accept either FM or AM you must provide technical details for both 

options, as well as providing relevant financial information under Section Four 

of this document. 

This application is for an FM licence Yes 

Should the first choice of waveband be unavailable, this applicant is willing to accept 

a frequency on the alternative waveband. NO – Unless completely 

unavoidable as it is felt that people would not listen to AM 

5.2 Please provide a description of your proposed transmission site. Please 

describe the type of building or structure, explaining its current use. Please 

also tell us if this location is an existing transmission site and tell us who owns 

it. 

Due to the topographical constraints and the extended coverage requested over a 

very sparsely populated area it is respectfully requested to use a total of THREE 

transmission sites, one at low power and two at medium power with two of the three 

sites very hemmed in by the surrounding terrain and the third only less so. It is 

acknowledged that this is involves a large portion of frequency spectrum and 

therefore we would also offer the option to go with Sites 2 and 3 only but respectfully 

request a further uplift in power at site 2 and also site 3 to help compensate for the 

loss in coverage footprint. 

The sites are as follows : 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar – site of proposed studio and low power transmission 

site for Clachan and Cairndow. This is a local and highly respected retail site 

situated in the middle of rough farm ground. The building is tastefully constructed of 

wood and concrete and agreement has been reached for an extension to house a 

purpose built studio in the same style. There are no other transmission facilities on 

the site and the building is owned by Ardkinglas Estate Nurseries Ltd 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm – proposed transmission site for coverage to mid Loch Fyne 

and Inveraray. The site consists of a series of stone and metal farm buildings and 

surrounding land. There are no other transmission facilities and the buildings and 

surrounding land is tenanted by Mr and Mrs Gordon Bishop 

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Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site (Dismantled) – proposed site for coverage of 

Lochgilphead and Ardrisaig. This is a dismantled radio site, owned by Scottish and 

Southern Energy. The tower and building have both now been removed and the site 

is leased to the Mid Argyll Amateur Radio Group. Currently no other transmissions 

on site – but on provision of new tower this will be shared with only a VHF amateur 

radio repeater. 

5.3 Please provide an NGR (National Grid Reference) for your proposed 

transmitter site. This must be in the format of two letters followed by two 

groups of three numbers, for example, the grid reference of Ofcom's 

Riverside House in London is TQ 322 804. (Ordnance Survey maps provide 

details of how to determine a National Grid Reference, and further information 

can be found at: 

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/gi/nationalgrid/nationalgrid.pdf ) 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar – NN 187 127 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm – NN 112 060 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site – NR 894 884 

5.4 Site Details. Please provide the name and contact details of the site owner 

together with the address of the proposed site itself. You MUST include the 

postcode of your proposed site. Applicants should be aware that any 

subsequent change of site location (even moving less than one kilometre) 

may mean that a frequency proposed by Ofcom for the proposed service may 

cease to be usable. If a suitable frequency cannot be secured for use at the 

alternative site, the proposed service may not be allowed to broadcast. 

Name and contact details of site owner: 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar - Contact Mr David Sumsion - Tel 01499 - 600380 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm - Contact Mr Gordon Bishop - Tel 01499 - 302888 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site – Contact Mr James Millar - Tel 01738 456381. 

Address and post code of proposed transmitter site: 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar, Cairndow, Argyll, PA26 8BH. 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm, St Catherines, Cairndow, Argyll, PA25 8AZ. 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site, Blarbuie Forest, Blarbuie Road, Lochgilphead, Argyll, 

PA31 8LE. 

Site Availability. Please tick those boxes below which best describe your group's 

situation regarding its proposed transmitter site. 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar - Agreement in Place 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm - Under Negotiation (Agreed Verbally) 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site - Agreement in Place (Subject to award) 

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5.5 Please supply a map (or 2 x maps) showing the location of your proposed 

transmitter site and the coverage which you expect to achieve from a 

transmitter at this location. (Scale of minimum detail 1:25000.) 

Transmission site map supplied: For each site plus single composite 

Coverage prediction map supplied For each site plus single composite 

Please Note – all coverage predictions are plotted at the standard value of 54dBuV/m 

as received at 10m agl. 

5.6 Please provide photographs of your proposed transmitter site. Ofcom 

needs to know what your proposed transmitter site looks like and where it is 

situated in relation to other buildings and structures nearby. Please make 

sure that you indicate clearly the proposed location of your transmitter 

antenna(s). 

Photograph(s) supplied: Yes 

Number of photographs provided = 3 Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar 


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Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm 

Site s – Blarbuie Radio Site


5.7 Antenna Details. For FM licences, what is the height above ground level at 

which the transmitting aerial would be sited? For AM licences, what is the 

height of the transmitting antenna? Please confirm your assumed height of 

the ground above ordnance datum (i.e. sea level) for this site. (All heights 

must be given in metres, not feet). 

(a) FM – Height of Antenna above Ground Level in metres. 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar - 12m 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm - 12m 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site - 26m 

(b) FM – Total Height of mast or other structure in metres. 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar - 6m 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm - 7m 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site - 24m 

(d) AM & FM – Assumed height of local ground above sea level in metres. 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar - 14m asl 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm - 69m asl 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site - 193m asl 

5.8 Radiated Power. What assumptions are you making about radiated power 

(for FM in either or both planes of polarisation), including the extent to which 

this may vary in different directions away from the transmitter? Please 

complete the appropriate sections below. 

(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). Note: In urban areas the maximum erp available 

will be 25 Watts. 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar - 15 W 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm - 25 W A power increase would be 

requested to assist in later coverage of the very poorly resourced Glendaruel 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site - 25 W Because of the difficulty of 

uplifting the antenna further to clear obstructions in the northerly desired path a 

power increase which may be coupled with directional constraints would be 

requested to assist in covering the neglected community of Minard. If granted this 

could be compensated if required by removing the horizontal component. 

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(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). Note: In urban areas the maximum 

erp available will be 25 Watts. 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar - Nil 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm - Nil 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site - 25 W If made available then we would 

wish to apply for the use of a fully omni circular polarisation antenna to combat phase 

changes in mobile receivers in the shadow of the site and antenna models can then 

be supplied depending on the final configuration. 

(d) Radiation (polar) Pattern. Please indicate whether you will be using a 

directional or omni-directional antenna system. If you propose to use a 

directional antenna system, you must enclose horizontal radiation diagram(s), 

for the vertically polarised signal component, as well as for the horizontally 

polarised signal component if this is to be used. 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar - Omni-directional 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm - Omni-directional 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site - Omni-directional It is acknowledged 

here that if a restriction to the south is requested then this could be accommodated 

simply by careful positioning on the tower and supported by antenna modelling. 

5.9 Engineering Compliance, Transmitter Maintenance and Repair. Please 

provide details of the person within the applicant group who will be 

responsible for supervising or undertaking transmitter installation and 

maintenance (and for ensuring ongoing compliance with Ofcom's Engineering 

Code). If an outside contractor will be employed, please state who this is 

expected to be. Explain also the method by which you intend to provide a 

monitoring-point to allow for regulatory compliance checks by Ofcom 

engineers. If it is planned to use in-house resources, indicated test equipment 

available and show how important parameters of the signal will be monitored 

and controlled. 

We have secured the services of CMAC Electronic Systems to cover transmission 

planning, installation and commissioning. 

Our budgets include provision for an EME directional coupler / monitor point at each 

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5.10 Principal Transmission Equipment. Ofcom needs to ensure that your 

proposed transmission equipment is able to meet regulatory performance 

requirements. Please list the principal items (where possible including details 

of make and model). Give the maximum power output capability of the 

transmitter and include information about how you propose to keep your 

broadcast signal within regulatory limits. 

Please list principal items of transmission equipment, together with manufacturer's 

names and model numbers. 

Site 1 – Clachan Oyster Bar (Studio and Tx1) 

Broadcast Warehouse DSPX Audio Processor / Limiter and Stereo Encoder 

Aztec FMB10 RDS Encoder 

SBS / Eddystone FM30 Transmitter 

Site 2 – Ardchyline Farm (Tx 2) 

SBS / Eddystone RX400/RBR Off-air Receiver 

SBS / Eddystone FM30 Transmitter with limiter 

Site 3 – Blarbuie Radio Site (Tx 3) 

SBS / Eddystone RX400/RBR Off-air Receiver 

SBS / Eddystone FM30 Transmitter with limiter 

Please state the maximum power output capability of your transmitter and include 

information about how you propose to keep your broadcast signal within regulatory 

limits. 

Each of the transmitters employed are not capable of significantly greater than 30w 

output. The system gain calculations will provide the required transmitter maximum 

power setting for commissioning / testing and it is likely that due to the anticipated 

system losses no significant overpowering would be possible even with an equipment 

failure. Initial modulation limiting is provided at the studio by the DSPX processor 

and further simple limiting in the case of failure is provided at each of the rebroadcast 

sites. It is further anticipated that the transmission system will be subject 

to standard annual inspection and maintenance to ensure continued engineering 

compliance. 

5.11 Stereo transmissions. In the case of FM transmissions, provided a suitable 

frequency resource can be identified, does your group intend to broadcast in stereo? 

Broadcasts in stereo? Yes, if at all possible 

5.12 RDS. Please state whether you plan to transmit a Radio Data System 

identification signal (RDS) in your broadcast transmissions (Please Note: RDS can 

only be transmitted by FM services allowed to broadcast in stereo). 

RDS data to be broadcast? Yes if at all possible 

, 

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SECTION SIX: Programming Output. 

Section 105(1) of the 1990 Broadcasting Act has two provisions which relate 

specifically to the programme output of Community Radio services. Section 

105(1)(b) of the Act requires that, when considering a licence application, Ofcom 

takes into account the extent to which the applicant's proposals would cater for the 

tastes and interests of members of its target community (or communities), whilst 

Section 105(1)(c) requires that, when considering a licence application, Ofcom 

takes into account the extent to which the applicant's proposals would broaden the 

range of programmes available by way of local services in the area concerned. 

Before considering these two specific requirements, Ofcom needs to have a 

detailed understanding of the community (or communities) your proposed station 

would serve and of the programming service you propose to provide. Please 

answer the following questions, considering your answers in relation to the above 

requirements of the Act. 

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. 

6.1 Target Community (or Target Communities) and Community 

Demographics. Please provide an outline definition of the community / 

communities you are proposing to serve. Please then include demographic 

information including: 

(a) Where they live, 

(b) The size of the population concerned, 

(c) Socio-economic information (for example include details of the makeup of 

the population as a whole within the area to which you propose 

broadcasting). 

The small townships around upper Loch Fyne and supporting the county town of 

Lochgilphead form a community of a very specific place. The sea lochs were the 

highways when fishing was king. Villages divided by land were united by water. But 

the fishing industry is gone, along with the little passenger ferries and the ‘puffers’, 

the stocky freighters of the Clyde waterway. Now: 

• there is no embedded exchange of news and gossip - villages in line of sight 

across a mile or two of water no longer know much of each other 

• local government administers east and west Loch Fyne in different wards 

• they are served by different local newspapers 

• west-side teenagers go to Lochgilphead High; and east-siders to Dunoon 

Grammar 

• the sense of one place, of one community, is gone 

• the information and familiarity that prompt collaborations do not exist 

• the east side of Loch Fyne is regarded as ‘fragile’ and has just been 

designated an area of rural multiple deprivation 

• one community – Cairndow - receives no radio signal of any kind 

Community Radio has the capacity to be one of the most powerful agents of 

recovery, of community building, of social inclusion, stimulus and support for change. 

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Population – totals and geographical distribution 

The total population of the area we propose to cover is around 8,000. Visitor figures 

indicate that this increases by a factor of 10 in the summer months. Over 50% of the 

resident population live in Lochgilphead and the villages that form its hinterland – 

Ardrishaig, Bellanoch, Cairnbaan, Kilmichael Glassary, Kilmartin and Ford. 

The other 50% are scattered around the shoreline of the east and west sides of 

upper Loch Fyne: Achnaba, Port Ann, Lochgair, Minard, Furnace, Inveraray, 

Cairndow, St Catherine’s, Strachur, Otter Ferry, Kilfinan and Milhouse. Of these, 

Inveraray, a major centre for visitors, is the largest at around 700, closely followed by 

Strachur which, nevertheless has a very much smaller business base. 

Population – age distribution 

The population under 15 is broadly equal across all parts of the area, at an average 

of just under 19%. 

To the west of Loch Fyne, the population aged between 16 – 60 averages 58%. In 

East Loch Fyne, however, this drops to 52%. 

Consequently East Loch Fyne has the highest percentage of residents over 60 – at 

30%, while, to the west, the average is 23%. 

At almost 10.5% of its population over 75, East Loch Fyne also has 2% above the 

average of the other statistical areas for this age group. 

Economic Inactivity and Unemployment 

Unsurprisingly, given its fragile status, 47% of the population of East Loch Fyne are 

economically inactive. In the west this averages at 26%. However, in Inveraray, while 

there is no unemployment in the 16-24 age group (which may be due to economic 

migration, itself a serious social phenomenon) , over 45% of those unemployed are 

over 55. In East Loch Fyne and in the rest of the west side, these two age groups 

each account for approximately 25% of the unemployed. 

Ethnicity 

Residents from outside the UK and Ireland average 3.25% of the population across 

the area. In ethnic terms, non-whites account for an average of 0.75%. 

Gaelic Speakers 

The Gaelic speaking population averages 6.5% but is highest in Inveraray at 8.6%. 

This does not reflect the relatively strong interest in learning the language. 

Housing 

Across the area, owner occupied housing accounts for an average of 66% of stock. 

In Inveraray this drops to 49%. Additionally,25% of the housing stock of East Loch is 

in second homes. 

Car Ownership 

On average, 24% of the households do not own a car, underlining the social 

consequences of a poor public transport provision. 

Overall 

The picture is neither socially nor economically encouraging. The population is 

ageing, with a smaller emergent working population facing heavy social and personal 

responsibilities. Unemployment is high, particularly so in East Loch Fyne. Almost 

25% households have no independent transport. Houseboundness is common. 

* Raw figures are from the 2001 Census and from the General Registrar’s Office Midyear Estimates 

(MYE).for 2004. Interpretation and narratives arising from the figures are from our own analyses. 

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6.2 Programme Service. Please provide a brief overview as to the nature of 

your proposed community radio service. Outline in general terms the 

approach and objectives of the programme service, the broad format and 

content to be provided. 

Radio Fyneside is about localness, information, community integration and skills 

development – with competence, confidence and a light heart. 

During the daytime hours the majority of our output will be a blend of news, 

interviews, information, discussions – threaded with music and largely within the 

format of themed magazine programmes. Each of these programmes will normally be 

presented by a team of two who might, for examples, represent a particular 

community, an age group, a special interest… 

These will be supported by: 

• ‘Lucky Dip’ spots where special programmes, always incorporating music, 

might focus on travel, local history, a concert, healthcare or personal 

reminiscences of life and place 

• Serial readings – of stories; of poems with a common subject or a single 

author; of plays. As we establish ourselves, we will work to support emergent 

writers through these programmes 

• Scheduled broadcast hours for hospital patients and care home residents – 

and their families, friends and carers. These will be heavily music oriented. 

• Special programmes, sometimes in series form, aimed at specific 

contributions to regeneration, for example, business development 

• Special programmes, sometimes in series form, aimed at cultural support and 

development, for example, learning Gaelic 

Evening and night-time programmes will focus on music, reflecting both popular 

tastes and catering for minority interests through the specialist and eclectic expertise 

of volunteer presenters. 

Some evenings will deliver a specific service – for example, Friday night will be 

‘Dance Night’; there will be a ‘Ceilidh’ night; and one-off programmes will reflect 

annually recurring cultural events such as The National Mod, The Argyllshire 

Gathering, The Camanachd Cup Final (shinty), ‘Burns Night’ and Hogmanay. 

6.3 Broadcast Hours. Please detail the number of hours of programme output 

you plan on broadcasting each day. If these differ between, for example, 

between week days and weekends, please provide details. Please let us 

know to what extent (if any) you are planning to repeat the transmission of 

particular output at differing times of day. If the number of hours broadcast 

is expected to increase over the licence period, please provide details. 

Initially we will broadcast a minimum of 6 hours per day, weekdays and weekends 

alike. We will progressively and quickly extend this to a 24hour service – anticipated 

within 2 years of starting to broadcast. 

Few programmes will be repeated as our accompanying internet-based service will 

archive and podcast popular and valuable material. However, some programmes, for 

example, learning Gaelic, may be repeated on a different day and time to 

accommodate audience interest. Beyond this, we may repeat occasional 

programmes, through, say, an audience vote for ‘Programme of the Year’. 

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6.4 Amount of locally produced output included. How many hours per day is 

station output expected to be produced locally? Please, detail when during 

the day such output would normally be broadcast. (If the amount of locally 

broadcast material varies between week-days and the weekend please 

explain this in your answer.) 

With the exception of a news feed from IRN to cover national news, which we will use 

from the outset; and automated play-out during the night, employed within two years 

of starting to broadcast, virtually all of our output will be locally produced. 

Where we seek and acquire special funding to make specific programmes – for 

example on a significant Scottish writer or band – such programmes will be locally 

produced with additional support from production specialists brought in under 

contract for this purpose. 

6.5 Details of Third party Programming Sources. Please provide information 

about any third-party programming output which you expect to broadcast. 

(This might for example include a news service, overnight sustaining service, 

or programming made by independent groups or community organisations.) 

We will use a news feed from IRN from the outset. We plan no other third party 

output except an annual feed from the week long restricted service provided to cover 

The National Mod (a competitive festival focusing on the traditional speech, music 

and song of the Scots Gaelic culture). 

We do, however, plan later – when we are in a position to do so - to initiate some 

experiments in collaborative production between all of the Argyll-based Community 

Radio stations. This might accelerate skills development and build audiences for 

specific material. Programmes made in this way could not be said to be entirely 

‘locally produced’ although in spirit it could be argued that they were. 

The needs of community organisations will be met by our service through the 

embeddedness of the station in the community it serves – evidenced by our 

Associate Membership of the Bute and Cowal Community Planning Partnership. 

Where we may later develop service level agreements, such programming will be 

locally produced. 

We intend to develop, through our internet broadcasting and other services, active 

connections with new and traditional Scots communities abroad. It is possible that a 

part of this development, later, may include a small amount of programme exchanges 

– probably music-related. This would not be a regular or significant percentage of our 

output but would be a valuable two-way contribution to social inclusion of a less usual 

kind. 

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6.6 Music and Speech Balance. Please provide the expected ratio of music to 

speech-based output of your proposed Community Radio service. If this 

varies over a 24 hour period please give details. In addition if you expect to 

alter this ratio over the course of a five year licence please give details of 

such expected changes (for example if you expect to begin with limited 

amounts of speech content that may expand later on in the lifetime of a 

licence award period). 

We plan a daytime to early evening hours output with a music to speech ratio of 70% 

- 30%. In the night-time hours this will vary between 80% - 20% with popular and 

specialist music programming and 90% - 10%, with automated play-out overnight. 

As the number of our broadcast hours increases to 24 hours per day over the first 

two years of operation, we do not anticipate any essential change in this pattern. 

We do, however, reserve the right to alter this balance in favour of speech output for 

short periods of time in the case of, say, a local or national emergency, a weather 

emergency, the death of someone of community and/or cultural significance or a 

major local event. 

6.7 Type(s) of music output included. Please give details of the type(s) of 

music that you intend to include in your broadcasts. If you intend to provide 

more than one type of music (for example if you will be including specialist 

music programmes for different genres), please provide a percentage breakdown 

of expected music output by genre, and, where appropriate, by 

expected scheduling times. (The percentages given should be expressed in 

terms of total station output and not as a percentage of music output only.) 

During the daytime and early evening hours, say 7.30am – 7.00pm, there will be a 

broadly equal proportion of music drawn from the categories of Gold, Community and 

Choice. 

In the evening, music provision will marry popular local tastes such as c&w, classic 

rock and celtic rock with specialist minority interests – including classical music in a 

variety of forms - serviced by the expertise and passion of volunteer presenters. 

These will be supported by the dedication to a particular musical form of major 

programming during a specific night – such as ‘Friday Night is Dance Night’. 

We plan to be proactive in supporting the emergence of new musicians, bands and 

groups of all kinds. A small percentage of our evening output will feature high quality 

pre-recording of such music through our agreed collaboration with a local 

professional recording studio (Wild Biscuit); and some live performance as 

appropriate. 

It would be misleading to attempt to put a figure on the percentage breakdown of 

evening music output by genre because we will progressively be developing our 

volunteer-base through schedule rotation and re-scheduling. 

However, each schedule will be drawn up with the need to cater fairly for the majority 

and minority tastes and interests of our audiences; and to provide varied 

programming. 

Overnight automated play through will be programmed from Gold, Community and 

C&W and will lean towards easy listening. 

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6.8 Type(s) of speech output included. Please provide a percentage breakdown 

of expected speech output by type, (for example discussion 

programmes, news, documentaries, interviews etc.), and, where appropriate, 

by expected scheduling times. (The percentages given should be expressed 

in terms of total station output and not as a percentage of speech output 

only.) 

News-based speech programming will account for around 10% of day-time hours 

output. This includes national news from IRN with local news produced and 

presented in-house. 

In our mainstream programming – with its emphasis on themed magazine 

programmes - speech output will include: interviews with studio guests and, where 

necessary, pre-recorded interviews; information and discussion on community 

issues; community features; reminiscences on lifestyles, people and places; phoneins 

and material from voxpods posted on our website; and information and advice on 

topics relevant to the programme themes – such as health, alternative therapies, 

education, history, sport, food … These forms of speech-based programme 

elements will account for around 30% of our day-time hours output. 

Speech-based programming such as serial readings and occasional community and 

business development series will account for around 12% of our day-time hours 

output. 

Speech output consisting of news bulletins, interviews and exchanges with studio 

guests and informed commentary from presenters with specific musical expertise will 

together account for 20% of our evening programmes. 

Pre-recorded news summaries and programme trails will account for 10% of our 

overnight automated play-out output, when that comes onstream. 

6.9 Automated Output. Please provide details of any automated output. 

These should include information about any whole programmes or lengthy 

sequences which will be originated locally yet be wholly automated or prerecorded, 

and not reliant upon the presence of a presenter. Indicate the 

scheduling, duration and method of provision of such output (e.g. play-out 

system or satellite delivery etc.). 

We plan to move to including automated play-out overnight to provide a 24 hours per 

day service. This is intended to keep company during the dark hours with the 

sleepless, the unwell, the depressed and those driving through our signal area. In 

Argyll, more people die annually from suicide than from road accidents and we will be 

mindful of that in our programming. 

Beyond this, occasional programmes will be recorded as live and presented at the 

scheduled times to accommodate popular presenters who may at short notice have a 

immovable personal commitments. 

There will be occasional special programmes which, for obvious reasons of 

production method and quality assurance, will be recorded rather than live. 

Such programmes as described above will be governed by the play-out system. 

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6.10 Broadcast Languages(s). Please list the languages you intend to 

broadcast in. Where broadcasts will be in more than one language, please 

give details of expected percentage amounts of programming and proposed 

time(s) of scheduling in each language. 

Almost all of our programmes will be broadcast in English. 

However, there will be small percentage of programming – focused on learning Scots 

Gaelic – that will be broadcast in English and Scots Gaelic and in Scots Gaelic alone. 

This is likely to be no more than 2% of output during day-time hours. 

6.10 Tastes and Interests. Section 105(1)(b) of the 1990 Broadcasting Act 

requires that, when considering a licence application, Ofcom takes into 

account the extent to which the applicant's proposals would cater for the 

tastes and interests of members of its target community (or communities). 

When answering this question, please include findings from any research 

undertaken amongst members of your target community (or communities) 

together with any other information which demonstrates your understanding 

of their tastes and interests. You should also provide evidence as to why 

your proposed programming (as previously described above) would be 

relevant and cater for such tastes and interests. 

The significant majority of our population is mature and older. Audience research, 

including that commissioned by Ofcom and published in November 2005, shows that 

mature people prefer a higher percentage of speech content. 

Since one of our objectives is to attract younger people to the service and to support 

their interests, we are working to develop a generic approach to programming 

capable of serving both of these broad audiences. 

As described before under 6.2, our response is the development of themed 

magazine programmes. Each of these will normally be presented by a team of two 

who might, for example, represent a particular community, an age group, a special 

interest… Topics of discussion and the expertise of invited studio guests will descend 

from the programme themes and from the interests of the presentersinvolved. In this 

way the community will effectively cater for its own tastes and interests. All of these 

programmes will be threaded with appropriate music from the categories of Gold, 

Community and Choice. Schedule times will match specific audience lifestyles. 

We are also aware – from our own and Ofcom’s researches - that a small but 

significant potential audience for radio would like to see community radio ‘breaking 

new bands’. In our communities, there is a long tradition of musical skill and of music 

as communal entertainment. Today there is a healthy number of talented young 

musicians. We have agreed a collaboration with a high-end local professional 

recording studio to develop, record and broadcast these young musicians - and 

occasionally to broadcast them live as part of their planned development. 

Minority tastes will be served by the range of planned ‘Lucky Dip’ programmes, 

readings, concerts, one-off and serial special focus programmes and evening musicbased 

programmes driven by volunteers with eclectic specialist interests. 

While we will broadcast live simultaneously on-air and via our website, the 

preliminary results of a recent research survey of a representative community, 

undertaken by Cadispa (attached to Strathclyde University), showed that while, from 

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an energetic response rate of 52%, a significant majority would listen regularly to 

Radio Fyneside on-air, it was unclear how many would listen to it on the web. To a 

degree, this reflects the age and economic balance of the population, with a 

significant proportion of elderly people and of those dealing with economic hardship. 

We therefore see our internet broadcast and other services as the key instruments at 

our disposal to support the tastes, interests and social inclusion of economic exiles, 

of new and traditional Scots communities abroad and - through information and 

music exchange - of their families and friends here. 

6.11 Different and Distinct. Section 105(1)(c) of the 1990 Broadcasting Act 

requires that, when considering a licence application, Ofcom takes into 

account the extent to which the applicant's proposals would broaden the 

range of programmes available by way of local services in the area 

concerned. 

How will your proposed community radio service be different and distinct 

from existing (non-BBC) local radio services in the area concerned (both 

local commercial stations and any existing community stations), 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 deliver 

content distinct from that of any other local service with which it overlaps by 

fifty per cent or more in terms of population. Please Note: Ofcom makes 

available coverage maps of its permanent licensed analogue commercial 

radio services on its web-site at: 

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/static/radiolicensing/amfm/analogue-main.htm 

If you think that your proposed service may also overlap the coverage of an 

existing Community Radio service by more than fifty percent in terms of 

population, you may not be able to check this on Ofcom's web-site. Instead, 

you may contact Ofcom's Community Radio Team for further information. 

• One of our constituent communities – Cairndow – currently receives no radio 

signal of any kind, including BBC (and virtually no tv signal). We will provide 

their first and only radio service. 

• There is no Community Radio station serving any part of our proposed 

coverage area. 

• With the exception of Ardrishaig and Lochgilphead, covered at its northeastern 

extremity by a small local commercial station, Argyll FM, there is no 

ILR service anywhere in the area we propose to cover. 

In the case of all but two of our constituent communities, therefore, Radio Fyneside 

will be the only alternative to the BBC. 

With Ardrishaig and Lochgilphead, rightly or wrongly they do not perceive themselves 

to be germane to the service provided by Argyll FM. This may be because, based in 

Campbeltown, at the southern tip of the Mull of Kintyre and centrally focused on 

serving Campbeltown, Kintyre, Islay and Jura (islands lying offshore to the west) this 

station has no natural affinity with Mid Argyll to which Ardrishaig and Lochgilphead 

are central. It is fair to say that these two communities are excited by the 

opportunities that will be opened to them by the arrival of Radio Fyneside. 

The area we propose to cover therefore overlaps that of Argyll FM on the northeastern 

corner of its licensed signal area. The population concerned does not 

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approach 50% of Argyll FM’s population coverage; but is important to the community 

integration of the service we can provide - and to our economic survival. 

Radio Fyneside is embedded in community development at every level from being an 

associate member of the Bute and Cowal Community Planning Partnership, to 

attending meetings of, for example, the Argyll Tenants Panel, to planning broadcast 

hours for Mid Argyll Hospital and Care Homes for which no current service exists. 

These links and those with the various Community Councils make our proposed 

service supportive and reflective of community needs, concerns and interests to an 

extent possibly beyond the norm. 

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SECTION SEVEN: Evidence of Demand and Support. 

Section 105(1)(d) of the 1990 Broadcasting Act requires that, when considering a 

licence application, Ofcom takes into account the extent of local demand for, or 

support for the provision of the proposed service. Ofcom needs information about 

the range and scope of demand and support which you have identified for your 

proposed service. This can include a variety of information, for example: letters 

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 in your service generated 

through RSL activities; results of research; letters of support from local politicians, 

educational or religious bodies etc.; support from the business sector etc. Please 

Note: 

It is for applicants to decide what evidence of 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 generated by your 

group. The submission of promotional videos and / or other supplementary 

promotional material is strongly discouraged. 

7.1 Evidence of Demand / Support. Please provide a summary of evidence of 

demand and / or support for your proposed service. Copies of letters or 

research reports etc. should be submitted in separate appendices, which will 

not be published. 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. 

We would like first to acknowledge the generous support and advice we have 

received in our short life from the Community Radio stations and ILRs in Argyll and 

beyond. 

Our proposed service is welcomed by agencies with economic, community and 

service development responsibilities for the area – such as Argyll & the Islands 

Enterprise, Argyll College, Argyll & Bute Community Planning Partnership and Argyll 

& Bute Council’s Community Services Departmental Management Team. 

The Community Councils in the area see the station and its support for their role as 

capable of energising community interest in this form of democratic engagement and 

community service. 

A wide variety of groups, clubs and associations are eager to grasp the opportunities 

the service will offer to develop their work into source material for radio programmes 

as well as to promote their activities. 

What has heartened us most has been the extent to which people who have written 

to us have felt it important to describe their own activities. We see this as 

unconscious evidence that the possibility of having their own community radio station 

has already prompted people to review their work, to feel a sense of achievement in 

what they do – as well as expressing interest in using the service to promote it. 

The fact that we got 26 volunteers from our launch Community Conference alone is 

evidence of a different sort of demand – to learn and employ new skills, to have a 

voice and to use it. It is fair to say that this is becoming a form of hunger. 

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As directed, we have provided a modest sample of hard copy letters sent to us, none 

of which express generic support but address specific aspects of the proposed 

service that chime with their own concerns and values. 

We are also including here a few representative extracts from some of these letters, 

to demonstrate in brief the spectrum of demand and support the proposed service 

has galvanised. 

From: Colin McLean, Development Manager, Argyll & the Islands Enterprise 

Contact: colin.mclean@hient.co.uk 

“Argyll & the Islands Enterprise have been in discussion with a number of your Board 

colleagues over the past few months exploring the possibilities of establishing Radio 

Fyneside to broadcast in the Loch Fyne area. 

The proposed project is viewed as an exciting development in the area and one, 

which is likely to bring a number of benefits to the area in a way, which can link very 

well with the objectives of our organisation. 

Discussions so far have highlighted a number of ways in which the station can assist 

in the furtherance of our aims: 

• A proposal for a series of programmes based around new business start-up 

and business development, highlighting this as a realistic employment 

opportunity in the area. 

• A significant focus on training and work experience to a recognised 

qualification standard and in close liaison with Argyll College. 

• The capacity building within the local community by the delivery of such a 

project by a community based organisation, and the ability for this venture to 

enhance other community organisations within the area, through membership 

and publicity. 

These examples fit within our key themes: Growing Businesses, Developing Skills 

and Strengthening Communities and as such is a project that we would wish to see 

develop and succeed and will endeavour to provide that assistance which may be 

required to achieve this success.” 

From: Michael Breslin, Director, Argyll College 

Contact: michael.breslin@argyllcollege.ac.uk 

“As well as the possibilities the radio station might offer to support the college’s 

distance learners in some of the very remote communities of Argyll, it looks feasible 

that, for the first time in Argyll, courses in radio broadcasting and related training at 

both FE and HE level could soon be offered locally. Without the background 

knowledge of those involved in the development of Radio Fyneside, it is unlikely that 

the college would have pursued this at this stage in its development.” 

From: Malcolm MacFadyen, Head of Planning and Performance, Argyll & Bute 

Council 

Contact: malcolm.macfadyen@argyll-bute.gov.uk 

“For the future, we would be particularly keen to explore the opportunities that may 

exist from broadening the educational experience of local children through joint 

ventures with Radio Fyneside.” 

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From: Fred Robson, Secretary, Kilfinan Community Council 

Contact: F.Robson@btopenworld.com 

“It’s about time that the little people got up to date with the media instead of just the 

big cities.” 

From: Eric Box, Chair, Lochgilphead Community Council 

Contact: eblcc@hotmail.com 

“The concept of a local radio station for Upper Loch Fyneside, when it emerged just a 

few short months ago, left many of us wondering, I think, why the idea had not been 

put forward long since. The well attended Community Conference that you organised 

and the subsequent talks to local communities have demonstrated real public 

enthusiasm for the initiative. 

A facility such as this in a remote and scattered rural community where the largest 

settlement (Lochgilphead) boasts but some 2400 sols will be an important means of 

much needed improved communication both at the individual and group level. 

My own particular interest is, of course, the opportunities a local radio station can 

bring in enhancing public awareness of what Community Councils are doing on 

behalf of the people they seek to represent. 

From: Brian D Osborne, Secretary, The Neil Munro Society 

Contact: brian@bdosborne.fsnet.co.uk 

“The one hundred short stories Munro wrote about this Loch Fyne puffer skipper and 

his ship, The Vital Spark, would surely make an admirable resource either for 

straightforward readings or for dramatisations.” 

From: David Fiddes, Chair, Strachur Memorial Hall Committee 

Contact: david@letterscottage.fsnet.co.uk 

“We in Strachur are becoming very enthusiastic about the prospect of having a local 

radio service covering Upper Loch Fyne. In the past, when a water body was seen as 

a highway rather than a barrier, this was a cohesive and vibrant community. My own 

existence attests to this as my grandmother came from Lochgair but worked near 

Otter Ferry where she met my grandfather. My mother used the same crossing to 

sample the cultural opportunities of Mid Argyll, describing Kilmartin as ‘the hub of the 

universe’. There is still a felling of entity between the loch-facing villages, although 

the reliance on road travel has weakened it somewhat. Radio Fyneside will restore 

the direct linkage and be of great benefit to the social and cultural well-being of the 

area.” 

From: Mike Masters, Chair, Furnace Community Council 

Contact: mikemasters@tiscali.co.uk 

“Radio Fyneside will have the capacity to use local people to report on local issues 

and engage our communities in a way that no other medium can. It will be more 

accessible to a wider range of age groups and abilities than the internet and more 

dynamic than a local newspaper.” 

From: James Linley, Chair, Inveraray Marketing Group 

Contact: 011499 302180 

“The ability to distil information for the visitor via the radio station will add to our 

arsenal and help ensure the ongoing prosperity and well being of our local 

population. A local radio facility has never been available to the local or business 

community before and the opportunities it presents are endless.” 

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SECTION EIGHT: Delivering 'Social Gain'. 

Section 105(1)(e) of the 1990 Broadcasting Act, as modified by the Community 

Radio Order 2004, requires that 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' (both on air as part of its broadcast output and through other activities). 

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 8.1 to 8.3) to answer 

general questions about how the applicant proposes to serve its target community. 

Explain (in boxes 8.4 to 8.7 below) how you propose to meet the four mandatory 

social gain objectives and explain (in box 8.8 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. 

Finally, this section of the application form also gives applicants the opportunity to 

detail other forms of community involvement (boxes 8.9 to 8.11). 

8.1 Addressing Community Needs. Please give a general overview of how, 

through the delivery of 'social gain' and other non-broadcast activities, you 

propose to ensure that your service will address community needs. 

At heart Radio Fyneside’s philosophy for delivering social gain is that the simple 

provision of information in all its forms is a powerful agent of positive change. 

Information dispels myths, builds understanding, generates informed discussion, 

supports compassion, puts instruments in the hand, ideas in the brain and a key in 

the door. 

News, interviews, profiles, reminiscences, life stories, histories, language, advice, 

tips, know-how, opinion, directions, timetables, itineraries… 

Where to go, what’s there, who to talk to, what’s on, who knows, who can… 

How to… 

Music, music, music… 

Structuring our service around themed magazine programmes normally led by two 

people from the same community or age group or special interest puts self-selected - 

not imposed - tastes, interests and needs in the driving seat. Presenters will choose 

their theme, their guests, their explorations – and their music. Music is the staple of 

Community Radio – for good reason. It’s the staple of community. We sing and play 

to entertain, to cry, to celebrate, to express belonging, to remember, to dance… 

And Friday night is Dance Night. 

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Radio Fyneside will also address community needs by going to find out what they 

are, not waiting to be told. We’ll be at community meetings, We’ll listen, consult and 

report. 

We will use our own resources to support valuable local charities and services. As 

noted in 8.2 below, we already plan two events of this kind in our first year of 

operation. 

Our internet broadcasting, podcasts and voxpods will progressively offer rich and 

continuing connections between us and family and friends who have moved 

elsewhere - and between our place and their places. 

Our training facilities and courses, leading eventually to qualifications, available alike 

to volunteers and people with no other connection with the station - will support skills 

development, self-confidence and employment potential. 

Access Airside – offering news and music-based broadcast training and work 

experience to young people aged 16 – 25 is to be developed and funded as a 

separate but allied initiative. It will encourage participation in democracy by younger 

members of the community. It will aim to give them skills, status and self-belief. It will 

give them something creative and purposive to do together in an area offering little to 

young people. It will bring them together across our dispersed communities and 

develop their social lives 

The business communities, the statutory agencies and third sector organisations are 

among our communities. In the subject matter of our programmes we will promote 

what they offer. We hope that when we have proved ourselves, this support will be 

mutual. When they see what Radio Fyneside can do to promote their services, we 

will expect them to commission us to do so. We are part of the community and we 

will need this support. 

8.2 Targets and Milestones. List key specific objectives of your proposed 

service. Highlight key stages detailing what is expected to be achieved, how 

it will be achieved, with dates and any review process to monitor/alter 

objectives for the first year of operation. Please state how objectives will be 

reviewed and developed. Please use clearly phrased bullet points, for 

example: 

● "Providing (xx number) work placements / training places for target groups 

within (xx months) through liaison with (xx) organisation" 

● "Reviews by community panels and questionnaires etc." 

● "Quarterly in-house assessments of targets." 

Key objectives of service 

• Being inclusive – in every possible way 

• Providing comprehensive, up-to-date and widespread community information 

• Providing volunteers with a context of professional discipline and with training 

and experience to develop skills and confidence – supporting employability 

• Involving young people with the station, with each other and with their 

communities, giving them skills, confidence, experience, responsibility and 

status 

• Strengthening bonds between station and community and being responsive. 

• Entertaining 

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Key stages 

• Website’s community and creative services – including podcasting and vox 

pods – in continual development and available from January 2007. 

• Core team of broadcast service volunteers trained, working up and mentoring 

by September 2007, then on rotating, arranged work-shadowing which will 

include some presenting and production. 

• Fund raising events throughout the communities over the pre-launch period – 

some in Community Halls, splitting the profits between station and 

community; some dedicated to specific local good causes. Initially these will 

focus on supporting Homestart, a charity offering support to fragile families 

with young children; and Ardfenaig, the major local Care Home. This part of 

our pre-launch work is intended to underline our community interest ethos 

and keep consciousness of the station as high as possible before our 

broadcast service starts. 

• Community liaison to level of taking opinions on content and scheduling 

• Team of Volunteers progressively trained, creating material for webcasting 

and growing in confidence through the pre-launch period to November 2008 

• Access Airside trainees ready to contribute from the start when the station 

goes live in November 2008. 

• Assuming the award of a licence (obviously we are not complacent but must 

plan on that basis), liaison will take place with the CR team at Ofcom over the 

use of RSLs during the period of our work up to full launch in the new station 

building in November 2008. 

• Local news operation established and steady on its feet before live on air in 

November 2008 

• Scheduling and programming developed for and refined after launch. 

• Live simulcasting on air and internet, from launch day onwards 

• Formal consultations with communities twice during first year of operation – to 

enable any necessary adjustments and to stabilise the service at this initial 

stage. Informal feedback will be sought and used regularly as a matter of 

course. 

Review of objectives 

We will need to take regular ‘litmus tests’ to check on the extent to which we’re 

meeting our objectives. We will do this through: 

• internal record keeping and research – we will set ‘collection and analysis’ 

instruments – and habits – in motion at the outset 

• evaluating listeners’ responses from emails, letters and phone calls 

• holding and minuting ‘Listeners’ Nights’ hosted by each Community Council in 

its own Hall (see ‘Accountability’). In a widely dispersed and small community 

of around 8000, we see this as the most ‘embedded’ approach to audience 

response testing. It will be labour intensive at specific times, particularly 

during the first year of operation where , necessarily, we will do it twice. 

We will employ sensitive and open approaches to our ongoing analysis and 

service refinements so that the tenour of community response is known and our 

attention to it is seen. 

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8.3 Numbers Involved. Include information about access by the community to 

the station. For example include projections of the number of training, 

voluntary, and paid employment places provided. If numbers are expected 

to increase over time, please give estimates of the predicted increases and 

of the particular timescales involved. 

From responses and engagement patterns to date, we anticipate progressively 

training 25 – 30 adult volunteers before November 2008, 

We are planning for 10 Access Airside broadcasters to be trained and engaged in on 

air activity by the end of our first year of operation in November 2009, some to be 

ready for involvement from the launch of the station’s on air service in November 

2008. 

We will liaise with Dunoon Grammar School and Lochgilphead High School over 

work experience and will make 6 places available within a year, starting six months 

after launch. This service will be connected with our work in support of the Scottish 

Executive’s Determined to Broadcast initiative for S3 and S4 school pupils. 

We are developing an agreed training partnership with Argyll College to provide 

formal courses, leading to qualifications. It is feasible that these will start during our 

first of operation. They will be open to anyone wherever they live, whether or not they 

have a connection with the station. Each student on these courses will have work 

experience as an assessed element of the course. This experience will be in-house 

and in other radio stations as appropriate, some outside Argyll. 

Initially there will be three salaried posts: one full time; one four days a week; and 

one part time – working one day a week. 

There will be five Heads of Section, working about 5 hours a week on their specific 

duties. These will initially be volunteers but will be paid an annual honorarium as 

soon as is sustainable. What work they additionally do on presenting and production 

will be voluntary, in line with the rest of the team. 

All other volunteers and Board members will be paid travelling expenses from the 

start. This territory means constant travelling for everyone. 

8.4 Target Audience (Mandatory social gain objective). Explain how you 

have identified your target audience(s) (defined in Section six) as including 

individuals "who are otherwise underserved" (in terms of broadcasting 

services) and explain what appropriate radio programming you intend to 

provide. 

Our target audience virtually identified itself. 

• One community – Cairndow, at the head of Loch Fyne - receives no radio 

signal of any kind, almost no TV signal and exists in a cul de sac, by-passed 

by the main road and cut off from easy access to its fellow communities down 

east Loch Fyne. 

• With the exception of Ardrishaig and Lochgilphead, no Community Radio or 

ILR is licensed to serve any of the communities in the area we propose. Nor 

does the BBC have a local radio service for this area. 

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We will provide programming with a strong focus on localness, reinforcing people’s 

awareness of, affinity with and pride in their own place. 

We will provide a local news service with comprehensive community news and 

information that is of the moment. 

We will provide on air opportunities for members of the community to register their 

opinion on current issues of local and national interest and to listen to each other’s. 

We will offer a broad range of programming to meet the taste and interests and 

support the social and economic development of all members of our communities – 

from the majority who are older to the young who are few and whose lifestyles are 

often dominated by the economic migration imperative. 

We will provide scheduled broadcasting dedicated to patients and staff at the Mid- 

Argyll Community Hospital and to residents and staff at local Care Homes. No such 

service has previously existed, compounding the degree of social exclusion 

experienced by those who, way in the short or longer term, are cared for in this way. 

8.5 Discussion and opinion (Mandatory social gain objective). Explain how 

your proposed service will "facilitate discussion and the expression of 

opinion". 

We will: 

• use advertised sessions in our themed magazine programmes to open a wide 

range of issues to community response 

• schedule a weekly programme with a specific topic for exploration. This will 

feature invited studio guests with relevant expertise and/or entrenched 

positions and listeners’ opinions expressed through emails and phone-ins 

• invite listeners to email us on a regular basis, suggesting topics this 

programme should address 

• dedicate the above weekly programme, once a month (when Access Airside 

trainees are sufficiently competent, confident and reliable), to engaging with 

issues of interest to 16 – 25 year olds. Access Airside broadcasters will, in 

rotation, lead the hosting of this programme with an adult volunteer as copresenter. 

Access Airside broadcasters will also contribute pre-recorded 

interviews and research material. 

8.6 Education and Training (Mandatory social gain objective). Explain how 

you propose to provide "education [and /] or training to individuals not 

employed by the person providing the service" [/your organisation]. 

In addition to volunteers (who may be regarded as ‘employed by the person providing 

the service’) and who will receive station induction training, habituation in 

professional standards of working practice, broadcast skills training and experience, 

we will: 

• provide ‘educational’ content in our programming through a regular focus on, 

say, health issues and childcare 

• provide overt support for skills relevant to economic development through a 

series of special programmes on business startup and development already 

in discussion with Argyll & the Islands Enterprise 

• provide, through a training partnership with Argyll College (agreed and in 

development) formal training courses in and related to radio broadcasting, 

leading to formal qualifications and supporting potential employment. These 

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courses will have an assessed work experience element support by Radio 

Fyneside and by other radio stations, some outside Argyll. These courses will 

be open to anyone, wherever they live and whether or not they have any 

connection with the station. Courses will be run at Radio Fyneside’s purposebuilt 

station which will include a production studio dedicated to training 

• link Access Airside (our initiative to offer vocational training and experience to 

young broadcasters from 16 – 25) to our fellow Argyll-based Community 

Radio stations and with the formal courses we will offer in partnership with 

Argyll College, leading to qualifications. 

8.7 Community Understanding and Links (Mandatory social gain 

objective). How do you propose to build a "better understanding of your 

target community and strengthen links within it?" 

Radio Fyneside is already embedded in its community. It is an Associate member of: 

• Bute and Cowal Community Planning Partnership 



We have also developed relationships with the Community Councils, the democratic 

backbone of our system. Station staff and volunteers will attend Community Council 

meetings, keeping in touch at base with interests, concerns, campaigns and 

achievements – and being seen to be committed to supporting and developing the 

community. 

Our territory is wide and our communities dispersed around it. We see this regular 

and predictable physical accessibility as a necessity if we are to make a strong 

contribution to community development and integration. Our ataff will be like 

pollenating bees – hopping from council to council; and this commitment will support 

the focus and impact of our broadcast service. 

Our Access Airside initiative for young broadcasters of 16 – 25 will focus on news 

and music. The news training will start and continue with a focus on news gathering. 

Trainees will attend meetings of their local Community Councils, reporting on issues 

and opinions and recording interviews with key players. In addition to skills 

development, this is intended to strengthen young people’s connection with their 

communities and engage them more actively in the democratic process. Since young 

people do not generally attend such meetings, we anticipate that their presence will 

itself impact upon agendas and energies. 

Our planned scheduled broadcast of programmes dedicated to patients, residents 

and staff at the Mid Argyll Community Hospital and local Care Homes, as well as 

being a local first, will create a strong two-way relationship between the station and 

the communities, including the health professionals’ community. This initiative is 

evidence of our commitment to the imperative of social inclusion. 

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8.8 Additional social gain objectives. The Community Radio Order 2004 

includes a (non-exclusive) list of additional 'objectives of a social nature'. 

These include: 

(a) 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 about local amenities; 

(b) the promotion of economic development and of social enterprises; 

(c) the promotion of employment; 

(d) the provision of opportunities for the gaining of work experience; 

(e) the promotion of social inclusion; 

(f) the promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity; 

(g) the promotion of civic participation and volunteering. 

Please include here details of any other ways in which your station intends 

to deliver social gain (these may be related and / or unrelated to the above). 

From launch and progressively over our first three years of operation, our planned 

programmes and services will impact upon each of the above additional social gain 

objectives. 

(a) From the start, our local news and magazine programmes will carry ‘public 

service information’ of this kind and will invite representatives from bodies 

concerned in delivering them to be studio guests. This will allow them to pass 

on their own messages, to clarify them as appropriate – in a lively, personal 

and non-bureaucratic context. 

(b) We are already in discussion with Argyll and the Islands Enterprise over the 

production and delivery of business startup and development programmes 

(c) The opportunities offered by the station to volunteers to develop and use 

radio broadcast skills supported by training, professional discipline and 

experience will offer support to their employment potential. The development 

of radio broadcast courses leading to qualifications and open also to nonvolunteers 

will, over time, extend our contribution to this social gain. 

(d) Volunteers, after appropriate training, will by definition gain work experience. 

Beyond this, Radio Fyneside’s Access Airside project is positioned to extend 

the provision of the Scottish Executive’s Determined to Broadcast initiative – 

a touring radio studio visiting schools and offering P3 and P4 pupils the 

experience of making and posting a radio programme in a day. Access 

Airside will offer continuing training and work experience opportunities to 

young people whose appetites have been whetted by their day on the DTB 

Bus. 

(e) Working to have Cairndow within our signal coverage area will address a 

glaring instance of social exclusion. This community receives no radio service 

of any kind and virtually no tv signal. The village is bypassed by the main road 

and exists in a cul de sac with no through or passing traffic. Through Radio 

Fyneside, Cairndow will have its first radio service and will be a full partner in 

our information exchange. 

(f) We will promote linguistic and cultural diversity through the inclusion of gaelic 

language programming on air and, through our internet service, information 

on and connections with historical and contemporary Scots communities 

abroad 

(g) As with every Community Radio station, the opportunities offered to 

volunteers are a sine qua non. However, the major news-gathering focus of 

our Access Airside initiative for young people of 16 – 25 will see them 

required to attend and report on the meetings of their local Community 

Councils. This is deliberately focused on the promotion of civic participation. 

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AND, by establishing the Community Councils as one of the prime instruments of 

Radio Fyneside’s community accountability, we will pay tribute to and raise the profile 

of these quiet and hard working agencies of local democracy. 

8.9 Other (broadcast) Community Radio Objectives. Please outline any 

other on-air community activities of your station, and describe how you will 

develop and deliver each of these. 

We plan to develop programming to support summer visitors to the area. These 

increase the stable population by a factor of ten in the summer season. The official 

tourist information service is informed and efficient. However, we feel that there are 

areas of information, knowledge and the offer of local contacts which would 

significantly enrich the experience of those holidaying here. Strategically scheduled 

programming to make this support available will be of value to visitors and, in the 

longer term, contribute to economic development in the local tourist trade. 

We will support and promote the major cultural events happening annually in the 

area, including The Cowal Games (the largest in the world); the Inveraray Highland 

Games; the Mods (gaelic culture competitive festivals); the Camanchd Cup Final 

(shinty) – and any other major public event. Radio Fyneside will field a team of 

reporters and interviewers and employ its full Outside Broadcast equipment as 

appropriate. 

8.10 Other (non-broadcast) Community Activities. Please provide details of 

any other community involvement that your organisation will have, aside 

from the provision of sound broadcast services. This section would include 

linkages with other community bodies, the promotion of community events 

etc. 

Relevant here are: 

• Our Association Memberships of: 

• Bute and Cowal Community Planning Partnerships – which we will extend to 

other Community Planning Partnerships as they come onstream 



We already attend meetings of the Community Councils and will formalise these 

relationships in a range of ways. 

We plan to extend our associate memberships of organisations and associations with 

a community development and economic development brief. 

Also germane here is our ‘in development’ training partnership with Argyll College 

which will see our development and delivery of formal training courses related to 

radio broadcasting and leading to qualifications. 

We will also be devising, publicising and hosting public events to support nominated 

local good causes from charities to communities, clubs and associations with 

development initiatives. 

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8.11 Other Information. Please use this space to highlight any other activities of 

your group which you feel are relevant to the delivery of 'social gain' by your 

proposed service. 

We plan to initiate a range of collaborations with the other Argyll-based Community 

Radio stations – and, as appropriate, with other Scottish Community Radio stations. 

We envisage explorations in some collaborative productions and in strategic 

advertising pitches. 

These collaborations – live and pre-recorded - are intended to share the best 

available expertise in production, accelerating skills development in the sector. 

They are also intended to raise the profile of Community Radio stations with major 

businesses, business organisations at national level and statutory agencies – and 

develop the commercial base of the stations at the same time. 

Social gains consequent upon such collaborations will include: 

• development of production standards across the Community Radio spectrum 

in Argyll 

• development of the programming available in the schedules of Argyll-based 

and Scottish-based Community Radio stations 

• job swops – with staff and volunteers gaining experience and profile in other 

areas and using other equipment 

• strengthening the generic commercial base of Community Radio stations in 

Argyll by embedding them in the communications portfolio of major 

businesses and organisations. The more each station becomes financially 

secure the more sustainable is the service it offers its community. 

Please continue to Section Nine on next page. 

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SECTION NINE: Ensuring Accountability. 

Section 105(1)(f) of the 1990 Broadcasting Act, as modified by the Community 

Radio Order 2004, requires that, when considering a licence application, Ofcom 

takes into account the provision each applicant proposes to make in order to ensure 

its accountability to the relevant community in respect of the provision of the 

proposed service. 

9.1 Accountability. Please explain below what approaches you propose to 

take in relation to this requirement and set out the practical (formal and / or 

informal) mechanisms which you will use to ensure that members of your 

target community can make contact with your service and influence its 

operation. Please also explain how suggestions and criticisms from 

members of your target community (or communities) would be considered 

and acted upon. 

Radio Fyneside sees itself as accountable to: 

• its community at large – its listeners 

• its volunteers and trainees 

• its various community-agency partners 

• its business community 

Listener accountability 

Radio Fyneside’s approach to listener accountability is two-fold: 

• We will invite responses to come to us through every available medium 

• We will go seeking responses formally amongst the communities in a 

structured and formal way. 

Listener responses will be regularly invited through magazine programmes and 

opinion programmes. These will be harvested by website postings, email, letter, 

phone and personal contact. All will be logged. 

Radio Fyneside will collaborate with each Community Council across the area in their 

hosting of ‘Radio Fyneside Listeners’ Nights’ – outside the normal schedule of 

Community Council meetings. 

In our first year of operation, this series of meeting will happen at six monthly 

intervals. We will need this depth of response to refine our service at this stage. After 

our first year, they will be annual recurring events. 

Each meeting will be fully minuted and will have two elements: 

• A first part, with the Community Council Chair in charge – an unstructured 

Q&A to harvest community-led responses of any kind on any subject 

• A second part, Chaired by an appropriate member of the Radio Fyneside 

team - with a structured and focused agenda relevant to our own 

development plans and to what we have come to see as our ‘agenda of the 

moment’ (from informal responses harvested from web postings, emails, 

letters, phone calls, personal contacts and volunteer responses) 

Meetings will conclude with an agreed prioritising of matters to be considered by 

Radio Fyneside’s management and staff, with consequent forthcoming actions 

reported within the agenda of the next scheduled Community Council meeting. The 

following Listeners’ Night meeting will start by monitoring what actually happened. 

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Volunteer and trainee accountability 

We will hold quarterly team meeting with Board members, staff, volunteers and 

trainees. The volunteers and trainees are a specific community of ours and we will 

seek and respond to their views and suggestions. 

Such sessions will be fully minuted and will follow the same two-part structure 

employed in the Listeners’ Night meetings across the community, described above. 

These meetings will also conclude with an agreed prioritising of matters to be 

considered further and actions tobe taken. 

As with the Listeners’ Night meetings, the following meeting will start by monitoring 

the actions implemented in the light of the previous session. 

Community-agency partner accountability 

A part of our partnership agreement will be formal monitoring of the contributions and 

performance of both sides to the agreement. 

Business community accountability 

Radio Fyneside intends to make what contribution it can to the economic 

development of the area as well as its community development. Economic 

development, of course, is a key agent of community development. 

While our commercial clients will vote with their wallets if they are not satisfied with 

our service, they also represent a source of qualified insights into the general support 

our service, through its programming, offers to the area’s economic development. 

We will therefore host annual Business Night meetings where representatives of 

business and marketing organisations, business development agencies and 

individual business people (including our clients) will offer responses to and 

suggestions for our service. 

As with all other meetings: 

• proceedings will be fully minuted 

• there will be a two-part structure as described earlier 

• the session will end with agreed matters to be considered and actions taken 

• the next meeting will start by monitoring the actual consequences of the 

previous meeting 

Implementation 

In the case of all consultations and representations outlined above, matters agreed 

as germane will be developed into refinements in the service – including developing 

presenting, interviewing, training, experience, news and programme content, 

production, scheduling etc 

Appropriate responses in implementation will be assured by the monitoring process 

enshrined in the agendas of regular meetings with those to whom we are 

accountable. 

In each area of consultation, matters may be raised which are considered by Radio 

Fyneside to require a service change inappropriate to our objects or conflicting with 

our legal and statutory obligations. In such instances, this position will be made 

known at the time, to avoid any anticipated changes which cannot be forthcoming. 

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In addition to requiring Ofcom to take into account the various elements of the 

Broadcasting Act 1990 as set out above, the Community Radio Order 2004 sets out 

a number of 'Community Radio Characteristics' which Community Radio Licence 

holders need to ensure their services conform to. Most of these characteristics are 

covered in greater detail by aspects of various selection criteria (Sections 105(1)(a – 

f) of the Broadcasting Act 1990). However, one of these characteristics, related to 

accountability, is additional to the requirements of the selection criteria such that 

Ofcom requires specific information as to how it would be complied with. 

9.2 (Community Radio characteristic) How do you propose to ensure that 

provide members of your community with "opportunities to participate in the 

operation and management of the service"? This section covers the 

involvement of members of the target community in the activities of the 

community radio station and provisions in place to ensure that members of 

the target community can influence the development of its services. 

Radio Fyneside will regularly advertise, through its own service and through the local 

press, the running invitation to all members of the community: 

• to visit the station 

• to explore the possibility of any contributions they might wish to make 

• to become a volunteer 

• to receive training and work experience in whatever area of interest they 

express 

Radio Fyneside will prompt its volunteer team to nominate (and elect if necessary) at 

two yearly intervals, two of their members to join the Radio Fyneside Board. These 

nominees will then receive Director Training from Argyll & the Islands Enterprise. The 

two year terms of service will ensure the progressive development of informed skills 

and experience in the management of a company. 

Permanent members of the Radio Fyneside Board were awarded their places as a 

result of community-wide nominations. When any of these members stand down, 

they will be replaced through community-wide nomination and, if necessary, by 

election conducted by email via our website. 

The specific and community-embedded form of accountability to listeners which we 

will employ will offer another obvious access to influencing the development of our 

services. 

Please continue to Section Ten on next page. 

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SECTION TEN: Access To and Training In the Use of Facilities. 

Section 105(1)(g) of the 1990 Broadcasting Act, as modified by the Community 

Radio Order 2004, requires that, when considering a licence application, Ofcom 

takes into account the provision each applicant proposes to make to allow for 

access by members of the relevant community to the facilities to be used for the 

provision of the service and for their training in the use of those facilities. 

10.1 Facilities - Access and Training. Please explain below what approaches 

you propose to take in relation to this requirement and set out the practical 

(formal and / or informal) mechanisms which you will use to ensure that 

members of your target community can gain access to your facilities and 

receive training in their use. 

There are three matters here, 

Firstly - no one - staff, volunteer or trainee, will have access to any part of Radio 

Fyneside’s facilities without previous experience of our station induction and skills 

training programmes. 

Secondly – any member of the community who wishes to become a volunteer and 

who is prepared to undertake the necessary induction and training programmes, will 

have access to any and all station facilities appropriate to their skills and interests. 

Thirdly – anyone from anywhere who registers as a student on a formal training 

course presented through our training partnership with Argyll College, will have 

access to the training facilities at the station, including the production training studio. 

It is one of our prime objects that we contribute to skills development, support for 

employment and economic development in our area. 

We will do this to our utmost ability – but we will neither encourage nor facilitate 

untrained and unfamiliar access to our facilities. Such access would impact upon our 

public output and would be likely to result in accidental damage to or deliberate 

abuse of equipment and other resources the station might be unable to repair or 

replace. 

Please continue to the declaration on next page. 

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DECLARATION: 

Applicants are required to answer the following question: 

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

a) 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); 

b) no director or person concerned directly or indirectly in the management of the 

company or the applicant group is the subject of a disqualification order as defined by 

section 145(1) of the Broadcasting Act 1996; 

c) no person involved in the application has been convicted within the past five years 

of an unlicensed 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 a radio station if the 

applicant is granted a licence; and 

d) all matters which might influence Ofcom's judgement as to whether the directors 

and substantial shareholders involved in the application are fit and proper persons to 

participate in a radio licence have been made known 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. 

Signed: Name: LYNDA HENDERSON 

Indicate below the items of additional documentation which are included as 

part of this application: 

Company Memorandum & Articles of Association Yes – in draft and posted 12 Jan 

Certificate of Incorporation Not available until end of January 

Map Showing Proposed Transmitter site Yes – on CD and posted 12 Jan 

Map Showing Desired Coverage Yes – on CD and posted 12 Jan 

Photograph(s) of proposed transmitter site Yes – on CD and posted 12 Jan 

Antenna pattern information No 

Evidence of demand and / or support Yes – hard copy posted 12 Jan 

Separate Confidential Sections of Application No 

Declaration continues on next page… 

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Others Documents and Information included with this application (please provide 

details below). 

None – unless you include Annexes to this form – which continue from this page – 

Annexe 1 : Notes on Heads of Section. 

Please indicate the payment method. Including the following information: 

Payment sent separately 

Method of Payment BACS – payment left our account on 3 rd January 2007 

Name of Payee (the person who is making the payment): Lynda Henderson 

Their Bank Sort Code: 83-23-07 

Account Name (from which the payment is being made): Radio Fyneside 

Anticipated Date of Receipt by Ofcom: before or on 8 th January 2007 

I hereby apply to Ofcom for the grant of a Community Radio Licence for 

Radio Fyneside CIC 

and declare that the information given in this application and any additional 

documentation is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, correct. I confirm 

that I have completed this form as completely as possible and that I have 

attached / sent any required additional documentation, together with the nonreturnable 

application fee of £600.00 

Name: 

(Block Capitals): LYNDA M HENDERSON 

Position: 

FUNDING & COMMUNITY LIAISON DIRECTOR 

Date: 13 JANUARY 2007 

Signed 

(SIGNED COPY IN POST) 

When you have completed, checked and signed you application as required, please 

send it, together with any additional information and the required payment, to Ofcom, 

following the instructions set out at the beginning of this document. 

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

==ENDS== 

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ANNEXE 1 

Notes on Section Heads 

Section Heads 

Head of News: Christopher MacLean 

chris.mclean@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Over 30 years experience in print journalism including: 2 years at the Scottish Daily 

Express as Subeditor; 3 years at the Scotsman as Parliamentary Editor; 7 years at 

The Guardian as Subeditor, then deputy Chief Subeditor; 2 years at The Montreal 

Star as Night Editor; 2 years as People Editor at the Montreal gazette where he 

negotiated the first trade union contract; 15 years at The Guardian as Letters Editor, 

then Deputy Editor of Weekend magazine and Deputy Father of the NUJ Chapel. 

Now energetically involved in community development in Furnace. Was Secretary to 

the Furnace Millennium Group; Fundraiser/Planner of the creation of the Leacainn 

Walk; currently Fundraiser for the renovation and extension of Furnace Village Hall. 

Head of Gaelic Programming: Dr Roderick MacLeod 

roddy.macleod@radiofyneside.co.uk 

A native Gaelic speaker from the Isle of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Dr 

MacLeod is the Church of Scotland Minister for Cumlodden, Lochfyneside and 

Lochgair. He has the unusual distinction of completing two successful doctoral 

degrees, one at Edinburgh University and one at the Open University. Editor of the 

Gaelic supplement of the Church of Scotland’s monthly ‘Life and Work’ for over 25 

years. President of the Scottish Gaelic Texts Society and a Governor of the 

Catherine McCaig’s Trust. Has written and edited a number of Gaelic books. A 

regular broadcaster in Gaelic on radio and television, has also broadcast frequently 

for Oban FM – and has read the weather forecast in Gaelic on a local radio station in 

Sydney, Cape Breton. Former member for 8 years of Western Isles Council; Vice- 

Chairman of the Council’s Education Committee; and member of its Health Board for 

4 years; Chairman for almost 20 years of Furnace Community Council and Amenity 

Association. 

Head of Music: Len Ford 

len.ford@radiofyneside.co.uk 

A professional musician from the age of 17, joining the group ‘1963’. Had 3 singles 

released and backed many well-known singers of the day. Career interrupted by a 

serious illness striking during a tour of Sweden which detached him from ‘1963’. 

From then on he continued to support his musical career – which included backing 

Duane Eddy, rejoining ‘1963’, writing and publishing songs – with a series of other 

jobs ranging from garage tester to sales. This took him to Pye Records and he 

became top salesman before buying a series of retail record outlets of his own, going 

into import/export including wholesaling to HMV, Virgin etc. Started a building 

company, moved to Scotland, renovated a listed building, formed and played in a 

series of bands on the west coast before forming a 5-piece group based in Oban and 

a country music club in the same area. Joined Oban FM 27 years ago as a 

presenter/producer and currently has a 2 hour weekly programme specialising in 

country / rock music. 

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Head of Scottish International Connections: Paul Hadfield 

paul.hadfield@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Currently acting as a contracted adviser and tutor to Argyll College in its development 

and delivery of drama courses. Former Director of Continuing Education and Senior 

Lecturer in Media and Performing Arts at the University of Ulster. Managed a crossnational 

project, MLIS funded, developing and providing a multi-lingual automatic, 

online translation service for the European timber trade. Director of several large 

scale arts festivals. Six years experience in radio broadcasting for BBC Radio Ulster 

and Downtown Radio (commercial) as a freelance arts commentator and critic. 

Correspondent on contemporary Irish theatre for Drama, American Theatre and 

Theatre Ireland which he also co-edited for several years. 

Head of Accounts and Administration: Moira Drysdale 

moira.drysdale@radiofyneside.co.uk 

Currently works with Argyll & Bute Council as a Finance Assistant with responsibility 

for various aspects of direct payments and budget monitoring. She also acts as 

Financial Controller for two private sector companies and has recently completed 

work on financial administration for a creative industries training initiative, funded by 

ESF. Moira has previously owned or worked in the media support sector, providing 

talent, equipment and production services to various film and television projects and 

was formerly both a Community Development Officer and a Community Employment 

Administrator with Strathclyde Regional Council. 

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