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Due to a period of inactivity on the site overall, resulting in a lack of updates, the radio news page is temporarily unavailable.  Apologies for any inconvenience caused.  Service will begin again as soon as possible.  

In the meantime, some archived news stories remain.

Ian - Site Editor

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* ARCHIVED NEWS * IN THE CLUB

Since Wednesday 1st September 2004, self-employed radio presenters can now all join their very own club, following the launch of The Radio Presenters' Association.  It's estimated that there are 5,000 paid radio presenters across the UK, earning over £100m per year.  Despite entertaining dedicated audiences, as part of a team, some are freelance and alone, both on-air, and as business people off-air.  

Where paid professionals can join an industry affiliated body for career support, self-employed broadcasters had nothing, until now.  The RPA will provide support, encouragement, and relevant advice, some of which aims to maximise their status, and will provide access to cut-price accountancy and book keeping services, specialist training courses, networking events and seminars to suit their needs and interests.  

Presenters who applied to join before the September launch were offered the opportunity to become Founder Members, with discount fees available.  More infomation can be found at www.radiopresentersassociation.org 

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* ARCHIVED NEWS* Community Radio - it's OFFICIAL!

Full time Community Radio has recently been made legal.  The move means the end of 20 years worth of haggling, negotiating and campaigning by the Community Media Association, and allows a new third-tier of not-for-profit radio stations for communities to use for the benefits of regeneration, social development, community bonding as well as many other uses.  

The CMA's Director, Diane Read applauded the finality of the campaign and the formal arrival of the new third tier: "Community Radio is vibrant exciting and innovative. This is a time of great opportunity, when broadcasting can mean not only education, entertainment and information, but, crucially, participation and empowerment as well."

In introducing comments on the debate of the Community Radio Order in the House of Lords, Lord McIntosh of Haringey cited the pilot stations of Desi Radio (Southall), Resonance FM (London) and Bradford Community Broadcasting as having made valuable contributions to the communities being served: "This is a historic day in the long journey of Community Radio and I'd like to pay tribute to work of the Community Media Association and in particular to Steve Buckley who've been instrumental in getting us to this point.  I hope that Community Radio will be an exciting and important development, not just within UK radio but also within UK society more generally."

* ARCHIVED NEWS* ... but the CRCA make a fight of it.

Having met OFCOM's criteria, and having been awarded a licence, broadcasters can apply for funding from a £500,000 Government pot to help set up and run their own operations. (See elsewhere on this page)  Rather than fighting against local independent commercial radio stations, community radio stations are designed to be complementary to them, providing a much needed opportunity to gather experience, something scores of budding radio stars have been told the need is in countless replies to applications for employment.

Community radio is also designed to tackle strong community issues, and encourage a stronger community spirit.  The latter is expected through to offer a mouthpiece for the public to get messages across, a point which some argue, should still be the case from locally licenced commercial radio stations, as was their arguable remit when the industry started back in the 1970s.  

Representing the various country-wide Community Radio groups, the Community Media Association (CMA) have encouraged the Government's acknowledgment of the need for such a new tier of stations, but have said that the Community Radio Order 2004, as tabled by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport is disappointingly flawed', despite the Royal Assent given to the Communications Act 2003 in July 2003.    It has voiced it's strong concern for a range of additional, restrictive funding provisions designed to protect commercial radio services.  These provisions are understood to have come from the body which represents commercial radio, the Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA).  These provisions are as follows:

* A Community Radio Licence cannot be granted if the proposed service will overlap by 50% or more with an existing local commercial service which has a potential adult audience of 50,000 persons or less.

* Community Radio licensees cannot carry advertising and programme sponsorship if the service overlaps by 50% or more with an existing local commercial service which has a potential adult audience between 50,000 and 150,000 persons.

* Community Radio stations cannot receive more than 50% of their revenue from a advertising and programme sponsorship.

Steve Buckley is the Director of the CMA.  He said: "The Community Radio Order 2004 is a major step forward.  It will help to establish a long awaited and a much needed tier of broadcasting in the UK.  Community radio groups will make the best of it, but the protections provided for commercial radio are quite obviously more than is warranted and the thinking behind these funding restrictions is disappointingly flawed.   If Government is serious about supporting community radio it will now need to make a financial commitment to a substantial fund to support Community Radio.

The CMA believes community radio should have a mixed economic model with greater encouragement for social enterprise.  We want to see an early evidence based review by Ofcom to assess what restrictions are really necessary."

The CMA feels that the limitations imposed will mean that many areas will be unable to financially sustain services, whilst others will not get a station at all. "We urge  the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to ensure that a  substantial Community Media Fund is created to support this emergent sector and that restrictions on programme sponsorship and advertising  are viewed as a temporary measure to be removed when the Order is reviewed in two years' time." said a spokesperson as the third-tier came into being.

* ARCHIVED NEWS* OFCOM makes 'Community Radio' announcement

Only just getting to grips with it's jurisdiction, new broadcast and communications regulator OFCOM has already released it's ideas for the initiation of community radio across the UK - a third level of radio complementing existing services from the BBC and commercial radio sectors.  It will be of no surprise to learn that community radio already exists in other country, particularly near neighbours France and Ireland, and half way around the world in Australia.  The services offer new levels of access to the airwaves for the community including programme making. The services are offered as non-profit making and are given the chance to make a constructive and positive impact on the people they serve. 

So, as the medium finally draws closer, the regulator is asking for views on the following issues;

The Government entered consultations on a draft 'Community Radio Order' which set out OFCOM's application framework to regulate the new sector and this can be accessed from the website of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport at www.culture.gov.uk.  The Government's consultation did not prejudge the outcome of the Order and any changes made by Parliament will be reflected in the regulator's procedures.  You can view the full consultation document on the Licensing of Community Radio via OFCOM's website at www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/.  Responses were accepted up to 20th April 2004.  

* ARCHIVED NEWS* A cool half-million for community radio groups - if you fit the mould.

The UK Government have set aside £500,000 for community radio broadcasters to set up a station in their locality.  Available in 2004-2005, it is designed to help fund community radio stations which have been described as being a new, third tier of 'not for profit' radio stations, run by local people, for local people, about local issues.  It is aimed to give a complimentary service to existing local commercial stations, and the opportunity for locals to train and gain valuable broadcasting experience and other versatile skills.  

Media Secretary Tessa Jowell, announcing the new funding said: "Community radio gives local people a real voice. It will make a great contribution to British communities in years to come, because its strength lies in that it is run by local people, for local people, about local issues. This funding will help give community radio a much needed boost at an early stage in its development."

New regulatory body OFCOM will deal with applications and provide the window towards making awards for which groups will be able to apply for a community radio licence.  Once awarded, they will be eligible to apply for financial support for the station from the fund.   However, community radio broadcasters have already been faced with an obstruction.  Some radio groups who have maintained a regular service of Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) have contacted OFCOM to enquire on and apply for funding, only to be told that RSL groups cannot apply as they are not community radio outfits.   This has brought to question what the definition of a 'Community Radio Broadcaster' is.  RSLs are available from OFCOM to 'trial new services' or to 'promote special events'.  In this case, and as community radio has not been available in the past on a permanent basis, the only option for community radio groups has been to operate using RSLs, and this would mean they fall in to the 'trialling new services' category of OFCOM's guidance.  

It would appear that OFCOM consider RSLs as being used for groups wishing to apply for existing for forthcoming full time commercial licences, and whilst this is correct,  it is only so to a minor extent when you consider the number of groups who operate RSLs to reach the community as a whole.  AIRCHECK advises RSLs who have been faced with such a wall, and who genuinely operate a 'Community Radio' service to contact OFCOM to be recategorised.

* ARCHIVED NEWS* ...and the criteria is...

OFCOM invited applicants to apply for licences from September to November 2004 for licences to be issued in the New Year.  The process will be repeated annually from then on.  Stations will be permitted to broadcast up to 5km across on FM, and possibly further on AM with awards made for up to five years maximum.  

Applying:

Apart from inviting applications annually, OFCOM will not dictate the areas which can be served, this is contrary to the methods in which commercial radio is currently advertised.  It will instead ask applicants to announce the areas they'd like to cover.  The closing date for the 2004 scheme was 23rd November.  OFCOM's website at www.ofcom.org.uk has downloadable notes of guidance and an application form.  

Financing:

The Communications Act stipulates that Community stations must be financed from many sources, and no more than 50% can come from any one financier.  Legislation, heavily challenged by the Community Media Association, restricts the amount of funding that can come from on-air advertising and programme sponsorship.  50% of station income is the most than can come from this one source.  Other funding is expected to come from Government, be it local or central, the EU, charities, or the Lottery, local donations, subs or other fund-raising activities.  As reported elsewhere on this page, the Government have a £500,000 fund to help in the set up of Community Radio to be administered by OFCOM.  

Output range and frequency:

FM will be the main location for Community Radio with frequencies awarded that would not be able to sustain a commercial radio service.  AM may also be available dependent on the area selected by the applicant and the existence of stations on the band locally.  Where AM is permitted this will extend the boundaries in which the station can work, and particularly where a rural location is served.  

Community Radio v illegal stations:

OFCOM feel that the new tier of Community Radio will offer a low-cost and legal alternative for parties that may have the temptation to broadcast illegally, some of which claim community links.  'Pirates' use frequencies which are not planned or regulated and can be known to interfere with existing legal services and other forms of communications, including emergency service channels.  OFCOM hope the availability of community licences will attract those who may be tempted to work with a pirate broadcaster.  It is also considering donating equipment seized from pirate broadcasters and released by the Courts, to community broadcasters

How to win a licence:

OFCOM will priortise what it feels will be a large number of applications, firstly looking to decide on the frequencies used in the pilot schemes.  It will look to then award licences in areas with low demand and where decisions will not limit frequency availability.  Finally, it will then consider applications for other areas, with awards being made in batches over a set period of months.  Successful applicants should aim to commence output two years from the award date to then run for a maximum period of five years.  Each application will require a non-refundable deposit of £600 with annual costs for Broadcasting and Wireless Telegraphy Act fees alone amounting to £1,000.  
 
Control:

Each successful applicant/licence holder will be required to supply OFCOM with a report each year detailing how it it is meeting the promises made in it's application along with records of how these promises were delivered - reports are anticipated to be available in the public domain.  All stations will abide by the same code that applies to all broadcasters, namely in relation to news, current affairs, programming, sponsorship and advertising.   The regulator will conduct a review of the Community Radio sector two years after the first stations have started broadcasting.  

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The legislation for a new third tier of UK radio stations came to fruition through the Community Radio Order 2004, sealed though Parliament in July.  A public consultation began on 17th February and drew almost 140 responses declaring interest.  The supporting body for Community Radio, The Community Media Association, has broadly welcomed the release of the application form and the supporting policies.  It feels OFCOM has done an 'excellent job' and looks forward to supporting applicants.  It will be holding a series of workshops in Glasgow, Manchester and London, with support from OFCOM's senior associate for Community Radio, Lawrie Hallett. 

* ARCHIVED NEWS* Community Media Association has read and turns RED!

Responding to the decision to allow the right of new commercial radio stations to slash the revenue of existing community radio stations, the Community Media Association (CMA) has seethed at what it calls the continuing "David & Goliath" story of local radio.   Referring to recent news reporting the fact that commercial radio chiefs are top of Broadcast Magazine's Rich List, the CMA is angry about further muffling of Community Radio stations' profits in order to protect commercial radio stations profits.  

The Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) opposed Government legislation back in July which licenced the new third-tier of not for profit Community stations run by and for the people, launched off the back of 15 trial stations.  Not to be outdone, CRCA moaned significantly to such an extent that, where there is a 50% audience overlap with a commercial radio station with a measured coverage area (MCA) of 50-150,000 people, community radio stations will see their ability to sustain financially success considerably restricted.  Where the MCA is less than 50,000 Community Radio will not be allow this at all.  

Such restrictions will also apply to areas where Commercial Radio licences are awarded in the future.  Where there is an existing Community Radio station, restrictions will be retrospective - meaning a viable, sustained communityy station would suddenly find half it's revenue removed in one foul-swoop.  Legislation does not prevent commercial stations moving in on areas where there are successful Community Radio stations, and forcing them to close.  

Diane Reid is Director of the CMA. She used a Robin Hood theme to describe the association's anger: "If ever there was a case of the rich being given a licence to steal from the poor, this it is.  The Government has promised a review in two years' time.  This blatant injustice must be addressed then."

* ARCHIVED NEWS* OFCOM makes a point

Forget the Radio Authority - they're a thing of the past - for all forms of communication, and for the purposes of this site, radio regulation, think OFCOM.  A surprise news release came out of the blue into AIRCHECK during the festive season of 2003/4.  On 23rd December 2003, OFCOM published a statement of the guidelines it will follow in determining the amount of penalties it can impose on all those it regulates, in accordance with section 392 of the Communications Act 2003.  These guidelines applied from 29th December 2003.  The imposition of any penalty by OFCOM must always be appropriate and proportionate to any contravention of a licence or authorisation condition or a statutory provision.  The general criteria OFCOM are likely to consider when determining the level of any penalty are: 

• The seriousness of the contravention;

• Any precedents set by previous cases; and

• The need to ensure that the threat of penalties will act as a sufficient incentive to comply.

OFCOM say that more specific criteria for the imposition of sanctions are set out in the penalty guidelines.  The publication of these follows a consultation exercise that concluded on 24th October 2003.  The guidelines, a summary of the representations received, and OFCOM's response to them can be viewed on the OFCOM website (which is now fully active) at www.ofcom.org.uk/consultation/past/penalty_guidelines/community_response.  The penalty guidelines are available on-line through this link with printed copies available on request from OFCOM's Contact Centre, telephone 0845 456 3000, Fax 0845 456 333 or through e-mail contact@ofcom.org.uk.  

OFCOM (the Office Of Communications) is the UK's new communications industry regulator with wide-ranging responsibilities across the UK's communications markets.  When taking control at the end of 2003, the following bodies ceased operations: the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), the Independent Television Commission (ITC), The Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL), the Radio Authority (RA) and the Radiocommunications Agency.  Acting as an independent regulatory body, OFCOM will also fulfil the additional duties enacted in the provisions laid down in the Communications Act 2003.

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* ARCHIVED NEWS* Radio licence working list - what the RA said OFCOM could consider...

Radio groups take note: the new regulatory body for the television, radio and communications industry, the Office Of Communications (OFCOM) is fully operational.  The new body replaced a swathe of communications legislators, those being the ITC (Independent Television Committee), The Radiocommunications Agency, The Office Of Telecommunications (OFTEL), The Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) and of course The Radio Authority.  The HQ is at Riverside House in London, with all departmental staff now in place.

OFCOM are, for now, set to continue where the RA left off, with the view to broaden listener choice in the radio industry, promoting competition and good working practices by all operators.  As their jurisdiction grew to a close, the RA announced how it saw the future of UK radio licensing, i.e. what is likely and what isn't likely for the FM waveband.  It makes interesting reading.  However, this isn't to say that OFCOM will choose to go the way the RA saw, and the list which follows isn't designed to give possible applicants any meat to sink their teeth into.  Areas that were still to be advertised at the changeover were: 

 * Ballymena
 * Kidderminster
 * Cornwall (second countywide licence)
 * Blackburn
 * Norwich
 * Banbury
 * Durham
 * Ashford, Kent
 * Torbay

With the ever crowding nature of the FM waveband, the RA saw the following areas as suitable for new licence consideration and segmented them into two lists.  Should the lists be exercised there would be no spare capacity available, to sustain commercially-sustainable services utilising the bands currently occupied and allocated to the commercial sector.  There may be a very few exceptions to this conclusion, where small-scale services may be possible in specific localities but the probability of finding suitable frequencies in response to a particular need is very low.

List A: Metropolitan development opportunities;  The RA suggest one more licence could be added in these areas, unless otherwise stated: all licences would use ILR FM bands.  

 * Edinburgh: similar size to existing ILR licence
 * Manchester: at least one medium-scale licence, possibly two
 * Liverpool: medium-scale
 * Newcastle and/or Sunderland: medium-scale
 * Middlesbrough: medium-scale, but possibly contiguous with Newcastle and/ or Sunderland (if so, providing a 'regional' licence option)
 * South Hampshire (Southampton and Portsmouth); possibly two
 * Cardiff or Newport: medium or larger scale
 * Swansea: probably two licences
 * Bristol: medium or larger scale, but not extending to Bath
 * Humberside: subject to an existing service changing frequency
 * Norwich: possibly one other, beyond licence already on 'working list'

Three further possibilities, all in areas listed above, are omitted from the list as they would need to use frequencies in or immediately adjacent to sub-bands which are predominantly used by the BBC, thus requiring further consultation and consideration by OFCOM before their inclusion on any list.

The RA assumed that for this list to be workable, the RSL band of 87.6 to 88.0 is not used, therefore remaining as available to RSL operators.  The RA saw the following areas as ideal for possibly more than one service, although could not say where one, two or more services may apply without further research being undertaken, nor were able to say to what scale the stations would be.
 * Dundee and/or Perth
 * Aberdeen
 * Exeter and/or Torbay
 * Plymouth
 * Belfast

London, Glasgow, the West & East Midlands and South & West Yorkshire were considered by the RA as not able to sustain any further sizeable development.  

List B: Non-metropolitan development possibilities

These areas were seen by the RA as having demand and availability of frequencies for a new station but these areas were not already on the RA's present working list.  Alternative areas and styles of licence were not necessarily considered to be feasible by them. 
 * Chorley: subject to decisions about the number of Manchester licences from List A
 * Barrow-in-Furness: 'town only'
 * Two small-scale licences in the Thames Estuary area: there are more than two known areas of demand, including Gravesham/Dartford, Swale, Sheppey, Southend-on-Sea, and other districts in South Essex
 * Northallerton
 * Halifax-into-Calderdale: Halifax town, plus relay transmitters in valley
 * Newry
 * Swindon: small-scale
 * Devizes and/or Andover: broadly small-scale; more detailed study required
 * Abingdon: coverage heavily constrained by interference; maybe only a mono service

As for the AM band, this formed separate considerations with the RA.  In October 2002, they published a document 'AM Strategy for Independent Radio'.  They concluded that there were no plans for the band but that there are several possible applicable strategies for it rather than just one.

Finally, on the subject of Access Radio, now renamed 'Community Radio', the RA have said that the way they see things does not affect the possible arrival of this radio variant and consider it to be incremental to and separate to commercial radio as we know it.  Their plan assumes that commercially sustained services are treated as a priority when allocating frequencies, but acknowledge that OFCOM could take a different view.  

* ARCHIVED NEWS * Trade Mark Radio

On-line legal eagle The Interactive Law Group, is advising all RSL Groups to trade mark station names and logos.  

It comes following a dispute which has broken out in the Lancashire town of Chorley who are fighting over the use of the name Chorley FM, also the name of the fictional radio station in Peter Kaye's Channel 4 comedy, 'Phoenix Nights'.  But it's not the first argument of this nature.  It is widely known that RSL groups register their company name but this is often different to the 'on-air' name.  

Izaz Ali from the niche Intellectual Property ('IP') Law firm Lawdit, members of the Interactive Law Group, advises all radio groups to protect their valuable identities without delay by registering them as trade marks:  "A trade mark is essentially a sign which can distinguish the goods and services of one business from another and this includes signs, logos, pictures or a combination of these" he says.  

"Registered Trade Mark protection is probably the most important form of IP protection. The duration of the protection is potentially indefinite; the right will continue to exist provided that the renewal fees are paid every 10 years. Registration of your Logo/slogan confers a monopoly right on you the owner to use the same.  As a business, having a registered TM can help in branding your company and the products/services that you offer.  In turn and if the company is successful, this can represent a significant proportion of the assets of the company.  If your trade mark is not registered you may seek redress through the courts under common law in a 'passing off' action.  For this to succeed you must persuade the court, first that the mark used by someone else is associated in the public mind with your own product or service, and secondly that the other person's goods have been mistaken for your own.  This can be very costly!" 

* ARCHIVED NEWS* New help available for RSL broadcasters

A new source of programming information is available for RSL broadcasters.  The Radio Organisation Limited has launched a number of bespoke low cost news and programming services including 'RSL News Wire', consisting of local copy news stories delivered daily by e-mail for the duration of the broadcast, "RSL Sports Wire' - AM & PM local mix sports copy, again delivered by e-mail, 'RSL News Read' - bespoke read local bulletins, delivered by e-mail or ISDN with clips, and 'RSL Selectatrack" - where the station management tell ROL the tracks in the play list, the station format, and ROL package things up.   For clarity, the provision of news and sport can be extremely difficult for RSL broadcasters, with most removing the complications by taking the satellite-fed service from IRN in exchange for a small payment.   ROL provides the new services at what they say is a low cost, whilst still allowing the station to retain editorial control on what is broadcast.  Find out more on these new services by visiting: www.theradioorganisation.co.uk

* ARCHIVED NEWS* Capital Radio UK - London station reaches the nation in Tsunami fundraiser

Unbeknown to many, the Sunday Commercial Radio Network Chart (not the Smash Hits Chart) airs from Capital FM studios in London's Leicester Square  - but that's only for a few hours per week.  Monday 17th January 2005 saw an unprecedented UK radio event - UK RADIO AID, when over 260 UK FM & AM radio stations united to simulcast 12 hours (6:00am - 6:00pm) of celebrity hosted fund-raising to raise money for victims of the Asian Tsunami which struck on December 26th 2004.  Output was also relayed internationally by WRN - the London based international transmission provider.  Regular programme presenters for commercial radio stations across the UK went in to work at their normal times but, in comparison to usual, did very little, except during commercial breaks and opt-outs where each station could relay local fundraising news, travel updates and recaps on ways to donate.

Output, which reached an estimated 25million people - the largest UK commercial radio audience, kicked off at 6:00am on the 17th January with Big Brother host Davina McColl and Big Brother's Little Brother & Radio 2 host Dermot O'Leary.  At 8:00am following a brief TV interview with GMTV, Chris Evans returned to the radio for the first time in three years alongside X--Factor host and radio presenter Kate Thornton.  Both were joined on-air by the Prime Minister Tony Blair.   During Chris' GMTV interview, Eamonn Holmes caused laughter by reminding Chris that, by his involvement in UK Radio Aid, he would be reappearing on Virgin Radio - a move which would certainly get causing the sweating of solicitors brows Holmes suggested.  

At 10:00am, Classic FM's Simon Bates started playing the kind of tunes he used to play on Radio 1 in previous years, but on this occasion, joined by comedian Frank Skinner and Big Brother house member Jade Goody.  Frank put up a genuine Elvis shirt for UK Radio Aid's EBAY auction - which raised well over £7,000 for the appeal.  Zoe Ball moved from BBC to commercial for the day joining Shane Ritchie from 12:00pm-2:00pm and Mark Goodier was joined by Tony Blackburn in what must have been the 'must-hear moment' of recent months from 2:00pm-4:00pm.  The afternoon rounded off with Capital FM more or less getting back in touch with itself with Capital FM breakfast show host Johnny Vaughan joined for UK Radio Aid by former Big Breakfast co-host, actress, game show host and TV personality Liza Tarbuck.  Scores of other celebrities, and even royalty, made appearances throughout the day too.  

Programming was interspersed with live performances from the likes of Texas, Lemar, Il Divo, David Gray, Liam Gallagher and many more.  At the close of the day's 12-hour marathon - over £2.5m had been racked up.  Apart from general fundraising, listeners were encouraged to text in to donate £1.50 from the text charge and enter hourly competitions with prizes donated by many major UK companies, and there was also the opportunity to donate one hour of their weekly wages to the appeal through an on-line calculator.  

Although not all of the UK commercial radio stations participated by taking the UK Radio Aid live feed from London, those that didn't did spend the day raising funds in their own way, or at least relaying updates on how the day was going.  Participating stations launched the appeal the previous week by each donating one day's profits - this initiative raised £250,000 - sponsorship raised a further £500,000.  Mark Storey is the Chairman of UK Radio Aid - he said: "I am immensely proud of and grateful to our colleagues across commercial radio who, when asked for an extraordinary response to this disaster, were all in immediate agreement to unite for this special day.  After the initial fantastic response of the UK public to help save lives, the money raised from UK Radio Aid, will be devoted to the second phase of aid - long term projects for children, especially those who have been left without family or homes.  Although this is a response to a tragedy, the day has been about hope, with a lot of fun and extraordinary entertainment, thanks to the generosity of the artists, presenters and radio companies involved.  Appeal website: www.ukradioaid.com 

 

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