Dunoon Community Radio
About
The Community Radio working group was set up in 2005 to represent the community with a bid to secure the Ofcom broadcasting licence required for public broadcasting and to secure the start up funding. Ofcom define the rules on Community Radio broadcasting and how it should be financed both in start up and future running cost. To comply with these rules, Dunoon Community Radio secured grants from Argyll & the Islands Enterprise HIE and CED funds for 60% of our start up cost ( £2,100) and a cash grant of £ 5000 from the Lottery Awards for All.
A Community radio Broadcasting Licence is granted after the applicants have proven to Ofcom through their application that the proposals made will benefit the target community, broaden the available choice, have relevant objectives for the delivery of social change and are beneficial especially to minority groups within the community who may not be represented by other available radio broadcast .
At the beginning of January 2007, after two years of planning, sounding out the local community and recruiting volunteers, the Dunoon community radio group submitted an application to Ofcom for a Community Radio Broadcasting Licence and was delighted to be informed in July 2007 that their application had been accepted and a licence awarded.
Having satisfied Ofcom on specified “characteristics of service”, Ofcom made special note of Dunoon Radio meeting the required criteria for the needs of the young and older people in the community and to broaden the availability of choice locally particularly in respect to the delivery of its output in the Gaelic language.
Dunoon Community Radio is managed, operated and maintained by people from the community, some participating in the radio activities as individuals, others from groups or associations, local schools etc. We will be dedicated to the promotion of matters of local interest and concern, promoting local activities and events and the promotion of the Gaelic language and culture.
Contact Information
Dunoon Community Radio
Argyll Business Centre
204 Argyll Street
Dunoon
PA23 7HA
Tel: 07751236995
Web: www.dunooncommunityradio.org
Email: mail@dunooncommunityradio.org