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Community radio application form

1. Station Name Guidance Notes

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

New Generation Radio (NGR).

2. Community to be served Guidance Notes

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

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

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

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

The community we wish to serve is people who live or work in Newham Borough with specific focus on youth who account for 25.2% (83,800) of the general population of the borough, which are 332800 (2015 mid year estimate, Newham Borough). The proposed broadcast area of the set borough is 13.98 sq mi (36.22 km2) Newham is the region’s main hub for business, leisure and culture, with an economy worth over £6 to £22 billion (Source Newham Borough Council). With the largest shopping centre in Europe (West Field), Airport and over four connected train lines for inner city travels and international.

“Newham has the youngest overall population and one of the lowest White British populations in the country according to the 2011 Census. The borough has the second highest percentage of Muslims in Britain, after the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, at 32%.

“The 2001 census identified Newham as the most ethnically diverse district in England and Wales, with 9 wards in the top 15.[5] However, when using the 16 ethnic categories in the Census so that White Irish and White Other ethnic minorities are also included in the analysis, Newham becomes the 2nd most ethnically diverse borough[6] with 6 out of the top 15 wards,” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Newham)

Youth Crime is on the rise in the borough prompting the Mayor of London to pledge £400,000 in fighting crime through two London Resettlement Consortia project. The Mayor’s Office for Policing And Crime (MOPAC) figures, released sometime ago, show 6,290 victims of serious youth violence between 2015 and 2016 in London, 20 per cent rise since 2012-13. Some 331 of these victims were in Newham. New generation Radio will tackle this with an ethnically borough based programming that would reflect this to trigger participation from all ethnic groups resident in the borough.

3. Proposed area Guidance Notes

What is the area you propose to serve? It is Ofcom policy that community radio stations usually serve an area of up to a 5-kilometre radius from the transmission site. See ‘Coverage and planning policy for analogue radio broadcasting services’.

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/radio-ops/coverage/analogue-coverage-policy.pdf

We would like to serve the urban area of Newham borough that represents a radius of 5KM from our proposed transmitter location, which will be Plaistow as it is mostly central to the surrounding urban area.

In our view this would have taken into account the densely populated areas of Newham borough

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_British

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2011

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_the_United_Kingdom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Tower_Hamlets

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2001

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_districts_and_their_ethnic_composition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Newham#cite_note-5

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Other

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Newham#cite_note-6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Newham




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namely, Stratford, Canning town and Custom House, East Ham, Green Street, Manor Park, Plaistow, Royal Docks and West Ham.

Given the issues of youth there are huge movements in and across the borough and it would have been beneficial to have a bit more coverage where it hits just about the boundaries of the borough as it is still representative of the whole borough so that better message and cross communication is facilitated with the aim to leave no area untouched for total Newham engagement. For example Beckon, North Woolwich, Mary Land, Little Ilford, Leyton stone, and Royal Dock are just above the 5km range.

Programmes and programme output:

Definitions:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4. Programming output Guidance Notes

Please fill-in all three questions below

Question A asks you to describe your programme service.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The information given here should be more detailed than what you set out in your draft key commitments (later in


this form), and will help us gain a fuller understanding of how you will serve your target community and what the station will sound like.

4. Programming output

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

What will the service sound like?

What music will you play?

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

What is the likely music to speech ratio?

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

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

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

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

Will it be locally produced?

Do you intend to repeat material?

New Generation Radio aim to provide a mainstream community radio with rich local content that is inclusive of all ethnic backgrounds including those who live, learn, work and play in Newham borough.

The radio radio will present fresh daily contents with high presentation standards reflecting the community we broadcast in through community engaging programmes that deals with issues pertinent to the people.

Our approach will include selecting personalities and characters that encompass persons with identifiable dialects and local knowledge consistent with Newham to give an authentic team of on-air presenters for believable sounding radio that is reflective of inhabitants of Newham borough. In addition, we will adopt an open microphone programmes that allow every resident’s voice opinion in our speech content. We shall employ vox pops on topical issues within programmes to give a wide variety perspective on issues so that those who may not tune in may contribute and not feel left out. This will be our outside street talk broadcast program. Our phone in programmes will hinge on varied subjects of local interest including benefits, debts, legal advice and local council’s operation. As we discuss local issues thoroughly, we would ensure decision-making stakeholders are present in the studio to answer every individual listener’s questions (as much as possible) professionally within timed broadcast slots.

Furthermore, we would have programs on issues like closed youth centres, Newham Show Carnival, the Olympic park and Westfield shopping centre in view of employment and services available locally to residents and visitors. Heritage and history based talk programmes will be aired for educational purposes. Original radio drama that reflects local dialects and accents will be aired. In a bid to include all we shall put on air Public service announcement and local school news. To this end, we have contacted local news producers to contribute including proposed establishment with IRN as syndicate.

We aim to provide a radio service that is first choice for listener for our target community. Through this we could promote, consolidate and support the work of local charities, community initiatives, local businesses, musicians, sports teams and also be an opportunity for work experience and skill acquisition to increase the skill base of the borough and eventually the country with the ultimate aim of reducing social vices and making Newham a better place to live and attractive to visitors, investors and well-wishers.

We will broadcast music from1980 onwards mixed with our station idents and relevant local commercials. Specifically, genres ranging from dance to r’n’b, Rap, dancehall, UK garage /grime afrobeat, rock, hindi music, oriental origin music/Asian, zouk/kizomba, country and religious music (across the board) reflecting the diverse cultures will be aired. We shall entertain and cover specialist Live shows from varied genre or ethnicity, local bands and artists of good quality. By the end of the 3rd year we aim to have 40% aired music to have been produced by local bands and artists. Local poets, writers, performers and producers will be given the platform to make programmes that will encourage local talents and home grown materials.

We aim to have 40% speech and 60% music ratio with slight variations pending on contents and nature of programming. Due to busy live schedules of some presenters and volunteers, we will give


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the flexibility of having some programmes pre-recorded and broadcast in their live slots. However, live programmes that has phone in sessions, as part of the programme script will always be produced live. We aim to do this at least 6 hours live broadcast from our studio in a 7-day period. With time, live sessions from our studio will be increased to 9 hours on programme demands and community request. We shall have all contents produced locally within the broadcast area with syndicates from partner news producers both locally (as mentioned in preceding paragraphs) and nationally.

New generation Radio will harness media contribution to the fullest. This means freelance presenters via fibre or high speed broadband will be encouraged to give rich content and programming to would be listeners. We shall encourage both local and non-local presenters. Non-local presenters will only contribute only after 21:00pm-06:00am hours. Overall, streamed contents will not be over 4 hours generally. We will use automation software to fill in between live broadcast sessions between the hours of 20:00-07:00 hours with our spots and community news bulletins interwoven. News bulletins will be rebroadcasted with new contents embedded as the story unfolds.

New Generation will be a teaching radio. Therefore training will be core to our values and we are in partnership with local media teaching institutes and would give platform to students during term periods to have hands-on radio broadcast experience between the hours of 11:00-14:00 and 17:00-18:00. Our presenters will have on-going trainings to ensure quality and professional broadcast at all times.

As we aim to engage the youths, we will use all forms of social media as we have been doing before on our internet radio. In preparing for launch we are currently engaged in publicity, meeting local groups and organisations across Newham. On commencement our broadcast, we expect to use automation from 12:00-18:00 and 19:00-06:00 for the first two weeks then revert to schedules.

The vast majority of Newham residents are English speaking (58.6% census 2011) and in line with our goal of providing an inclusive, mainstream service, all our programmes will be broadcast in English. New Generation Radio intends to bring cultural integration in the view of Britain. Since we are in Britain, we speak the British language this way the vast differences in multi languages and the difficulties in pleasing all will be limited on the basis of the British culture but sensibly. On this note, 90% of our contents will be broadcasted in English and further 10% will be in other dialect to bring about a sense of inclusion and identifying with origins.

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

At the moment the studio will be at 40-college point, E15 4JL while we search for a more suitable location within the borough with help from other stakeholders and local authorities.

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

Today, radio has become a feature of information giving generally with greater focus on music as a fail-safe option. Listenership to local radio with specific focus at local content embracing all is considerably reduced or non-existent in Newham. There are huge numbers of commercial radio signal drops within our proposed area of broadcast. People do not only feel disenfranchised but not well served due to local BBC Radios and concept of print media. Our youth do not have an open voice and feel they are being heard. There is little local news and information. Commercial radios or the BBC do not reflect content at grass root levels that are of real life concern to residents. Currently, local businesses, authorities, agencies and charities use more of leaflets, posters, social media and websites to convey their services. Alternatively, NGR breathes a culturally diverse local content radio that meets the need of all; promote local issues that are informative with local news and remain youth sensitive. We will have a firm grip on local newsgathering involving our diverse community specific journalists and partner newsagents at ward levels. Local writer’s taste, performers including cultural activities, sports and contributions will be highly encouraged to reflect our commitment to the community as our main focus.


Members of our target community have told us they feel they have no ‘voice’ since the networking of the previous local radio service Voice of Africa was more one-sided. Conversely, our service will entail engaging content, accessible music of local relevance that appeals to as many local residents as possible. We will do this through our regular features delivered with a level of detail and local knowledge, which we can only provide as we are able to focus in on the local community exclusively without the need to compromise coverage. Feedback from our pre air interviews and fact finding indicates that our proposed exclusively local content such as travel culture, local groups and charities, news, cultural blend in the program-One Pot and school closures is valued the most highly. NGR will echo the voice of members of the community, we shall always consult with relevant authorise and members of the community before new programmes are included. We do this through quality assurance measures and also through rigorous programme production scrutiny with a special complaint handling number and email address. Our contents will be 90% (English) and 10% (other dialect).

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

Currently, no other radio offers services proposed by NGR in the community within the postcodes that is widely based on the wider variety of cultures and with youth focuses. Commercial radios like heart Radio, Capital or Capital Extra and kiss FM go wild with selected sets of music, chart led and are profit based. They are wider in context and are not local so they do not reflect Newham local content of all age groups and ethnicities. In this light are not local solution driven. The BBC London is not Newham focused it is London encompassing hence not dealing with Newham specifics. In addition, commercial radios do not put community participation as core without business intentions. There are restricted phone-in programmes if any and contents are regionally ingrained with specific format commercial styled and popular music rotations not specific to certain communities but generic and demographic in nature. NGR would focus its operation in the community thus reflecting its taste, people, culture and lifestyle while giving priority to local residents, businesses and services. NGR will be inclusive of all. With businesses, we will ensure we offer a robust advertisement offer that remain locally relevant than what existing commercial stations resent with attractive and competitive cost to encourage local economic growth. Our local music genre encouragement through Open Mic programme and encouragement for local music bands and artist will be will be top priority. In fact they would be our local community station indent in some cases.

Looking at our Borough map, there is possibility to overlap with Nu sound Radio and others. Giving its identity and area of in broadcast however; we shall try to map out solutions for unique and distinct programming. Newham misses local radio feel where the young generation and all feel part of and could form the basis of moulding lives and dealing with every day occurrences in a non-judgemental and open platform where they could express themselves in their own words with proffered solutions from their view points. New Generation thinks a more constructive but non-formal means of modern broadcast needs to be infused into todays broadcast medium. We want to do exactly what a local radio station should be doing – working as part of, and for, the local community and young people are an integral part of that. Please see www.newgenerationshow.com.

http://www.newgenerationshow.com/


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Social gain

5. Social gain Guidance Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Generation Radio/show has been and aims to continue supporting the economic and social development of Newham Borough through a complete accessible and inclusive community radio service that embraces all ethnicity, community interest groups and all age groups with specific focus on youth centeredness. We would look at alternatives for youth engagements when most youth centres are closed within the borough and how this would be dealt with on the basis of pledges from major players. We would ask questions on air demanding youth’s feelings towards services in the borough delineating how such reply directly link with violence and Crime. We would employ a community approach where various communities within the borough will be heard and given the platform to listen and share their perspectives on their radio. Doing this we believe will present an enriched understanding of views on topic of community interests.

NGR will strengthen links within our community by providing a platform to reach a wider audience, from publicising community events to sharing local pride for sporting and other successes. However, NGR will not stop at this. Rather, we will give a chance to groups that are under represented in Newham. This means we shall be working with partner agencies to identify those groups and offer opportunities in the running of the station including serving as a skill based centre thus improving employability within Newham. In addition we will open our studios reasonably to local students to advance their knowledge.

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

applicants and licensees.


Being in such a diverse community, we will exhibit our various heritages through educational programs, interviews, podcasts and recordings of spoken histories of our beloved Borough. NGR shall communicate at all levels, as reasonably practicable, to listeners in a bid to inform the public on schedules entailing entertainment, announcements and outside broadcast events within localities we cover. Pilot broadcast sessions involving faith groups, choirs, musicians and performers will be done to ascertain community interest.

Our listeners are our mirrors. Hence, listeners can interact with presenters via text, phone and social media to discuss local issues ranging from Council spending cuts to plans to demolish iconic local buildings or youth initiatives within the borough. Although our focus will be youth, our diverse community begs the need to run an engendered, multiracial, diverse and intergenerational community radio. NGR will achieve this through programme specifics and scheduling to meet the need of all according to radio listening habits across age groups. We shall monitor peak listenership statistic hours of the day in our listener survey for prelaunch radio broadcast. AS a community, we have representatives in governance. People who feel disenfranchised would be given the opportunity to speak to their local MPs, councillor mayor and young mayor through live broadcast shows. NGR will work with the local councils and other public entities to promote awareness on specific issues of interest to the community.

One of NGR principal aims is to bring together the diverse communities of Newham with social British culture integration as core through cultural auscultation:

Our organisation will make judicious use of the UK’s diversity laws. That is to say we will derive our operational diversity policy that ensures content is balanced and doesn’t discriminate. This will be fostered through proper training of presenters.

New Generation Radio will work with local community to put on a major annual weekend festival at parks in order to brings communities together to share music, art and dance, plus an annual Arts And Colours exhibition in our shopping centres with approval from relevant local authorities. We will also initiate a cultural award within the community that would be attended by many. In addition, we could directly invite varied cultures within the borough to explain themselves and how they fit into the context of the UK society in a live program. Discussions on migrant workers and how Britain became ethnically diverse many years ago will be discussed. All of this in our program “One pot”-this way a social cohesion and tolerance is fostered. Political debates will be entertained in a live program between opposing parties for public judgements.

New Generation Radio is committed to improving lives of young people and make sure there are well interfaced with their communities. One way of doing this is to provide intern opportunities, volunteering opportunities and training for any youth so wished to be part of the community in rendering service upon rightfully undergoing the right process.

New Generation Radio will open Volunteer Training for any members of the community covering radio presenting, journalism, audio production, web development, sales skills and photography and video production.

Professional Training Courses –As we establish, we would offer a 10 week course aimed at presenters on any radio station who wish to develop their skills to a professional level (offered free of charge to New Generation Radio volunteers).

Community Outreach will visit local centres to reach out to disaffected youth and engage with young people with DJ skills workshops, podcast recording, video blogs and editing and interview skills workshops. Our portal will encourage freestyle local skill exhibition through the program open mic. Here locals will send in request to be live on air and their talents exhibited this way other youths gets engaged and create a positive fan base and something to look up to.

National Citizenship Scheme -Young people on local sponsored journalism courses will be given chance to host their own radio show tackling issues, which affect young people.

Universities and Colleges-New Generation Radio would offer structured opportunities for media students to gain practical experience relevant to their course with guest lectures and lecturers given chance to asses their students live in real life practical situations.

School Radio Workshops aimed at building confidence, verbal communication skills, teamwork and research skills will be given chance to ensure students make that transition into gaining the real world experience in the communities they live.


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Look back at our pre interviews and engagement in the community in tackling particular issues. You can tell we have been engaging the youths and could be a good source for charity fundraising, raising awareness of issues and youth involvement etc. This we believe could be used to formulate research questions, project interventions and the rest. Further to our work in the community, our existence will mean competitive advertisement option for local businesses, the use of our facilities to cover events of local community interest and so on.

Access and participation:

6. Participation in the service Guidance Notes

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

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

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

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

NGR will involve members of the local community in both the operation and management of the radio station. To be consistently engaged with the community, we will maintain the current domain website (www.newgenerationshow.com) and create a radio page specific to the radio in the next few weeks of submitting the application. Volunteers will form the bulk of human resource for the station with minimal amount of paid staff on a self-employed basis. As a local not for profit organisation, we would employ a station manager for 25 hours a week only and a technical manager for 15 hours a week subject to funding. The role of the radio manager will include report directly to the Board of Directors while the technical and sales team report to the station manager. The head of programmes (to be employed for 10 hours), charged with the responsibility to ensure strict content monitoring and programmes to be aired, would also report directly to the station manager. The station manager will be responsible to ensure all departments function optimally including the head of programmes with expertise. Further to the role of the station manager, he/she will be responsible to work closely with the board of Directors and advisory board to achieve key social gain targets. Where lapses are present for financial reasons, this should be quickly reported to the Board of Directors for action.

In addition, NGR will adopt commission-based approach will be employed to salary the sales team charged with duties of selling advertising slots and advocating for sponsorship for the radio or for specific programs.

We would have an equal opportunity approach to volunteering recruitment following key employment laws with recruitment opportunities posted to our website and in various employment agencies or educational institutes across the borough. The manage once again will be responsible to ensure volunteers take roles in on air presentation, reporters, cross checking stories, voice over talents and production activities with back ground efforts to ensure good program outputs.

7. Access to facilities and training Guidance Notes

Set out the practical (formal and informal) mechanisms which you will use to ensure that members of your target community can gain access

Ofcom is required by the legislation to have regard to the provision each applicant proposes to make to allow for access by members of the target community to the



to your facilities that would be used for the provision of your service and to receive training in their use.

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

facilities to be used for the provision of the service and for their training in the use of those facilities.

New Generation Radio would offer anyone in our community access to training on a range of opportunities aimed at improving media skills, digital literacy and verbal skills. We would also offer comprehensive and accredited trainings for the community within the first 2 years of license award. However, we know that this may be continual as people move on therefore we shall strive to keep a budget in place to deal with new volunteer recruitment issues. Access to such services will be made known through on air spots and published contents on our website drawing local attention on how training are schedules including volunteering opportunities. We would offer training opportunities in a range of skills including:

Presenting (see below)

PC Skills

Journalism/News Reporting/Interviewing Skills

DJ Skills

Audio & Music Production / Multi - track recording / Editing

Web Development using CMS

Sales Skills

Photography.

Team work

Communication, problem solving and motivational skills. This will be achieved through created partnerships with local colleges and other experienced tuition facilities including in house training as the case may be. Volunteers who express an interest in presenting or producing are given the opportunity to undertake a structured course of training to enable them to reach a professional standard. This includes practical studio training alongside guidance on selecting appropriate content for their show, legal and compliance training and an understanding of the audience. This works alongside ‘practice shows’ on our online training station. New Generation Radio has developed strategies for delivery professional online sponsored courses that will help any who wants to volunteer and learn basic, intermediate and advanced broadcast journalism through our partnership with other media institution. We will be using our studios to offer volunteers and media training participants the opportunity to record their own radio show tackling issues, which affect young people in conjunction with our community partners. This will initially be a podcast with the intention of producing the show to a standard that it can be broadcast. As we search for a suitable location, we will bear in mind a location that is easily accessible to all in the community with multiple means of transport to reach us. We shall employ unbiased approach with a need to embrace all in a culturally diverse borough so as to propagate tolerance in the society.

Ensuring accountability:

8. Accountability Guidance Notes

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

How will members of your target community:

make contact with your service, and

influence the operation of the service?

How will suggestions or criticisms from members of

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


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your target community (or communities) be considered and acted upon?

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

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

NGR aim to be accessible to the local community of Newham through a variety of routes. Our studio proposed to be in the heart of Stratford and surrounding area of broadcast will be open to anyone obviously with key security measures put in place. Radio talents would access our studios after standard security measures. Our programmes will be open to all. Public forums held in and around the studio in strategic community locations will be recorded or broadcast live from those events. We intend to regularly attend community network meetings where we will make both formal presentations and have informal discussions with others about getting involved at the radio station. When we begin on-air broadcasting, we will offer opportunities for people to contact us by phone, website, social media, email, letter or in person to tell us what we are doing - right or wrong. In fact we shall furnish the general public with a confidential line and an email address for all complaints thus making us accountable to the listening residents. We take all suggestions seriously and as our whole ethos is about serving the community, we will shape our programmes to respond to the needs of the local community and respond to complaints positively. NGR will institute a broad-spectrum complaints procedure. The station manager will deal with complaints then send to complaints team set by Directors. Complainants will receive an acknowledgement within 36-48 hours and a response within 14 days or earlier. Any suggestions about programmes will be acknowledged and an opportunity given to the sender to develop their ideas for broadcasting, where practicable. As a not for profit organisation, NGR will from time to time reinvest what it gets into the community and running of the organisation. As a result of this we shall from time to time make visible to the public our account. Monthly meetings of all our volunteers and paid worker for their ideas, suggestions and concerns will be held. In addition, regular progressive volunteer presenter coaching will be instituted. We will act with complete transparency and openly publish our policies and procedures including complaints and feedback policies. We have over 87,000 Facebook fan group, twitter over 8, 000 fans, instagram over 2000 fans, snap chat over 50 followers who have been contacting us directly with feedback via Facebook, our website, twitter, texting, phoning or writing. We aim to continue with this. NGR Community Advisory Panel would consist of representatives of organisations having stake in the community. We would propose quarterly meetings to review the station’s performance against our Key Commitments and would include representatives from the following organisations/groups:

Race Equality in Newham

Newham Council

The London City Airport

Youth enhancement International

The Rosetta Art Centre and Safer Newham (Community Crime Prevention Partnership)

Bridge community Project (Tourism and Local Information)

Confederation of Small Businesses

Westfield Stratford City Centre Management Team

Newham Welfare Trust

Community Links and Community Involvement Unit. From here, key representatives will ask questions on our policies, account and program outputs.

Guidance notes: station’s draft key commitments

Please draft the Key Commitments for your proposed service. There is a blank key commitments template


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

Your draft Key Commitments should be consistent with, and, where appropriate, summarise the answers you have already given in this application form.

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

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

KEY COMMITMENTS: to be completed by the applicant

[Guidance is given in italics.]

Station name

[As in section 1 of this application] New Generation Radio

Licence area

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

The community we wish to serve is people who live or work in Newham Borough.

Description of character of service

[Describe in no more than 80 words in total]: New Generation Radio aim to provide a mainstream community radio with rich local content that glues all ethnic backgrounds in Newham borough. Particularly from central, north, east west and south of the borough within 5km of the proposed transmission site or proposed studio base.

the main purpose of the service:

New Generation Radio intends to bring communities together and through improving young people’s lives by moulding cultures, lifestyle and integration within the UK society but from an understanding and appreciation from their heritage so as to promote understanding of varied cultures and how different backgrounds could take advantage of differing views to blend well for a productive and tolerant Newham devoid of youth crimes and not less of community cohesion, tolerance and inclusiveness. In addition, the Radio would be the heartbeat and echo of Newham’s diverse culture. It will serve as a portal of information for all but mainly for the younger population as the borough holds the largest youngest population.

• the station’s primary functions or activities: NGR aim to give all a chance in Newham local community, linking with community interest groups to combat youth crime and bridging a gap across minor minority ethnic groups that are under-represented and have not been fully reached in an all inclusive community radio. NGR aim to provide media training and opportunities for involvement in the station.

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

Music [if relevant]. The main types of music2 broadcast over the course of each week are: [Dance, R’n’B, Rap, Dancehall, UK garage /grime, Afrobeat, rock, hindi music, oriental origin music/Asian, zouk/kizomba, religious and country music]

Speech [if relevant]. The main types of speech output3 broadcast over the course of each week are: The

Good Morning Newham show; Local Travel Weather and Sport News, local news paper review, Local residents, Community groups, artist, charities, general presenter chats, businesses and stake holder imputes on live shows concerning services and deliverables in the borough. In addition we will bring back local Public Service Announcement to the community.

[Languages other than English, if relevant] Over the course of each week programming in [list all

2 e.g. mainstream pop, urban etc. 3 e.g. local news, what’s on etc.


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language(s), including English] is broadcast.

English language and available local ethnic minority languages in the community. Since most residents in the borough speak English, we would have 90% of contents in English and the rest of 10% allocated to local ethnic languages upon availability and in between programmes as expressions and upon merit.

The service provides original output4 for a minimum of [6] hours per day. [What are the minimum hours per day that the service will broadcast original output?] New Generation Radio intend to output original content at a bare minimum of 6-9 hours. Repeated programmes will only be played in extreme cases and on pre launch only. Our mare location in the community not only signifies our local presence with intended licensed area, but serves as a service provider with a wide range of community benefits mandated by social gain objectives in legal statutes making NGR becoming a facilitator of;

Opinionated stance on community service delivery.

A better understanding of the dynamics within communities including strengthening community cohesion, tolerance and links within it.

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

About your organisation:

9. Company details Guidance Notes

The legislation requires that:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Company (or other body corporate) name: New Generation Radio Limited

Date of registration: 12th October 2016

Company registration number: 10422946

Type of company (or other body corporate): Not for profit (Limited by Guarantee)

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


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

n/a

10. Ownership Guidance Notes

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

The information provided must include:

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

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

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

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

NGR is a not for profit organisation and has a status synonymous with the ideals of community radio. As our organisation’s operation demands, we are only sustained with experience and services including infrastructure offered by our partners. The Directors and Station Manager represent NGR Directorship mentioned in the Directorship section of the application. The aforementioned directors including support from some local businesses jointly funded the set up of the organisation. The governance of the company will not be exclusive to those parties and will be representative of the needs and ambition of people living in the local community as mentioned in our accountability section of the application form.

Station Manager: Jimmy Jombla

Will be responsible to the Directors/Trustees and members of the Advisory Board made-up of partner representatives as indicated in section 8 of the application form.

Ability to maintain the service:

11. Management and operations Guidance Notes

With regard to the applicant please provide:

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

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

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

Answer:

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


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Elijah Kellie, Executive Director responsible for the overall organisation’s operation. Will deal with high-level issues with regulation and intercompany activities.

Jimmy Jombla, Managing Director /Station Manager, would be responsible for the day-to-day management and running of NGR.

Dorothy Amuah, Financial Director, responsible for financial controls, preparation of financial information to inform the directors, end of year of accounts, systems for making payments and systems for monitoring income.

Our organisational chart looks like this;

Board of Directors report to company house and relevant regulatory bodies and advisory Board. Station Manager/ Technical Manager (part time) 25 hours per week Head of programmes (Part time) 10 hours per week Presenters 20 (Volunteers) part-time 2 to 6 hours per week Admin 2 (Volunteers) 2 to 6 hours per week Finance Director (part time) 15 hours per week 10x Sales and Marketing Volunteer (Commission basis) 2-8 hours per week

New Generation Radio would operate a volunteer membership scheme or some other way of ‘registering’ our volunteers, so that we can produce evidence of our volunteers. In addition, we will require that our volunteers sign in and out of the station or otherwise record the hours they have contributed. Any such records would be counter-signed as fair and accurate by the station management.

12. Management and operations Guidance Notes

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

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

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

Role: Executive Director Full name: Elijah Kellie Employment: New generation Radio(New generation show) Other directorships: Klear TV (Commercial/Production Director) Steria Ltd (IT Engineer) Newham Council (Desktop Engineer) Livability (IT Engineer) Relevant experience or qualifications: Elijah is exceptionally well qualified to take on the role of Commercial Director for our community organisation as he has an enormous amount of experience within the upper management of voluntary sector organisations in the Newham Area. Elijah is a Degree holder with Masters in Business. He is bringing a wealth of business management Experience to the organisation. Before New generation radio, Elijah held several senior positions including business-managing director for Klear TV, Director and Ceo for new generation TV show. In addition, Elijah had set up and ran his own business. As the proprietor of new generation TV show and Internet radio, Elijah has always been interested in radio and felt that New Generation Radio offered a fantastic opportunity to make a difference in Newham. One of Elijah’s aims is to bring local business and


communities together with a view to bring better outcomes for youths. Over the past eighteen months and years, Elijah has managed to leverage support from small and large businesses including local charities in Newham to support New Generation Radio in an informal discussion forum should it be registered. With his hands-on experience as a DJ prior this, he brings along moving presentations with audio mixes. Role: Station Manager/Managing Director Full name: Jimmy Jombla Employment: Employed by New Generation Radio and self-employed Medical Practitioner/Radio Proprietor Other directorships: FOP Radio Ltd (01/8/09 – Present) FOP24 (2016-Present) FOP Care Services ltd (2008-2016) Sierra hospitals Trust (2005 – 2015) Relevant experience or qualifications: Medical/Community Journalism Jimmy is one of the most experienced radio programmers with over 8 years experience of controlling radio stations. Jimmy has worked for Medical blogging companies with written tropical articles in medical practice. In addition, he has worked for and managed FOP Radio within one of the countries in the west Africa sub region. As a member of The Communication Initiative, he has also contributed to the media landscape as a media analyst across various Sierra Leonean Broadcast entities. He owns a media house in Sierra Leone known to be dynamic with community related programmes of human interest that are very engaging. He has totally changed the media landscape in the south of Sierra Leone broadcasting to one of the largest Districts boasting of over 1 million listeners. In the UK, Jimmy has been at the background helping key Christian broadcast institutions with contents and programming. As the proprietor of Fountain of Peace Broadcasting Network, he had acted in the capacity of Programme Controller, technical advisor and sound engineer for and oversaw the initial stages of broadcast to the point of it becoming a household media entity. Jimmy has also been previously Programme Manager in one of Africa’s eastern Christian Community Radio with programming roles having consulted for the erection of a fit for purpose building for broadcast and in procurement of equipment for a state and privately run station in the east of Sierra Leone. The revolution working with youth in community broadcast in that part of the world was infused by Jimmy. His creativity in creating programmes that engage communities has led major social change in the region his entity operates. Behind the microphone as a presenter, Jimmy has achieved moving the listening audience with seamless genre mixes as a DJ. Jimmy’s experience as a trained medical practitioner in differing fields has not only informed his media roles but also has served as an influence to many. Jimmy holds two University degrees, complemented by media training. With responsibility in overseeing the management of Board of directors for an offshore media house, he has been actively involved in training volunteers in broadcast while also giving tuition on human interest programmes and out of the norm programming skills fit to be in any community that begs for social change mostly in the light of youth empowerment and attitudinal modelling. As a musician and singer, he connects with all age groups through his performing arts and service to communities within and out of the borough.


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Role: Financial Director Full name: Dorothy Amuah Employment: Managing Director (Nursery, own business) Other directorships: None Relevant experience or qualifications: Dorothy has exemplified great leadership position in the past qualifying her to be suitably placed in this position. As a successful business owner for over five years working with children and relatives, she possesses transferable skills in dealing with communities and people from varied social and ethnic backgrounds. Given her track record in dealing with young vulnerable children, youths with necessary referrals, she understands the dynamics of community relations. Her further experience in working voluntarily alongside organisations, churches, youth organisations and charities give credence to her enjoyable role in making sure there are lasting community cohesions and tolerance. Bringing the community together through social events, programmes, activities and shows in order to build their confidence, mind-set and also to counsel tem, Dorothy brings along rich experience in the social issues facing communities in our society and her first hand experience of this in her role during the New Generation show adds more weight to her contribution to the organisation.

13. Staffing structure Guidance Notes

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

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

We have three registered directors and one secretary. As mentioned in section 8 of the form relevant partners will provide advice to the board of directors on programming. However position holders will execute the day-to-day operation of the station as mentioned in section 11.

NGR will have four part-time paid positions: the roles of Station Manager/Technical Manager. Will both include a programme presentation role as part of their overall function? NGR will pay people on a commission basis for those who sell advertisement as mentioned in section eleven of the application. The Station Manager/Technical Manager will report to the Directors and be responsible for all practical aspects of broadcasting. They will be members also of the Programme Advisory Board.

Students will play a big role in NGR, providing a proportion of the speech content in the form of compilation and the delivery of local news, specialist programmes, features content and packaged reports. Students may also put forward work carried out as part of their curricular activity to be considered for broadcast on the station. Business students may wish to be involved in the administration of the radio station, while sales and marketing may be of interest to others. No Students will not receive payment.

NGR will have a team of volunteer presenters overseen by the station manager prior to going on air. Each presenter will trained prior to the station going on air. In return for this commitment NGR will help develop their careers by providing help, guidance and further training. Volunteers will not receive payment. Volunteers will support the training of other


volunteers on presenting, research and administrative duties. Volunteer membership will be open to local residents, people being trained or educated in the Newham Borough.

NGR Organisation chart

* Board of Directors – answers to Company House, Ofcom, Community Advisory Board (That will be setup) * Programme Advisory Board – answers to Head of Programme * Station Manager/Technical Manager – answers to Directors * News Editor, Reporters, Social Media – answers to Station Manager * Presenters – answers to Head of programmes and eventually Station Manager * Education & Training Manager – answers to Station Manager * Administration, Financial & Legal - answers to Financial Director * Sales and Marketing Manager - answers to Financial Director * Sales and Marketing – answers to Financial Director * Non-presenting & Studio Support – answers to Station Manager * Events & Fundraising – answers to Station Manager.

14. Applicant’s experience Guidance Notes

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

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

A. Please provide a brief history of your group.

New generation Radio started as New generation Show in 2007

New Generation Show is a teenage/youth magazine media show; non-profit organization, established

Ofcom, Company House,

Community Advisory Board

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

STATION MANAGER FINANCE MANAGER Head of Programme

Programme Advisory Board

News Editor Reporters Social media

Education & Training Presenters

Administration

Financial & Legal

Sales & Marketing

Non-Presenting

Studio support

Event &

Fundraising


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in Newham, London UK. We work with young people to give them dignity, pride and brighter a future. We also provide the highest quality programs that benefit all young people in our community our city and surrounding areas.

Through presentation of information, video from different sources, aimed to raise awareness and empower teenagers. Further to this, we are part of a wider ethnic diverse community and would like it to be inclusive bringing cultural differences.

We specifically focus on issues like, Teen pregnancy, knife crime, peer pressure, Anti-bullying, teen drugs, teen gangs, teens and parents, exams stress, Anxiety, Teen moms struggles, work of the local council and pertinent issues of the borough to you and I etc.

Young people need-trusted support to develop the confidence to take responsibility for their lives. NGS believes that, it is our collective responsibility as a community to provide the tools for young people to take action.

We started as New Generation show, A Young people discussion platform, We then moved on to Internet radio (New Generation Radio UK) and are seeking to formalise our work in the community to bring communities from different ethnic backgrounds in Newham on a platform accessible to all and in modelling our young people to productive lives through on air broadcast.

New generation Show has featured on (Klear TV, DBN Network, Praise TV, Wonderful TV).

* Our website www.newgenerationshow.com,

* Internet radio (Tunein.com/new generation radio UK)

* Youtube channel: Newgenshow1 (over 2.6 million views,

https://www.youtube.com/user/Newgenshow1

* Facebook; (over 80.000 fan base) https://www.facebook.com/groups/newgenshow/

* Twitter: @newgenshow (over 8000 followers)

* Instagram: newgenerationradiouk (over 2000 followers

NGR will work hard to make a change in the community.

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

To date, we can only boast of continual internet service radio and our YouTube and TV shows as mentioned above. We intend to wake it up once more this time in RF because we still get volunteers and people following us. There is also currently a need in the borough with youth crimes especially Newham being one of the youngest boroughs in UK.

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

The majority of our members have music background and helping local communities. Elijah has been involved in creating awareness about youth issues in the communities. We have created work experiences and given references to young job seekers. Hope has been restored with relevant directions to sources of help where young people in the community need it. Elijah has also help broken homes where kids have gone wrong. We have received several likes and calls from parents about the positive impact of the program. This is what we want to continue and we could do this with your help.

Our members go regularly in the community giving help and resorting hope. We visit old people to just give them a friendly ear. On regular basis we go to local churches and offer help in music. That way, we have been able to gain youth attention and help train them in music.


http://tunein.com/new

https://www.youtube.com/user/Newgenshow1

https://www.facebook.com/groups/newgenshow/


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

Many members of the volunteer team have previous broadcasting experience as indicated above.

Evidence of demand:

15. Demand and/or support Guidance Notes

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

This may include a variety of information, for example:

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

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

results of research;

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

summary of support from local business or other sectors;

evidence of support from your proposed target community.

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

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

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

NGR has approached many Stakeholders in Newham Borough, all of whom have all shown great support for our application. Below are some of the feedback we have received:

Message of support from: (Lyn Brown Member of Parliament for West Ham)

“ Thank you for contacting me regarding your application for a licence through Ofcom.

I was delighted to learn that you are seeking to formalise your work in the community by bringing together and celebrating people of different ethnic backgrounds with a community radio show.

I believe that a community radio show such as New Generation, will help foster positive social inclusion and cohesion, and will benefit Newham’s diverse communities. The show undoubtedly has the potential to help young people in Newham through the discussion of a wide range of topical issues, and I look forward to tuning in.

I wish you every success with your application.”

Message of support from; (Melvin Kelly (Former HR & Communication Director Klear TV)

“I’m absolutely excited about the benefits that a community radio station can have in a community and none more so than in Newham where the diverse range of community networks need a voice to represent them. I can see how a community radio station would help promote social inclusion and community cohesion. (My start up contribution am rendering for the project is £5000) New generation radio has a tremendous amount to offer the people of Newham and I would urge Ofcom to recognise this by granting a community radio license.”


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Message of support from; (Cllr Kay Scoresby Canning Town North Councillor)

“This looks like a really good initiative and I'm pleased to see that it is organised by young people for young people. I'm not sure what you want me to do, but I am interested in supporting you. Good luck”

Message of support from; (Edna Vieira Da Silva Crèche manager Active Newham)

“I am absolutely pleased to offer my support for New generation Radio application for a community radio licence. As one of the largest employer in the area we are very keen to support projects such as NGR that brings together the community in which the majority of our employees and their families live. People in our community often say they don’t often see posters, and flyers about exciting events. I believe New generation radio will represent that for spreading the word about cultural and sporting events that are not necessarily targeting new audiences. People who don’t always pick-up leaflets and flyers will hear the voices of organisations. So I believe the award of a community radio licence would be of great benefit to the community as a whole.

Message of support from; (Alex Quarcoo, CEO EDENITE’s Hair Studio)

It is good to hear that New generation is entering a new stage of its development and I am happy to endorse its application for a community radio license to serve Newham council with community radio that would bring benefits to local businesses like mine Edenite’s Studio, community groups, individuals and young people in particular.

Ability to maintain the service – financial information:

16. Pre-launch financial information

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

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

17. Year 1 financial information - income

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


18. Financial information – in-kind support

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


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


19. Year 1 financial information – outgoings

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


20. Year 1 financial information – commercial activities on air

During your first year of broadcasting would your proposed station carry any on-air advertising? (If so, please state the amount of income you anticipate from this source and its anticipated proportion of total income)

The legislation for Community Radio places limits on the amount of income annually from the sale of on-air advertising and sponsorship that can be generated.

If ‘No’ might your proposed service seek to carry on-air advertising at a later date? (If so, please state the amount of income you estimate from this source and its estimated proportion of total income)

During your first year of broadcasting would your proposed station carry sponsorship or commercial references in return for payment? (If so, please state the amount of income you anticipate from this source and its anticipated proportion of total income)

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If ‘No’ might your proposed service seek to carry sponsorship or commercial references in return for payment at a later date? (If so, please state the amount of income you estimate from this source and its estimated proportion of total income)


21. Pre-launch financial information - contingency

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


22. Year 1 financial information - contingency

If there is a shortfall between Year 1 income and Year 1 outgoings, please explain below how you would expect to cover any outstanding costs (see also 23 and 24 below). Alternatively if there is a surplus at the end of Year 1, please explain what you intend to do with such additional resources.


23. Financial information – loans and other borrowings

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


24. Financial information – alternative funding streams

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

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


Broadcasting engineering:


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Engineering notes

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

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

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

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

Community radio stations typically have a coverage area of up to a 5 kilometre radius. Please see Ofcom’s ‘Coverage and planning policy for analogue broadcasting services’ (including community radio) http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/broadcast/radio-ops/coverage/analogue-coverage-policy.pdf

25. Engineering information

Note: there are fundamental differences between FM (VHF) and AM (MF) transmission systems. These include differences in mast and antenna size, transmitter site requirements, site location, installation cost, audio quality and night-time interference. Before completing this section, applicants may wish to take professional advice to ensure they understand these differences and their implications.

Waveband: Is the application for an FM licence? Yes

Is the application for an AM licence? No

Should a suitable FM frequency be unavailable, would a frequency on AM be acceptable?

If you have answered YES to this last question please complete the questions below separately for both an FM transmission site and an AM transmission site.

No

Do you understand the fundamental differences between FM (VHF) and AM (MF) services and have you incorporated these below and in, for example, your start-up and other costs, detailed earlier?

Yes

Transmission site address: What is the postal address and post code:

Tower Block

Gurney Road E15 1SH

National Grid Reference (NGR):

The NGR is a reference code comprising two letters and two groups of three numbers TQ 392 853

About the site’s dimensions:

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

12

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

75

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

82

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

to be forwarded later

About the transmission site:

Who owns the site and what are their full contact details? […]

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

small number of utilities

Transmission site availability:

Delete as appropriate the yes/no answers which describe your situation regarding proposed site (it may be that you cannot answer all four questions):

Site identified? Yes

http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/guidance/tech-guidance/eng_code/



Provisional agreement with site owner in place? Yes

Or under negotiation? No

Applicant group owns site? No

Other – please specify. site previously used by

CR000070 Voice of Africa

How to contact you:

26. Public contact details Guidance Notes

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

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

Name: Elijah Kellie

Phone: 07917104195

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.newgenerationshow.com

Concluding declaration:

28. Declaration

APPLICANT’S, DIRECTORS’ AND OWNERS’ OTHER INTERESTS

1. In relation to the applicant and any body’s and/or individuals whose details are given in sections 11, 12

and 13 of this application, please state whether the applicant, any body or individual is (and if so identify that body or individual) involved in any of the activities set out in the table below, and the extent of the involvement or interest. For these purposes, the applicant includes associates of the applicant (i.e. directors and their associates and other group companies): (Note: if none of the following categories in this section apply, this must be clearly indicated by writing “none” in any appropriate box.)

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

(section 11 of this application form)

By a director

(section 12 of this application form)

a) Local authorities

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

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

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

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

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

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

Other interests

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



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Answer:

Other matters

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

(i) the applicant;

(ii) any director of the applicant;

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

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

Answer:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Memorandum & Articles of Association

Certificate of Incorporation

Application Payment (UK £ 600.00) non-returnable

Photographs of the transmitter mast / building and aerial location.

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

Elijah Kellie (Name of person)

Director (Title or position in the applicant group)

21-10-2016 (Date)

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