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TD1 Radio application form
manner, and that the outcome is fed back to the person making contact. Our team meetings consist of on-air
presentation staff, producers, duty managers, station managers and directors being present.
We also plan to hold open meetings to which members of the community can attend and raise any questions
directly with representatives from TD1 Radio. All the above will ensure that the community can really be part of a
community radio station and they will be able to feel that are all contributing something as well as making a
difference.
We will also monitor and assess on a regular basis the strength of our community links will help to shape the
station‟s future development plans and as previously mentioned, our Open Days will provide another method that
will ensure members of the community can keep in contact with us.
We also hold regular meetings / workshops / discussions with our own team to review and monitor our progress
against the objectives and targets that we have set. This will ensure that should one objective or target not be
met, we can address the issue and ensure that it gets resolved. It is anticipated that these workshops will be held
on a quarterly basis to start with; perhaps reducing in frequency to half yearly if our goals are constantly being
met. On the other hand if targets are not being met, we may agree to hold more frequent workshops to allow us
to monitor more closely the progress of our activity and make necessary adjustments to ensure that targets are
being met.
Public surveys and questionnaires are another way to engage the opinions of the public. These can be published
on-line, or we can produce paper-based questionnaires for use at Outside Broadcast events and Open Days and
these can be posted out if required. The results of these surveys will be published on-line, and paper based
copies of the results will also be available. The outcome of such surveys will also be discussed at our team /
public meetings. Paper based surveys can be given to other voluntary groups, charities, organisations etc to
collate for us.
As mentioned previously, we also work closely with our key stakeholders to ensure that the Board of
Management and our entire team are aware of any issues that arise. Our Board of Management will also report
back to the local Community Council the on-going developments at TD1 Radio. Other Local media and press
report on the Community Council meetings, therefore through this process the public are aware of what we are
doing and have the chance to respond either through the Newspaper, Community Council or directly to us.
Guidance notes: station’s draft key commitments
Please draft the Key Commitments for your proposed service. There is a blank key commitments document
overleaf. If your organisation is awarded a licence, the key commitments you draft here will form the basis of what
we put in the licence. (Please note: this would be subject to Ofcom‟s agreement, and we may require it to be
amended, including, for example, to properly reflect legislative requirements).
Your draft Key Commitments should be consistent with, and summarise the answers you have already given in
sections 1-8 of this application form.
Four sample key commitment documents are provided for information at annex 1. These are provided as
illustrations only – it is important that you draft your own commitments, rather than just copying what may have
been done by others, or what we have put in the sample versions. 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 two pages long.
KEY COMMITMENTS: to be completed by the applicant
Station name
[As in section 1 of this application]
Community to be served
[In no more than 30 words describe the
community or communities you will
serve. This should be a summary of
section 2.]
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TD1 Radio
TD1 Radio will serve those persons living and working in the Central
Borders including Galashiels, Tweedbank, Melrose and Selkirk.
We will also ensure areas of deprivation are given proper
representation.