Radio Broadcast Update January 2012

Published 07|02|12

• Commercial Radio
• Community Radio

Commercial Radio 

Licences issued in this period

*Digital Sound Programme Service

Licence re-advertisements

Update of re-advertisement timetable

Ofcom has, during the past month, updated its planned timetable for the re-advertisement of local analogue commercial licences. This information is available at:

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/analogue-radio/apply-for-licence/re-advertisement/timetable/

Applications for Ceredigion licence

Ofcom has received two applications for the fully re-advertised local FM licence for Ceredigion. Full details of both applicants are available here.

Declarations of intent

Ofcom has today invited declarations of intent to apply for the following FM local commercial radio licences. Please click on the 'area' in the first column for further detail on the pre-advertisements:

Invitations to apply under fast track

Ofcom has received one declaration for the following licence, from the current licensee. We are therefore inviting the incumbent licensee to re-apply for the licence under the 'fast track' procedure as set out in Ofcom's guidelines:

Analogue station Format Changes

Each station has as part of its licence a 'Format', which outlines the essential nature of the service and details any specific expectations of that service.
Any changes to a Format can only be made by following the correct procedure and with the appropriate permission from Ofcom.

Fresh Radio
Published 13|01|12

Content Sampling Reports

Ofcom ensures that an individual station is meeting its Format requirements by listening to that station's output - a process which we refer to as 'content sampling'. The sampling of a particular station may be prompted by a complaint concerning a Format-related issue, or may be entirely routine.

Radio Ceredigion
Published 13|01|12

Radio Ceredigion (Cymraeg)
Dyddiad cyhoeddi 13|01|12

Change of Control Reviews

Whenever a local radio licence undergoes a 'change of control' (for example, when it is sold), Ofcom is required under section 355 of the Communications Act 2003 to undertake a review of its programme output.
Specifically, Ofcom must review the likely effect of the change of control on:

• the quality and range of programmes included in the service;
• the character of the service; and,
• the extent to which local material and locally-made programmes are included in the service.

When the review has been completed, Ofcom may amend the content requirements of the licence.

More Radio (Warminster)
Published 24|01|12

Midwest Radio (Yeovil)
Published 24|01|12

Midwest Radio (Shaftesbury)
Published 24|01|12

London Turkish Radio
Published 24|01|12

DAB station Format Changes

The following multiplex Format changes were agreed in this period:

Local Radio Licence Transfers

Ofcom has approved the transfer of the following local commercial licences:

Community Radio  

Community Radio Fund Round 2, 2011/12

The Community Radio Fund Panel met on Monday 30 January 2012 to consider the applications to the second round of funding for 2011/12.

The Panel made awards to 16 stations. For further details, please see the statement published here

Services which have ceased to be licensed in this period

The following service is no longer licensed.

Licence extensions granted in this period

A five year extension has been granted to the following:

Key commitments changes

Each station has as part of its licence 'Key Commitments' which outline the essential nature of the service and details any specific expectations of that service.

Any changes to the key commitments can only be made by following the correct procedure and with the appropriate permission from Ofcom.

The Super Station
Published 01|02|12