[commedia] Ofcom - Second Reading

[Steve Buckley]

Community radio and television

Office of Communications Bill
Second Reading debate in the House of Commons (14 January 2002)

Derek Wyatt MP

"One of the biggest developments currently occurring in the new 
technologies is community television and radio. There has been an anomaly 
with regard to school radio. When a radio station was situated in a school, 
the airwaves had to stop at four o'clock. They were switched off because 
somebody from the community was not allowed to come into the station and 
open it for community use beyond that time. I am glad to say that the 
previous Secretary of State changed that situation and we are piloting some 
community radio and television channels.

"Piloting is one thing, but every community needs community radio and 
television. It is not clear to me where the remit resides in Ofcom, how 
such community services will be paid for and where responsibility lies in 
terms of the directors. I would like one of the directors to be concerned 
specifically with community television and radio..."
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