[CMA] Ofcom’s review of the Community Radio sector

[Alan Fransman]

+ Ofcom’s review of the Community Radio sector +

On 16 July 2004, in the House of Lords Debate on the Community Radio 
Order 2004 Lord McIntosh of Haringey, (Minister for Broadcasting at the 
time) said the following about the restrictions in the Community Radio 
Order:

"We have formally asked Ofcom to conduct a review of the community radio 
sector two years after the first community station is licensed. If that 
review concludes that the restrictions are unnecessary or too 
burdensome, we will remove or modify them by bringing forward a further 
order for Parliament's approval. In short, this order is not necessarily 
the final word on the subject. Once we have better knowledge of how the 
two parts of the sector are developing, we will revisit the restrictions 
in this order to see if they are still necessary."

The full transcript of the debate is available on this link:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200304/ldhansrd/vo040716/text/40716-05.htm

Ofcom's review is now getting underway and the regulator expects to 
conclude the process towards the end of 2007.

Today Javed Sattar from Awaz FM in Glasgow opens a discussion on 
strategies for influencing Ofcom’s review of the Community Radio sector.

Over to Javed...

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