Consultation outcome

Community Radio Consultation

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
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Detail of outcome

皇冠体育app Consultation closed on 23rd April 2014

皇冠体育app Government issued it鈥檚 response on 22nd January 2015. Details are set out in the following documents.


Original consultation

Summary

Consultation on the current funding restrictions for community radio.

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Consultation description

皇冠体育app consultation sets out policy proposals to relax current financial restrictions on community radio, whilst not altering community radio unique role in terms of supporting localness and community engagement.

This consultation seeks specific views on:

  • 皇冠体育app lifting of the restriction on community radio stations preventing them from taking any income from on-air advertising or sponsorship if they overlap with a commercial radio licence whose coverage area includes 150,000 adults or fewer.

  • On the restrictions preventing community radio stations from taking more than 50% of their annual income from on-air advertising and sponsorship, if they remain appropriate, and what, if any changes, are justifiable.

  • On the case for further licence extensions for community radio stations in the event of a decision to implement a radio switchover.

  • On improving the effectiveness of the Community Radio Fund.

皇冠体育app consultation closed on 23rd April 2014

Documents

Updates to this page

Published 13 February 2014
Last updated 24 March 2015 show all updates
  1. 皇冠体育app Draft Community Radio (Amendment) Order 2015 added.

  2. Government Response published

  3. Government response to the consultation

  4. First published.

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