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MP Tracey Crouch |
Parliamentary motion on
Ofcom Radio Caroline decision
Tracey Crouch MP has tabled an 'Early Day Motion' in the UK Parliament criticising the decision of Ofcom to refuse a medium wave license to the UK's first free radio broadcaster Radio Caroline.
The MP for Chatham and Aylesford, Tracey Crouch says Ofcom's decision means the station is only available on the internet.
She says Caroline "pioneered commercial radio in the UK" and for the last decade has been been "a fully licensed broadcaster".
The MP urges Ofcom to "exhaust all avenues" to allow Caroline to celebrate its fiftieth birthday in 2014 by allowing it back on the Medium Wave, where it began in 1964.
She says Medium Wave appears to be "unwanted" by the BBC and Independent stations in the drive towards digital radio.
The early day motion says:
That this House expresses its disappointment that, having pioneered commercial radio in the UK and for the past decade being a fully licensed broadcaster, Radio Caroline, a cornerstone of British radio history, has been denied by Ofcom the opportunity to secure a medium wave frequency from which to broadcast; regrets that as a result its devoted listeners are confined to listening to Radio Caronline via the internet and unable to enjoy its musical offerings in transit; and calls on Ofcom to exhaust all avenues in making the provisions available for Radio Caroline to celebrate its 50th birthday in 2014 by broadcasting on a medium wave frequency which, it appears, is unwanted by both BBC and commercial operators as a broadcast platform.
Westminster Parliament Early Day Motion
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?
EDMID=42175&SESSION=905
Tracey Crouch MP
http://www.traceycrouch.org/
Radio Caroline Yahoo Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RadioCarolineMailinglist/
Radio Caroline
http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/
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