Ofcom advertises two new FM commercial
radio licences for Belfast and Cornwall
Ofcom today advertises two new local FM commercial radio licences for
Belfast and Cornwall.
BELFAST
Ofcom is advertising an FM commercial radio licence to cover the city
of Belfast and the surrounding area.
Ofcom estimates that this licence could achieve coverage of an area with
an adult (aged 15+) population of around 750,000. The measured coverage
area of this new service could potentially be more extensive than that
achieved by the existing FM Belfast service provided by City Beat 96.7
but more limited than that achieved by Cool FM. However, the exact coverage
will be determined by the location of the transmission site and other
technical characteristics.
The closing date for the submission of applications is 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday
8 December 2004. A non-refundable fee of £5,000 will be payable
for each application submitted.
The full details for this licence, including the guidelines and
procedures for the submission of applications, can be obtained from the
Ofcom website at:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/licensing_numbering/radio_sound_broadcasting/
commercial_radio/advts/belfast/
CORNWALL
Ofcom is also today inviting applications for a licence to provide an
FM commercial radio service to cover as much of the county of Cornwall
as possible.
Ofcom estimates this licence could achieve coverage of an area with an
adult population (aged 15+) of around 410,000. However, the exact coverage
will be determined by the location of the transmission sites and other
technical characteristics. Two FM frequencies are being made available
for this licence.
The closing date for the submission of completed applications will be
5.00 p.m. on Wednesday 8 December 2004. A non-refundable fee of £5,000
will be payable for each application submitted.
The full details for this licence, including the guidelines and
procedures for the submission of applications, can be obtained from the
Ofcom website at:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/licensing_numbering/radio_sound_broadcasting/
commercial_radio/advts/cornwall/
GENERAL INFORMATION
Both licences will be issued for a twelve year period.
All applications for these licences will be published on the Ofcom website
as soon as is practicable after the closing date. The anticipated timing
of the licence award decisions will be announced within two weeks of the
closing-date.
Ofcom welcomes the views of the public about the local needs of listeners
in these areas and the types of services required. Opinions on these issues
can either be emailed to commercialradio@ofcom.org.uk
or posted to
Neil Stock,
Head of Radio Planning & Licensing,
Ofcom,
Riverside House,
2a Southwark Bridge Road,
London
SE1 9HA.
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