Commercial Broadcasting: Radio

(asked on 19th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department undertook an impact assessment of the effect of changes to localness guidelines for commercial radio on jobs in local commercial radio stations.


Answered by
Margot James Portrait
Margot James
This question was answered on 22nd March 2019

The changes to the localness guidance were made by Ofcom, the independent regulator, in line with its requirements under section 314 of the Communications Act 2003 to ensure effective and appropriate localness guidance is in place (as required under the 2003 Act).

Ofcom's consultation in 2018 on its proposed changes to the localness guidance and impact assessment covered the potential impacts on radio listeners and the industry.

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