Local Broadcasting: Radio

(asked on 23rd March 2017) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many community radio licences for FM broadcast have been granted by Ofcom in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Matt Hancock Portrait
Matt Hancock
This question was answered on 30th March 2017

Ofcom have issued 123 licences since 2010, bringing the total number of stations broadcasting around the UK since 2004 to 245, with a further 31 preparing to start. For a breakdown of licences issued since 2010 see as follows:

Licences Awarded

2010

13

2011

7

2012

24

2013

17

2014

23

2015

16

2016

22

2017

1

Total

123

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