[cma-l] Ofcom Awards Four New Community Radio Licences

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Ofcom today announces the award of four new community radio licences -
to the following applicants:

- Amber Sound FM (Ripley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire)
- Erewash Sound (llkeston, Derbyshire)
- Tulip Radio (Spalding, South Holland , Lincolnshire )
- Takeover Radio (Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire)

Details of these new community radio licensees are as follows:

Amber Sound FM
Website: http://www.ambersoundfm.com

Amber Sound FM will be a radio service dedicated solely to the Amber
Valley in the heart of Derbyshire. Its main goal is to be a focal
point of community spirit and feeling, giving the people a station
that they can call their own. It will become a reliable source for
community information, interests, issues and topics that directly
affect people day-to-day in all corners of the area.

Erewash Sound
Website: http://www.erewashsound.co.uk

Erewash Sound will be presented and produced by local people. It will
offer a dedicated community-orientated, comprehensive, relevant and
essential service playing an active part in local life, tackling
issues which directly affect those living locally.

Takeover Radio
Website: http://www.takeoverradio.co.uk

Takeover Radio will entertain with a mix of popular music blended with
exciting and refreshing speech, and interactive educational programme
making. It will be a truly young people's radio station with
distinctive appeal, characterised by the unique involvement of the
young people it will serve, producing programming with energy,
enthusiasm and originality.

Tulip Radio
Website: http://www.tulip-radio.co.uk/

Tulip Radio will serve those living and working within Spalding and
surrounding areas of South Holland , Lincolnshire . The station will
act as a unifying voice across this sparsely populated area and will
be accessible to all sections of the local community. It will keep
local people up-to-date with events and matters of local concern,
providing them with opportunities to become involved in both the
operation and the management of the service.

Licences are awarded for a five-year period.

In addition to the licence awards detailed above, Ofcom considered one
further application, from South Holland Radio in Whaplode,
Lincolnshire but decided not to award a licence to this group.

A statement setting out the main determining factors for the award of
the four community radio licences referred to above will be available
shortly from the Ofcom website.