[cma-l] Five AM community radio licence awards: May 2017

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Ofcom has awarded five medium wave (AM) community radio licences in May
2017.

The licences are for stations serving different communities in Glasgow,
West Leicestershire, Leicester, Suffolk and northern parts of Essex, and
Yeovil and South Somerset.

A licence award has been made to each of the following:

*Ark AM (Noah's Ark Glasgow), Glasgow*
Ark AM will be a radio station for the Muslim population living in Glasgow.
The service will deliver community information, relevant local content,
news and opportunities for discussion, broadcasting in English with some
content in Urdu, Punjabi and other languages. The service will be
speech-led, with inspirational, religious and world music.

*Carillon Wellbeing Radio (Carillon Wellbeing Limited), West Leicestershire*
Carillon Wellbeing Radio will broadcast to people in and around West
Leicestershire who suffer from, or are at risk of developing, long term
health conditions. The applicant is a long established local hospital radio
group with extensive experience in broadcasting, healthcare and other
relevant areas. It has a long history of providing a radio service in the
area and has an existing asset base including premises and equipment.

*Radio Caroline (Radio Caroline AM Broadcasting Ltd), Suffolk and northern
parts of Essex*
Radio Caroline will serve the over-45s in Suffolk and northern parts of
Essex, who wish to hear album tracks from the 1960s onwards. Ofcom noted
that the application was from a well-established group with a long history
of providing a radio service, and was satisfied that it had demonstrated
its ability to maintain that service.

*Radio Ninesprings (Radio Ninesprings), Yeovil & the District of South
Somerset*
Radio Ninesprings will serve the population of Yeovil and South Somerset.
Ofcom noted the considerable experience of the applicant group members and
volunteers, which Ofcom considered would help enable Radio Ninesprings to
maintain its proposed service.

*Radio Seerah (Seerah Academy (Radio Seerah)), inner-city Leicester*
Radio Seerah will serve the diverse Muslim and wider ethnic minority
communities within the broadcast area of inner-city Leicester. Ofcom
considered that through a combination of stable resources, existing assets
and members with a range of broadcasting and other professional experience,
the applicant demonstrated its ability to establish and maintain the
proposed service.

The decision-makers for these licence awards were Ofcom’s Director of
Content Standards, Licensing and Enforcement, and Ofcom’s Director,
Broadcast Licensing.

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