<font>Dear all<br><br>Analogue radio will NOT disappear once the big boys migrate, the Independent has got it wrong and we need to tell them so!<br><br>Jaqui<br></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 October 2013 17:16, Two Lochs Radio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tlr@gairloch.co.uk" target="_blank">tlr@gairloch.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Tahoma">According to an article in The Independent last
Friday... </font></div>
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<p>"Ed Vaizey, the Communications minister, is expected to give an indication of
the switchover date at the Go Digital Conference, which will take place at the
BBC’s New Broadcasting House on 16 December and be attended by major car
manufacturers as well as radio industry figures."</p>
<p>The Chief Exec of RadioCentre (the commercial radio trade body) says she
expects the chosen date to be in the first half of 2018.</p>
<p>The article doesn't mention community Radio at all, which is a pity given the
article's somewhat misleading headline of: "Tuning out: Analogue radio
to disappear by 2018"</p>
<p>Full article here: <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tuning-out-analogue-radio-to-disappear-by-2018-8859731.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tuning-out-analogue-radio-to-disappear-by-2018-8859731.html</a></p>
<p>Perhaps we should each write to Media Editor Alan Burrell who wrote it, and
to editor of The Independent pointing out that analogue radio does not comprise
on the BBC and commercial sectors. <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/service/complaint-form-8289696.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/service/complaint-form-8289696.html</a></p>
<p>Alex</p></div></div>
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