<div dir="ltr">and who's to say what constitutes 'as long as it is needed?'<div><br></div><div>best wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Phil</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 January 2014 13:20, Ian Hickling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" target="_blank">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">So what was the answer to the question:<br>"....how many current local radio stations will continue to operate after the digital radio switchover?"<br>
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<div>> From: <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:15:02 +0000<br>> To: <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br>
> Subject: [cma-l] Digital Broadcasting: Radio - Hansard Written Answers 22/01/14<br>> <br>> Philip Davies (Shipley, Conservative)<br>> ++<br>> <br>> To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many<br>
> current local radio stations will continue to operate after the<br>> digital radio switchover.<br>> <br>> Edward Vaizey (The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture,<br>> Media and Sport; Wantage, Conservative)<br>
> ++<br>> Government recognises the importance of local commercial radio<br>> stations to the communities they serve and is committed to reserving<br>> part of the FM spectrum as a platform for local and community radio<br>
> stations, for as long as it is needed.<br>> <br>> Hansard source:<br>> <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140122/text/140122w0001.htm#140122w0001.htm_wqn54" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140122/text/140122w0001.htm#140122w0001.htm_wqn54</a><br>
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