<div>I would say don&#39;t panic as FM isn&#39;t going anywhere soon.</div><div><br></div><div>The government has said any form of migration or switch off would be market led and the listeners / consumers are not there yet.</div><div><br></div><div>Plus the last I heard about an actual stance was that they would favour a migration for the big stations and thus free up more space for CR etc<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Mon, 12 Dec 2016 at 15:29, Canalside&#39;s The Thread &lt;<a href="mailto:office@thethread.org.uk">office@thethread.org.uk</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" class="gmail_msg"><div class="m_2125574728755360400WordSection1 gmail_msg"><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg">Dear All<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg"><u class="gmail_msg"></u> <u class="gmail_msg"></u></p><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg">I was in the Pub at the weekend and was talking to a number of people who are quite in the know regarding             ‘’’Radio’’’                  the general consensus was (and quite worrying) that FM could be switched off completely by March 2019 !                How true / possible is this ?    can any of our experts please shed any light on it ?<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg"><u class="gmail_msg"></u> <u class="gmail_msg"></u></p><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg">Thank you<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg"><u class="gmail_msg"></u> <u class="gmail_msg"></u></p><p class="MsoNormal gmail_msg">Nick Dumpty / Chairman Macclesfield and District Panic Button Society<u class="gmail_msg"></u><u class="gmail_msg"></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="gmail_msg"><br><br class="gmail_msg"><br>Reply - <a href="mailto:cma-l@commedia.org.uk" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">cma-l@commedia.org.uk</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br><br class="gmail_msg"><br>The cma-l mailing list is a members&#39; service provided by the Community Media Association - <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br>Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br><a href="http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br>Canstream Internet Radio &amp; Video: <a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br>_______________________________________________<br class="gmail_msg"><br><br class="gmail_msg"><br>Mailing list guidelines: <a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/about/cma-email-lists/email-list-guidelines/</a><br class="gmail_msg"><br>_______________________________________________<br class="gmail_msg"><br><br class="gmail_msg"><br>To unsubscribe or manage your CMA-L mailing list subscription please visit:<br class="gmail_msg"><br><a href="http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l" rel="noreferrer" class="gmail_msg" target="_blank">http://mailman.commedia.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/cma-l</a></blockquote></div></div>