[comradio-l] Bid to cut local radio content is rejected

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> Ofcom today rejected calls for commercial radio stations to be able to slash their local programming, and announced new rules to preserve sound quality on digital audio broadcasting - DAB - radio.
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> The new guidelines were published today as part of the media regulator's long-running Future of Radio review.
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> As expected, FM local radio stations will be required to broadcast at least 10 hours of locally made programmes each weekday, including breakfast.
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> This is substantially more than that requested by commercial radio groups who had asked for the minimum to be as little as three hours a day. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/feb/07/commercialradio.ofcom