[comradio-l] Ofcom Research: The future of small scale radio

[Two Lochs Radio]

It's good to see that Ofcom is commissioning research into the small-scale 
station market, although there doesn't seem to be anythign surprising or 
non-intuitive in the results.

It was dissapointing however to see that the questionnaire and summary 
completely overlooked the dominant form of small-scale local radio station 
in the Highlands and Islands region - that is, stations holding commercial 
licences but operating not-for-profit. Seven out of the eight independent 
local radio stations in the Highlands and Western Isles are in this ghost 
category!

Alex
Two Lochs Radio

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> Excerpt from Executive Summary:
...
> • Around 140 of them are commercial stations, whose primary aim is to
> make profits for their shareholders...