[comradio-l] Ofcom awards two new community radio licences in Northern England

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Ofcom has announced the award of two new community radio licences in the
north of England.

Licences have been awarded to Candofm, for a service in Barrow-in-Furness,
Cumbria, and to Koast Radio, for a service in Ashington, Northumberland.

Ofcom has awarded community radio licences to:

Candofm (Furness College)
Website: www.candofm.com

Candofm will provide a community radio service for Barrow-in-Furness and
the surrounding area, aimed at 16-40 year olds.

Koast Radio (Koast Radio Limited)
Website: www.koastradio.co.uk

Koast Radio will provide a community radio service for the town of
Ashington and surrounding villages in south east Northumberland.

Licences are awarded for a five-year period.

A statement setting out the main determining factors for the awards of the
community radio licences referred to above can be found on the Ofcom
website here:

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards-round-3/dec-13

In addition to the licence awards detailed above, Ofcom considered two
further applications, but decided not to award a licence to the following
groups:

   - Radio Northumberland (Radio Northumberland Limited), Bedlington,
   Northumberland;
   - Synergy (South Northumberland Radio Group CIC), Bedlington,
   Northumberland;

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