<div dir="ltr">Ofcom has granted a five year licence extension to the following community radio stations:
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<tr style="height:32px">                        <th class="">Service name</th><th class="">Licensee </th><th class=""><strong>Location</strong></th><th class="">New expiry date </th>
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<tr style="height:32px">                        <td class="">Blyth Valley Radio</td><td class="">Blyth Valley Community Radio</td><td class="">Southwold, Suffolk</td><td class="">3 July 2019</td></tr><tr style="height:13px"><td class="">Bro Radio</td>
<td class="">Vale of Glamorgan Broadcasting Community Interest Company</td><td class="">Barry, Vale of Glamorgan</td><td class="">30 March 2019</td>
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<tr style="height:13px">                        <td class="">EAVA FM</td><td class="">St. Matthews Community Solution Centre Ltd.</td><td class="">Leicester</td><td class="">4 December 2018</td>
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<tr style="height:13px">                        <td class="">Penistone FM</td><td class="">Penistone Community Radio Limited</td><td class="">Penistone, South Yorkshire</td><td class="">5 June 2019</td>
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<p><br></p><p>Ofcom has published the reasons for the award of two community radio
licences from Region 4 – North East England, Cumbria and North
Yorkshire:
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<tr>                        <th>Service Name</th><th>Area</th>
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<tr>                        <td>Dales Radio</td><td>Yorkshire Dales</td>
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<tr>                        <td>Eden FM</td><td>Penrith, Cumbria</td>
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Eden FM
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<p>
Eden FM will serve the people of Penrith and the surrounding villages.
The proposed audience target has a strong local focus aimed at
strengthening community ties in the rural community of Penrith and its
surrounding villages. By having a wide audience target, the
proposed programme service should cater for a broad variety of age
groups with particular focus on local tastes in order to reflect
the community interests making it distinct from existing services.
The applicant group is comprised of people with good experience in
broadcasting and local business with some additional technical skills. It provided good evidence of local demand and support for the
service, as well as existing links with local organisations and events.
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Dales Radio
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<p>
Dales Radio will serve the towns and villages within the Yorkshire Dales
National Park. The members of the group have extensive experience of
providing a local radio service in the area, and it is proposing a
Dales-focused service which would be live at key times. The service
would be available in areas which do not currently receive any existing
local radio service, and the group provided evidence of
demand and support from a range of local organisations and individuals.
</p><p>The full statement can be viewed here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards-round-3/2-oct-13">http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/current-licensees/awards-round-3/2-oct-13</a><br>
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