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22|07|08

Ofcom awards new FM commercial radio licence for Plymouth

Ofcom today announces the award of the new FM local commercial radio licence for Plymouth.

By the closing date of 30th April 2008, Ofcom received two applications for this licence. After giving careful consideration to both of the applications submitted, the Ofcom Radio Licensing Committee has decided to award the licence to:

Radio Plymouth Ltd - contact: David Rodgers, Radio Plymouth, 25 Lockyer Street, Plymouth PL1 2QW. E-mail: david.rodgers@radioplymouth.com

Radio Plymouth is 65% owned by the London Media Company, with the remaining shares held by individuals. It will provide “a locally-focused station specifically for Plymouth, with a full service of news and local information, entertaining speech, features and conversation and a wide variety of music from today and the previous four decades.”

The licence is for a service to cover Plymouth, which has an adult population (aged 15+) of around 250,000. However, the exact coverage will be determined by the location of the transmission site and other technical characteristics.

Ofcom expects Radio Plymouth to begin broadcasting at the earliest opportunity and no later than two years from this award date.

Ofcom will shortly publish a statement setting out the key determining factors for the award of this licence.

The licence will be issued for a twelve-year period.

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