Statement: talkSPORT – proposals to reduce AM coverage

Statement published 10 February 2025

In September 2024, talkSPORT submitted a request to reduce the coverage of its national AM (medium wave) commercial radio service from 92% to 88.9%, by ceasing transmissions from the following seven of its 18 transmitter sites:

• Clipstone (Nottinghamshire)
• Duxhurst (Surrey)
• Lisnagarvey (County Antrim, Northern Ireland)
• Lydd (Kent)
• Stockton (Durham/North Yorkshire)
• Southwick/Brighton (West Sussex)
• Rusthall (Tunbridge Wells)

We consulted on the request with a preliminary view that we were minded to approve it. We have had regard to the responses we have received in reaching our decision. We received one response agreeing with the proposal, one response questioning the rationale for the switch off of one specific transmitter and suggesting an amendment to one other, and two neither agreeing nor disagreeing to the specific proposals.