Statement published 10 November 2020
Following consultation, Ofcom has authorised a new approved area, ‘Yorkshire & Lincolnshire (Bauer)’, for the following 17 licences: Barnsley; Bassetlaw; Bradford & Huddersfield FM; Bridlington; Chesterfield; Doncaster; Grimsby; Harrogate; Humberside FM; Leeds FM; Lincoln; Northallerton; Rotherham; Scarborough; South Yorkshire FM; Wakefield, and; York.
Following this decision, we have also approved a Format change request for the Northallerton licence, currently broadcasting as ‘Greatest Hits Radio’, which will allow it to provide locally-made programming from anywhere within this new approved area, and to share this programming with the services provided under the other licences in the new approved area listed above.