Statement: Radio Faza – Request to change Key Commitments

Statement published 10 June 2019

Radio Fiza Limited (Radio Fiza”) holds an FM community radio licence for Nottingham, broadcasting as ‘Radio Faza’. The station submitted a request to change their Key Commitments. As the proposed changes would constitute a significant departure from the ‘description of character of service’, the request was subject to public consultation.

What we have decided – in brief

Ofcom has decided to approve the Key Commitment change request concerning the FM community radio licence for Nottingham held by Radio Fiza Limited.

The ‘description of character of service’ of its station’s published Key Commitments will change from “Radio Faza is for the South Asian community of Nottingham” to, “Radio Faza is for the South Asian and Eastern European Communities of Nottingham.”

It will also add several Eastern European languages and Bengali to the languages in which it broadcasts over the course of each week, and will also add ‘Eastern European’ to the type of music it broadcasts each week.