FUTURE OF LOCAL RADIO

Motion Text

after `occurred;', insert `is further concerned that popular local radio stations, such as Pirate FM and Atlantic FM in Cornwall, would be threatened by larger regional stations which will not provide radio services with a local focus; believes that the Government should delay the digital switchover until at least 2020 to allow local commercial radio stations to prepare properly; and calls on the Government to come forward with amendments to the Digital Economy Bill that will ensure that there is a viable platform for existing local commercial stations following switchover to a digital format'.