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Ofcom Broadcast Radio Licensing Priorities – Where Better Media’s Recommendations Are Reflected

Ofcom has now published its final Licensing Priorities for Broadcast Radio statement following the consultation earlier in 2026. Better Media argued that future radio licensing should place greater emphasis on access, plurality, competition and the sustainable growth of smaller, independent and community-based services. Several parts of Ofcom’s final position closely reflect those points. Small-Scale DAB…
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Response to Ofcom’s Local Media Review

The following is the full text of the response Better Media submitted to Part 1 of Ofcom’s ‘Review of Local Media in the UK’. Credit to our member Rob Watson for doing the majority of the work preparing this response. It was submitted on September 2nd, 2024. This is Better Media’s response to Ofcom’s Local…
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