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\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Kris Partridge, who shares the following article that notes the UK will not follow a Norway-style<\/a> digital switch-off.\u00a0Rather, broadcasters will be allowed to switch off individual AM (and eventually FM) transmitters once they determine it is no longer a cost-effective strategy.<\/p>\n

From Radio Today<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Analogue commercial radio licences to be given ten-year renewal<\/h1>\n

Analogue commercial radio licences due to expire in the next couple of years will be given a 10-year extension under new government plans.<\/p>\n

During a consultation, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport had originally proposed either 5 or 8 year extensions, but in light of the Coronavirus pandemic\u2019s impact on commercial radio revenues has decided to offer stations an extra 10 years.<\/p>\n

[…]Minister for Media and Data John Whittingdale said: \u201cAs we move into an increasingly digital world we\u2019re making sure the licensing landscape for radio is fair and up-to-date and allows audiences to enjoy a wide range of high-quality stations.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s step ensures there is no disruption for loyal listeners of treasured FM and AM radio services such as Classic FM, Absolute Radio and TalkSport over the next decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will soon be turning our attention to providing similar long-term certainty to support the future growth of digital radio.\u201d[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read the full story.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kris Partridge, who shares the following article that notes the UK will not follow a Norway-style digital switch-off.\u00a0Rather, broadcasters will be allowed to switch off individual AM (and eventually FM) transmitters once they determine it is no longer a cost-effective strategy. From Radio Today: Analogue commercial radio licences to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,56,5517,433,3],"tags":[625,680,2478,4070,1384,5584,375],"class_list":["post-44138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-digital-audio-broadcasting","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-am-radio","tag-analog-radio","tag-dab","tag-digital-audio-broadcasting","tag-fm-radio","tag-kris-partridge","tag-united-kingdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-btU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22839,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/norway-becomes-first-country-to-go-fully-digital\/","url_meta":{"origin":44138,"position":0},"title":"Norway becomes first country to go “fully digital”","author":"Thomas","date":"December 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: RadioInfo via Kris Partridge) 11th January 2017 is a historic day for the medium of radio. 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