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Local Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support community radio.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
21 Jan 2025
Answer
24 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support community radio.

  2. 21 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    In December 2024, the Community Radio Order 2025 was laid in draft in Parliament. It enables Ofcom to extend community radio licences for a fourth time and to remove restrictions that limit the amount of income a community radio licence can receive from a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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