Extra authority: this week's changes to the Broadcasting Bill allow groups to run two FM stations in one area and give regulators extra power - but will choice be preserved?

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The debate over changes to the Broadcasting Bill have caused divisions in the radio industry. The government wants companies to have two FM and one AM license in one area or vice versa. However there are concerns that larger radio stations would move their main FM frequencies leaving the AM wavebands occupied by the small and medium independent operators. The smaller operators see the plan as a further concentration of ownership leading to reduced listener choice. The radio autority (RA), the industry regulator, will pass judgement on individual cases.

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DMGT fails 'public interest' test by RA

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The planned purchase of Leicester Sound from GWR by DMG Radio, a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust, has been blocked by the UK Radio Authority. This move has cast a shadow over plans by GWR to sell an 11% stake in London News Radio, as an agreement with DMG Radio stated that the latter would purchase both this stake and Leicester Sound. The Radio Authority has expressed concerns about the implications of Daily Mail and General Trust owning both the Leicester Mercury newspaper and the largest radio station in the Leicester area.

Radio stations, Daily Mail and General Trust PLC

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No BBC upheaval plan says Labour

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The UK Labour party has denied reports that it would transfer the powers of the governors of the BBC to regulate programme content to a new cross-media body if it wins the forthcoming general election. It points out that it has no intention of causing major disruption at the BBC. Even if a single regulatory body were created for broadcasting and telecommunications by a future Labour government, the BBC would continue to operate as it does at present.

Television Broadcasting, Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities, Television broadcasting stations, Broadcast Regulation, United Kingdom, Television broadcasting industry, British Broadcasting Corp., Labour Party (United Kingdom), Broadcasting regulations, Broadcasting policy

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