HC Deb 25 October 1999 vol 336 c757W
Mr. Peter Ainsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list all applications for local radio licences which are currently under consideration by the Radio Authority, stating when each was lodged. [95151]

Janet Anderson

Independent radio licences are currently under consideration by the Radio Authority as follows:

Ten applications for new analogue licences:

  • three for Bridgend (received 22 June);
  • three for Newbury (received 27 July);
  • two for Burnley (received 7 September);
  • two for Hertford (received 5 October);

Seven applications for re-advertised licences:

  • two for Guernsey (received 12 October);
  • two for Jersey (received 12 October);
  • two for Alton/Haslemere (received 19 October);
  • one for Barnstaple under the 'special application' procedure (received 27 July).

Two applications for local digital radio multiplex licences:

  • one for Cardiff/Newport (received 14 September);
  • one for Wolverhampton (received 12 October).