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Ofcom awards new community radio licences in Huddersfield and Pocklington
Ofcom has today announced the award of new community radio licences in Huddersfield and Pocklington
Licences have been awarded to Radio Sangam, for a service in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, and to West Wolds Radio, for a service in Pocklington, East Yorkshire.
Community radio services are provided on a not-for-profit basis focusing on the delivery of specific social benefits to a particular geographical community or a community of interest.
Radio Sangam (Communities Together)
Contact name: Qaisar Mahmood
Mobile: 07966 159 779
Email: qaisarmahmood35@gmail.com
Website: www.radiosangam.co.uk
Radio Sangam will provide a community radio service for the Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities of Huddersfield.
West Wolds Radio (West Wolds Radio Limited)
Contact name: Stuart Cocker
Mobile: 07949 158 786
Email: info@westwoldsradio.co.uk
West Wolds Radio will provide a community radio service for Pocklington and surrounding villages in East Yorkshire.
The licences are awarded for a five-year period.
Statements setting out the main determining factors for the awards of the community radio licences referred to above can be found on the Ofcom website.
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NOTES FOR EDITORS
1. In addition to the licence awards detailed above, Ofcom has considered five further applications in the southwestern part of West Yorkshire, but decided not to award a licence to any of the following groups:
- Harmony FM (Huddersfield Pakistani Community Alliance), Huddersfield;
- Radio Paigham (Radio Paigham (Huddersfield) Ltd), Kirklees;
- Radio Safa (Safa Association Ltd), Calderdale;
- Madina Live FM (Madina Live FM Ltd), Dewsbury and Batley; and
- U Radio Kirklees (U Radio Ltd), Dewsbury, Batley and surrounding area.
2. In addition, Ofcom considered one application for Rossendale, but decided not to award a licence to the following group:
- Rossendale FM (Rossendale FM Limited), Rossendale Valley (Lancashire).
3. Applications for community radio licences are being invited on a region-by-region basis. Further details can be found on the Ofcom website at: http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-broadcast-licensing/community-radio/a pply-for-licence/
