Ofcom awards new community radio licences in Huddersfield and Pocklington
17 Apr 2014 03:49 PM
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/