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Originally Posted by Rillington
Commercial radio no longer broadcasts locally-produced content outside of brief local headlines, as part of a mixed two-minute bulletin of local, national and international news, and BBC Local Radio is about to massively scale back tis local output in favour of regional and England-wide programmes.
What are people's views on the withdrawl by commercial radio, and to an extent, the BBC from local broadcasting in England?
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As has happened with regional TV, commercial pressures & the influence of the internet on viewing/listening habits were its downfall. Local, or should we now refer to it as community radio IS actually thriving on the internet, with no transmission costs & volunteers manning the microphones. The gateway is now opening with small scale DAB being launched in most areas that these outfits can gain access to the airwaves & bring even more listeners in. I was a listener to Chiltern Radio when it launched, & it became a benchmark for what would follow, as they started to buy up or start other stations & bring them into their "Hot FM" & Supergold brands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b0yap7JRPw
Happy days!!