Ed Richards of media regulator OfCom has cautioned against a too rapid switch off of analogue radio broadcasts in favour of digital. And quite right too. Here's what he told the Radio Festival event: "a swift, forced march to analogue switch-off in radio today would not be in the interests of listeners or the industry itself". Though, that said, he admitted that having to broadcast on both analogue and digital at the same time was an extra cost for radio companies, and that the industry should therefore work together to enable a switch off sooner rather than later - but when audiences and the radio market is properly ready. The industry needed to work together, he said, to "identify the key issues that are raised by a transition from analogue to digital".
Jul 11, 2007
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OfCom chief warns against rapid switch-off of analogue radio
OfCom's Ed Richards says a swift forced switch-off of analogue radio would not serve listeners or the industry, and that a managed transition is needed.