OfCom have begun proceedings to revoke the licence of KCR FM, the Merseyside radio station which, as previously reported, dropped all programmes in October and went over to a continuous music service, following some of the poorest RAJAR ratings ever seen and reports of financial difficulties. The Knowsley-based station has since gone off the air completely.
OfCom confirmed yesterday: "As a result of the continued failure of the licensee to provide the programme service required in its licensed format, Ofcom has commended the statutory procedure leading towards the revocation of the local commercial radio licence for Knowsley".
There has been no comment from Polaris Media, the Southport-based media company that bought the station in September.