The owners of Cambridgeshire radio station Fen Radio - which we reported yesterday will be closed down - have indeed blamed the station's demise on media regulator OfCom. Radio firm UKRD have said for a while that OfCom rules make it difficult for smaller local radio stations to compete. In 2006 they handed back their FM licence for Stroud in protest - an unprecedented move - and now they will do the same with the Fen Radio licence. Talking about the situation, UKRD boss William Rodgers told the Guardian yesterday: "Fen Radio is one of what I believe will be a large number of small radio stations that will prove to be uneconomic and unsustainable. I believe the consequences of the changing market place and the restrictions that the regulatory regime imposes on commercial radio at that level will lead to the demise of many, many more".
Jul 15, 2008
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UKRD blames OfCom for Fen Radio closure
UKRD boss William Rodgers blames OfCom rules for the closure of Fen Radio, saying many small radio stations will become uneconomic and unsustainable.