Ofcom has completed licensing a round of
community radio applications in currently unserved areas,
with the final decisions being made in March 2018. Below, you will find a full list of applicants so
far, detailing the location of their radio station, application outcome as have
been announced so far and the date on which the decision on each application was
announced. Last
updated: 31st July 2024.
APPLICATION
STATISTICS |
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Total | Licences Awarded | Rejected | On Air |
36 | 27 | 9 | 22 |
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ALL AREAS (36) |
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ALL AREAS (36) | Region | Application Outcome | Decision |
Basingstoke Radio | Basingstoke, Hampshire | Licence Rejected | 22/02/18 |
Blackburn Youth Radio | Blackburn, Lancashire | On Air - 102.2 | 15/12/17 |
Bounce FM | Banbridge, County Down | Off Air - 102.4 | 01/02/18 |
Brooklands Radio | Weybridge, Addlestone and Chertsey, North Surrey | Licence Rejected | 22/02/18 |
Burgess Hill Radio | Burgess Hill, West Sussex | On Air - 103.8 | 01/02/18 |
Caithness FM | Caithness and North Sutherland | On Air - 106.5 | 15/12/17 |
Cannock Chase Radio | Cannock Chase, Staffordshire | On Air - 89.6/89.8/94.0 | 08/11/17 |
Coast FM | Coleraine and Portstewart | On Air - 106.4 | 22/02/18 |
Coast Radio | Larne Local Government District | Licence Granted | 22/02/18 |
Dean Radio | Cinderford and surrounding areas in the Forest of Dean | On Air - 95.7/105.6 | 08/11/17 |
Great Driffield Radio | Great Driffield and surrounding villages, East Riding of Yorkshire | On Air - 107.2 | 15/12/17 |
Jorvik FM | York | On Air - 94.8 | 22/02/18 |
Keynsham Town Community Radio | Keynsham, Somerset | On Air - 105.8 | 08/11/17 |
Leyland Community Radio | Leyland, Lancashire | On Air - 104.8 | 15/12/17 |
Liverpool Community Radio | Liverpool | On Air - 106.7 | 15/12/17 |
Love Radio | Medway Towns, Kent | Licence Rejected | 01/02/18 |
Maldon Community Radio | Maldon District, Essex | On Air - 94.7 | 29/03/18 |
Mighty Radio | Southport, Merseyside | On Air - 107.9 | 15/12/17 |
Ninesprings FM | Yeovil and South Somerset | On Air - 104.5/107.6 | 08/11/17 |
Paisley FM | Paisley, Renfrew, Johnstone and throughout Renfrewshire | On Air - 107.5 | 01/02/18 |
Panj Pani Radio | Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire | Licence Rejected | 01/02/18 |
Purbeck Coast FM | Swanage, Purbeck District | Off Air - 101.2 | 08/11/17 |
Radio Aber | Aberystwyth, Ceredigion | Licence Granted | 01/02/18 |
Radio Newquay | Newquay, Cornwall | On Air - 106.1 | 08/11/17 |
Radio Paisley | Paisley, Renfrewshire | Licence Rejected | 01/02/18 |
Radio Southport | Southport, Merseyside | Licence Rejected | 15/12/17 |
Rhondda Radio | The Rhondda Valleys, Rhondda Cynon Taf | On Air - 97.5/106.1 | 08/11/17 |
Ridgeway Community Radio | Dorchester, Dorset | On Air - 106.3 | 08/11/17 |
Riviera FM | Torbay area including Torquay, Paignton and Brixham | On Air - 107.9 | 01/02/18 |
Rossendale Radio | Rossendale Valley, East Lancashire | On Air - 104.7 | 15/12/17 |
Saltmarsh Coast | Maldon District, Essex | Licence Rejected | 29/03/18 |
Seagull FM | Torbay area including Torquay, Paignton and Brixham | Licence Rejected | 01/02/18 |
Skylark | Dartmoor National Park | On Air - 105.8/107.6 | 01/02/18 |
The Dart | Kingsbridge, Salcombe, Darmouth, Totnes and Ivybridge (South Hams), Devon | Licence Rejected | 08/11/17 |
West Somerset Radio | Minehead, Somerset | Off Air - 104.4 | 08/11/17 |
YO1 Radio | York | On Air - 102.8 | 22/02/18 |
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