An additional nationwide FM licence for commercial broadcasting in the Netherlands will be re-advertised in 2012. The frequencies are the ones occupied by Arrow Classic Rock until March 2009.
At present a number of frequencies in the package are in use temporarily by other stations as a result of the current reception problems of public and commercial radio stations in the northern Netherlands. These problems arose on 15 July when part of the tower collapsed in Smilde. The tower is being rebuilt, but is not expected to be in service until October 2012.
The plan is to re-advertise the licence in spring 2012. If the successful applicant wishes to start broadcasting before all the frequencies are available, this will be allowed, and the remaining frequencies will be added as soon as possible.
(Source: Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands via Media Network Weblog)
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