Three community radio stations have been found in breach of their
licence conditions to obtain no more than 50% of income from
advertising.
Erewash Sound in Derbyshire, Felixstowe Radio in Suffolk and The
Super Station Orkney were all found to be bringing in more than the
allowed amount of income via on-air advertising and sponsorship.
In particularly, Ofcom said The Super Station provided a number of
different, and in some cases directly contradictory, figures to explain
the amount of on-air advertising income it had received over the
reporting period.
As a result the regulator was unable to properly determine the true
situation, and concluded that the information provided was
insufficiently reliable to support the Licensee’s claim that it was not
in breach of its licence.
Three more stations, Seaside FM in East Yorkshire, Ambur Radio in the
West Midlands and Phoenix FM in Essex were all investigated for the
same reason but their issues were resolved by Ofcom.
In addition, Voice of Africa Radio in East London failed to pay its
licence fee on-time, and because, even after repeated requests where the
payment was not made, Ofcom has put the licensee on notice that the
contravention was being considered for the imposition of a statutory
sanction, which could include licence revocation.
However, Ofcom has reported that the fee has been paid in the last
few days and therefore the imposition of a statutory sanction is no
longer being considered.
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