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Radio Broadcast Update May 2008

Analogue station Format Changes

UTV request for Format Change to Imagine 104.9 (Stockport) Request rejected
Statement published 22|05|08

Content Sampling Reports

Ofcom ensures that an individual station is meeting its Format requirements by listening to that station’s output - a process which we refer to as ‘content sampling’. The sampling of a particular station may be prompted by a complaint concerning a Format-related issue, or may be entirely routine.

There were no Content Sampling Reports in this period.

DAB station Format Changes

The following multiplex Format changes were agreed in this period.

Change	Multiplex
Addition of Chill Format and servcice known as Chill	London I
Removal of Chill Format and service known as Chill	London III
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with albumn oriented music Format and service known as Q	London III
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Ayr
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Dundee/Perth
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Edinburgh
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Glasgow
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Northern Irleand
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Birmingham
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Cambridge
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Kent
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Norwich
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Peterborough
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Sussex Coast
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Aberdeen
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Bradford and Huddersfield
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Stoke on Trent
Dance Format (Kiss) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Swansea
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Cambridge
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Norwich
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Peterborough
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with obligation to bring a service on within six months.	Central Scotland
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Bradford and Huddersfield
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Stoke on Trent
Pop Format (Smash Hits) replaced with soft and melodic Format and service known as Magic	Swansea

Change of Control Reviews

There were no Change of Control Reviews in this period.

RLCS* licences issued in this period

There were no licences issued in this period.

*Radio Licensable Content Service

DSP/DAS* licences issued in this period

There were no licences issued in this period.

*Digital Sound Programme / Digital Additional Services