Maggie Throup – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maggie Throup on 2016-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the introduction of small scale DAB licensing for community radio stations.

Mr Edward Vaizey

The ten small scale DAB technical trials funded by DCMS have been positive with more than 80 smaller commercial and community radio stations broadcasting on DAB for the first time, including some new services. We are looking at options for new legislation to license small scale DAB multiplexes.