A CONSULTATION on proposals to extend the broadcasting licences of a reported 65 or so local and national radio stations is said to be headed for Glasgow as part of an UK-wide series of regional events.
Says the commercial radio sector website, RadioCentre: “The 65 stations licences currently under review have previously been extended because they broadcast on DAB, as well as FM or AM, supporting investment in digital radio and ensuring continuity of service for listeners.
“Their rollovers will start to expire in the next few years (from 2017), and there is currently no mechanism to enable these licences to be extended further. Instead radio stations would be subject to a wholesale re-licensing process.”
The consultation is being hosted by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Read more, here.
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BEGINS The Guardian, here: “A grim toll of 370 journalists have been murdered over the past ten years in direct retaliation for doing their job. An even more alarming statistic is that 90 per cent of their killers have not been brought to justice, according to statistics from the Committee to Protect Journalists.
“In its report, ‘The road to justice: breaking the cycle of impunity in the killing of journalists’, the CPJ argues that governments need to do much more to catch the killers.”
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A REPORTER is being sought by the Argyllshire Advertiser newspaper – as advertised here on the allmediascotland.com media jobs board and repeated, here on twitter.com/allmediajobs.
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BEGINS The Drum media and marketing magazine: “The Drum has today launched the research for its annual Design Census, the most comprehensive review of the design industry in the UK.
“The Design Census will rank agencies based on the three criteria used in all The Drum’s Census reports: financial performance, client satisfaction and peer recommendation.”
Read more, here.
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ALSO begins The Drum: “Glasgow-based full service digital agency, Equator, has just celebrated its 15th birthday, having been officially founded in November 1999 by managing director John McLeish and creative director James Jefferson.”
Read more, here.
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WEEK two of a court case, where the estranged husband of radio DJ, Suzie McGuire, is denying accusations of assault – against her – and breaches of the peace.
The case is being reported widely, including here (The Scotsman) and here (the Daily Record).
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