Submitted on Friday 26th January 2018
Rejected on Thursday 1st February 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Force Ofcom to grant an FM licence for a radio station based in Peterborough.
Peterborough is one of the fastest growing cities in the country and does not have a radio station that broadcasts from the city.
Heart has moved to Cambridge, Connect broadcasts from Kettering and rarely mentions the city and BBC Cambs is based in Cambridge and largely ignores the city.
I worked at Hereward FM (Now Heart) in the 90's which was truly local and based in the centre of the city. I have also worked at BBC Cambs, both of these stations used to focus heavily on the city but both have now withdrawn from the city.
Connect does not even try to fulfil a local remit and does not broadcast from the city - it is in Kettering.
Peterborough, one of the fastest growing cities in the UK, needs a radio station that is forced to be based in the city and focus only on the city.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This is a decision for Ofcom, not the UK Government and Parliament.
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