Local Radio—A Different Sort of Animal

Abstract

There was extensive mutual influence between BBC Local Radio and Independent Local Radio (ILR), particularly during the set-up periods for both systems. Although they competed for locations and frequencies, often fiercely, they developed through a single governmental mechanism and came to feel at times a close affinity. Had the proposals of the Annan Committee been agreed, that these 2 systems of local radio should be brought together under a single regulator, both could have benefited and the long-term prospects for local radio in the UK might have been enhanced.

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Tony Stoller

Tony Stoller (M.A., L.L.B., Cambridge University, Ph.D., Bournemouth University) is visiting professor in the faculty of Media Communications. His research interests include radio history, classical music, and applied theology.