INR 3 radio station license bids

Title

INR 3 radio station license bids

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

15 Mar 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:08:46

Description

There have been six bids for the Radio Authority’s new national commercial speech-based radio station license INR3: Talk Radio UK Limited; Newstalk UK Limited; Apollo Radio Limited; LBC; First National Entertainment Ltd owned by former head of Capital Radio John Whitney; Jim Black Broadcast Company. The highest bid will not necessarily win as the past two rounds have shown with Showtime Radio losing out to Classic FM for IRN 1 and International Broadcasting losing out to Richard Branson’s Virgin. Report by Mark Phillips from the radio car outside the Radio Authority and Angela Rippon interviews the Deputy Chief Executive of the Radio Authority Paul Brown. On Drivetime show.

Contributors

Mark Phillips; Angela Rippon; Paul Brown

Keywords

Radio stations; BBC; Broadcasting; Capital Radio; Commercial radio; Licensing; LBC; Franchise; Drivetime (radio programme); Richard Branson; Virgin; Radio Authority; Classic FM; Talk Radio UK Limited; Newstalk UK Limited; Apollo Radio Limited; First National Entertainment LTD; John Whitney; Jim Black Broadcast Company; Showtime Radio; International Broadcasting

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