Digital radio action plan Project

Radio switchover is the point at which all national and large local stations currently broadcasting on both DAB and analogue frequencies will cease to broadcast on analogue.

Small local and community stations will use the vacated FM spectrum.

We are committed to a digital future for radio, and we believe a switchover process is the most likely way to deliver a transition to digital radio in a coordinated way. In July 2010, we launched the Digital Radio Action Plan to ensure that if, or when, the market is ready for a switchover it can be delivered in a way that protects listeners’s needs, and produces a radio industry fit for a digital age.

The Action Plan will give us the information to make a well-informed decision on whether to proceed with a radio switchover.