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Vaizey says 2015 target remains, but digital radio switchover won’t be forced on an analogue majority
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 9 July 2010
As expected, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey yesterday said the new government would stick to their predecessors’ 2015 target for getting the British population listening to radio via the DAB digital radio network rather than via FM, though insisted stations would not be forced off the old analogue network if the listening public were not ready to make the switch.
Speaking to an audience of radio industry execs, the minister said while the government was keen for a speedy switchover to DAB, it stood by recommendations in the previous executive’s ‘Digital Britain’ report that said switchover should only happen once at least 50% of radio listening in the UK is on digital. However, 2015 “remains a target we aspire to”.
