Three years of full-time Community Radio in the UK (2005-2008): challenges and opportunities (Salvatore Scifo)

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Full time Community Radio was introduced as a separate tier of radio broadcasting in the UK with the Community Radio Order 2004. Three years after the release of the first full time licence the number of stations is approaching 200. Based on an ongoing PhD research on the development of community radio in the UK since 1997, the presentation will briefly give an overview of the policy contexts in which the sector emerged (Social, Cultural and Media), then proceeding to discuss some of the main challenges and opportunities that are characterising the sector by the end of 2008 and how it relates with recent policy developments at the European stage.