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The FM Update

At the start of any new year it's tempting to look back and assess the past twelve months, check the current position and become aspirational towards the year ahead. Sometimes this is in the form of fleeting thought and on other occaisions it's a deep, meaningful and potentially radical process.

Looking back on 1997, Radio Victory's Special Olympics FM was a major highlight. It was recognised by local listeners, competitors, those in the City Council and on the National & International committees of Special Olympics as an excellent service whose involvement, commitment and popularity lifted the profile of the games to an unprecedented high.

The high level of theatrical acclaim and ticket sales (it was a sellout) of the Victoryland Theatre School's production of the Wizard of Oz at the Kings Theatre, which we sponsored, was genuinely thrilling. Your continued support, comments and suggestions and suggestions helped the general consolidation and refinement of our radio programmes which mustn't be forgotten. November saw the launch of the Radio Victory Magazine broadening the opportunities for our advertisers with the provision of our complete multi-media promotion service. In December we moved to new premises.

This year will see many changes to the radio services available to you. Additional services, new stations and existing stations fighting to keep some share of the potential listening audience in this area. So reflections at the end of 1998 will be particularly interesting.

For us at Radio Victory, thoughts are for the future and the benefits that 1998 can bring to our area. This web site is just one of our new developments for this year but our main focusis winning the full time FM broadcast license to server this area.

The Radio Authority are invitin local comment and feeling about the type of radio service needed in this area and who should provide it. So please contact them at the following address and make your views known:

The Radio Suthority invites applications to provide small-scale Independant Local Radio (ILR) services within the area of the mainland around the Solent, extending between (and including) Poole to the west and Havant to the east, and northwards to include Winchester. A number of frequencies on the FM (VHF) waveband are being made available for services designed to provide small-scale coverage of locations within this wider area. An applicant may apply for one licence, or for a number of licenses, but should indicate which part(s) of this wider area it is intended to cover. Each licence will be granted for a maximum period of eight years from the commencement of broadcasting.

Further details, including notes of guidance for applicants, an application form, and a coverage brief giving full details of the basis on which these licenses are being offered, may be obtained, on written request, from the Head of Development, The Radio Authority, Holbrook House, 14 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5DG.

The closing-date for submission of completed applications will be Tuesday, 2 June 1998.

The Radio Authority welcomes views from the public about the local radio needs of listeners in this area, and the type of programme service required. These should be sent to the address given above.