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Community Radio stations are licensed by Ofcom and are typically permitted only to send a low-powered signal at designated times on a specified frequency to serve a specified locality. Licences are relatively expensive and - in case of emergency such as the current floods, Ofcom is not constituted to deal with urgent requests to extend licences or waive strict compliance with licence restrictions on hours and times of braodcasting.

Giving the PM an emergency power to waive licence conditions for a designated period would be a valuable service to the public.

Local commercial radio stations are not best able to broadcast the level of detailed community information which could greatly assist communitites to help themselves at such times, as they have to accommodate existing programme schedules.

Current signatories

Robert Smyth, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Philip Arkell
• Michael Dufton
• Janet Dufton
• Mark Boulton
• Diana Davies
• Heather Kerks
• R J Prior
• Katie Jarvis
• Catherine Reeves
• Anne Raelinson
• Val Williams
• s. montgomery
• Tom Roles
• Lydia Beddoe
• Rev Dr B P Ludlow
• Michael Nielsen
• Philip Wilkinson
• Anita Bennett
• Ray Bennett
• Stewart Aylward
• Jean and Stephen Pickering
• Julie Redgers
• john montgomery
• Richard Wain
• Michael Capener
• John Blenkinsopp
• Robert Pragnell
• Anne Hardie
• John M Rowe
• S R Clasper
• Zoe Brooks
• Ann M. Smith, PhD
• Martin Blackwell
• Peter Ashley
• Fin Whyte
• Karen Spice
• Nuala Young
• margaret hampton
• Peter Hampton
• Charles Freeman
• Mary Hobbs
• James Smith
• simon adams
• Daniel Hyett
• Elisabeth Partington
• Steven Buckley
• Ann Kramer
• Tony Brown
• Neil Quinn
• Gillian Quinn
• ALASTAIR SMYTH
• malcolm yates
• Bruce Frost
• Peter Teague
• Julie Green
• David Lewis
• MJG Clark
• Linda Laurance
• Shilpi Roy
• Azadur Rahman
• Robert McKinlay
• Andrew Constantine, English Democrats
• Bruce Rhodes
• Olive Pasco
• Michael Sanger-Davies
• Jill Hall
• Colin Ind
• Ron Harrison
• Martin Kimber
• Mr. Allan V Murfet
• Richard Dawes
• Henry W Wiggin
• Jayne Burke
• peggy Ludlow
• Dave Ahlquist
• Nick Kramer
• John Crawforth
• Kevin Guyll
• Carole Ward
• Cairine Lee
• Nick Mundy
• Christine Lainé
• Rosemary Quilter
• RICHARD SIMONDS
• HEATHER SIMONDS
• Ian Nolan
• Andrew Davice
• Tim Hampton
• Thom Smith
• Linda Talbot
• Peter Vautier
• Felicity Hall
• Margaret Jarvis
• John Hayter
• Sarah Davies
• Maggie Jo St John
• John Partington
• Nigel Smith
• Terry Montgomery
• Pat Tempany
• Joel Kennedy
• Ian Steadman
• Leonard Warwick CBE
• Graham Hale
• rosemary aylward
• James Rolfe
• James Field
• jake ferguson
• Rosalba Edwards
• Sue Williams
• Katy Beinart
• Beryl Sharp
• margaret rogers
• Jamie Hartzell
• Laura Spence
• Alex Grant
• Cameron Nelson
• Audrey McKinstry
• Brigitte Hale
• Vince Royle
• Robert Wildeman
• Helen Manchester
• David Adams
• Trevor Lockwood
• Paul Turner
• julian mellor
• Daniel Finnan
• Jenny Steel
• Barbara Heard
• Heather Turner
• Al Garthwaite
• Tania Davies
• Michelle McGuire
• Tom Howell
• Mickey Conn
• John Markwick
• Karen Barnes
• Martin Williams
• Terence Spencer
• Roy Sandbrook
• Vania Mendes
• l.islam
• Cathy Meeus
• Laurence Robertson MP
• Janice Vincent
• Hanna Woodall
• Clare Pritchard
• Lois Nicks
• Hillary Arthur
• George Levvy
• Samantha Day
• Barbara Herod
• Peter Hudson
• Jenny Hudson
• Alan Kinghorn
• Barbara Roles
• p b humphrey
• Emily Brown
• Alan Jarvis
• James Derounian
• ANNIE SMYTH
• Chris Smith
• Ann Parkin
• Jane Corwin
• jane wain
• Sue Gunn
• Sara Anthony
• Mikki Saperia
• Rosemary Mundy
• Chrissy Moog
• James Dufton
• Dipak Basu
• Tony Millson
• Aaron Jack
• clare symonds
• Linda C Kean-Price
• Karl Hartland
• Michael Kean-Price
• Bob Robinson
• John Wilkinson
• jasopn wallace
• Lorraine Harper
• Adam Chambers
• Sarah Guyll
• Cheryl Grimes
• Mike and Pat Smith
• Sarah Denley
• Josie Cowgill
• P BABBAGE
• DAve Waller
• Derek Howard-Orchard
• Fiona Goodwin
• Gearldine Badman
• Jill Shipman
• Christine Papa
• Tracy Wilson
• John Samways
• Wendelinn Wilkins
• Marcus Weeks
• Rosemary Potter
• Matilda Shipsey
• Michael Potter
• Sarah Linington
• Heather Katz
• Emma Field
• E A Silcock
• John Silcock
• Paul Walker
• James Dobson
• Graham R Williams
• Patricia Watts
• Amanda Webb-Johnson
• Patricia A
• Bethan Emmett
• Mayyasa Al-Malazi
• Marilyn Parker
• Adam Romanis
• Richard Hand
• Leo Doyle
• Peter Brading
• Barbara Doyle
• Kathrin Luddecke
• stewart & dot hill
• Cathy Perry
• Stuart Perry
• Kevin Willett
• Megan Dunn
• Susan Crownshaw
• Sarah Day
• Rebecca Payne
• Michelle Doust
• Henrietta Gill
• Samuel Duxbury
• Lynn Gibbs
• Bridget Macaulay
• Daniel Wilcock
• Mary Brettell
• David Terry
• HAROLD JOHN HARDY STEVINSON
• Roger Molesworth
• Rosie Frost
• Dave Burlow
• Terri Angela Blake
• Gillian Williams
• Hugh Williams
• Kenneth Roles
• chris barney
• Justin Brett
• John Brooks
• Sue Harper
• Rosemary Dear
• Martin Dear
• Rosemary Arkell
• Nick Skeavington
• Jane Lobban
• Iain Lobban
• Jacqueline M Thomas
• Simon Blake
• Kevin Cornwall
• Kathryn Chignell
• Scott Moran
• Jo White
• Frances Wills
• chris woodhouse
• Jeanette Hughes
• Rose Hallam
• Jacqui Ibbotson
• KAte de Selincourt
• David Bull
• Alex Alliston-Greiner
• John Knight
• Graham Tandy
• Roger Philpott
• John T. Greenwood
• Christine Bergin
• Ian Williams
• Helen Williams
• Roger Drury
• Carole Thomson
• lynn Ashton
• Pat Lewis
• Jan van Egmond
• Gillian E van Egmond
• Andrew Kilshaw
• Dominic Ward
• hazel saunders
• Pauline Blake
• Debra Norton-Cull
• Mike Skinner
• Nicky Burren
• kathleen palmer
• Margaret Ottewell
• RONALD HENRY COOPER
• bob carruthers
• Colin Armstrong
• Graham Stenger
• Christine Brown
• Peter Couchman
• Adrian Phillips
• Rob Carruthers
• Paul Jarvis
• Charles Hancock
• Helen Keely
• John Train
• Debbie Haynes
• James Sanders
• arthur taylor
• tERRY CLEAVER
• alexandra tilley loughrey
• David Brown
• David Mallard
• Rob Latham
• Fred Hart
• Geoff Kimber
• Jim Hamilton
• Alistair Cameron
• Pam Linari-Linholm
• Anna Linari-Linholm
• Antony Giuliano
• Thomas Taylor
• Philip Cudmore
• This seems eminently sensible
• F. GIMENEZ
• Michael Anthony Brown
• James Benson
• david rake
• anita rake