Digital Radio

Part of 2. Questions to the Leader of the House – in the Senedd at 2:24 pm on 28 February 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 2:24, 28 February 2018

Yes, I sympathise with that very much. Welsh Government officials have continued to raise this issue in meetings with the UK Government, the BBC, Ofcom, UK Digital Radio, and we continue to do so. In addition, our position in relation to DAB has been included in the Welsh Government's responses to various broadcasting consultations, including our recent response to the consultation on Ofcom's annual plan for 2018-19. Last October, UK Digital Radio ran a briefing session in Cardiff with a number of stakeholders to discuss recent developments in relation to digital radio. During that event, a number of organisations, including the Welsh Government, stressed again that, despite improvements in coverage of DAB in some parts of Wales, there is still a long way to go before we might contemplate any such switchover.