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Applicants invited for Ramadan station in 2010

Media regulator Ofcom has invited stations wanting to broadcast short-term restricted service licence (S-RSL) during Ramadan and Eid in 2010.

All applications should be received between Friday 7th August and Thursday 3rd September 2009.

Ofcom has released details of the process involved, it reads, “Ramadan is a period for which we receive a lot of competing S-RSL applications, and we plan to accept these over a four week period, rather than on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. Only a fully completed and signed application form, accompanied by a cheque for the application fee of �400, can be considered. Please only send one form this year. Any application for a broadcast for Ramadan that is received after the dates set out above will be considered only if it is for a broadcast in an area for which we have not already received an application.”

Should there be a large base of competing applications for one particular area, Ofcom said that it will in those circumstances draw lots to decide between them, as they have done in previous years. All licence awards are subject to the availability of suitable frequencies.

If a draw becomes necessary, Ofcom said it will inform all parties before deciding. “Applications can be withdrawn at this stage with a full refund of the application fee. If the application enters the draw and is unsuccessful the fee cannot be refunded.”

Earlier this year, Ofcom awarded 29 temporary radio for the period of Ramadan commencing in August 2009.