Ofcom writes to the BBC to confirm consultation on Radio 2 Extra

Ofcom has today written to the BBC confirming that it will carry out full BBC Competition Assessments of its radio expansion plans.

In November, the BBC published proposals to launch four new DAB+ stations: Radio 1 Dance, Radio 1 Anthems, a Radio 2 extension, and Radio 3 Unwind.

The Corporation also published proposals to extend the broadcasting hours of Radio 5 Sports Extra.

The un-named BBC Radio 2 extension nicknamed Radio 2 Extra would have 60 per cent speech led programming...