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UK Muslims to get first national radio station

British Muslim Radio to provide 'Asian music and speech, with elements of Islamic content'

March 29, 2015 Less than a minute read

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British Muslim Radio to provide 'Asian music and speech, with elements of Islamic content'. PHOTO: AFP

The United Kingdom is all set to get its first national Muslim-orientated radio station.

UK media regulator Ofcom confirmed it has awarded Sound Digital, a consortium of Arqiva, Bauer and UTV Media, the licence to broadcast 14 stations nationally from mid-2016.

Read: Sound Digital wins national DAB multiplex

The station known as British Muslim Radio is one of two Asians channels that were a part of the winning consortium.

Launched by the owners of Asian Sound Radio in Manchester, the station will provide “Asian music and speech, with elements of Islamic content”.

Read: UK Muslims to have first national radio station

It will broadcast programming in English, Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati and Bengali.

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