Nursery World - Waves of support for children's radio

Supporters of the campaign for a national children's radio station were told last week that they are a step closer to achieving their aim. A meeting in Portcullis House in Westminster organised by the National Campaign for Children's Radio (NCCR), and co-ordinated through Children 2000, was attended by more than 70 people, including MPs and others from the fields of education and the voluntary sector. They heard campaigners argue that as the take-up of digital audio broadcasting continued to grow, there was an opportunity to set up a dedicated children's service, and that they would alert Ofcom, the new communications industry regulator that assumes its powers at the end of this year.

A meeting in Portcullis House in Westminster organised by the National Campaign for Children's Radio (NCCR), and co-ordinated through Children 2000, was attended by more than 70 people, including MPs and others from the fields of education and the voluntary sector. They heard campaigners argue that as the take-up of digital audio broadcasting continued to grow, there was an opportunity to set up a dedicated children's service, and that they would alert Ofcom, the new communications industry regulator that assumes its powers at the end of this year.

Baroness Warnock, NCCR patron, said there was 'a very real chance' now that a national children's radio station for early years and primary school children would 'get off the ground'. She pointed out that radio programmes helped pre-school children to develop their language and listening skills, and added, 'I believe that if money was put into radio for babies and young children, we would have far fewer children with special educational needs.'

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