Rejected petition Make national radio stations produce more than 3.5 hours of local programming

Since Heart radio got rid of local programming there is a hole in the schedule please. I intend to get the matter to parliament to get this debated to get more local programming

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We can't accept your petition because this would be a decision for Ofcom, which acts independently of the UK Government and Parliament.

You can find out more about Ofcom's localness guidelines here:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/information-for-industry/radio-broadcasters/localness

You can contact Ofcom here:

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/about-ofcom/contact-us

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Date submitted 8 June 2019
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