Justin already spoke about this panel, and I don’t have too much more to add except for a few minor comments.

This panel focused on community radio in foreign countries, mostly England and New Zealand. From what I gathered, in England, the BBC has a good lock on radio. They are the government agency that owns radio stations in England. They really don’t want little community radio stations being setup in England. They are like the Clear Channel of England except they are government controlled.

There seems to be a listener demand for community radio in England. Those stations even cross-promote what the BBC is doing on their stations. The BBC contends that community takes away from their audience and fights tooth and nail to try and prevent more stations from being setup.

Overall an interesting panel.