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New chairman for Digital Radio UK
Adam Singer, former Telewest chief executive, appointed
Digital radio switchover body Digital Radio UK has announced the appointment of Adam Singer, formerly chief executive of Telewest, to the post of chairman. Singer, deputy chair of the Ofcom content board, will be working with DRUK chief executive Ford Ennals to guide the UK through digital radio switchover
The Government’s target date for digital radio switchover is 2015, but some commentators believe that, at the current rate of takeup it may take until 2020. Singer joins at a time when the BBC is proposing the closure of two of its digital stations, and the digital economy bill is likely to become law within the life of this current parliament.
He commented in an interview: "Radio goes on forever – it's only the transmission platforms that change, and digital gives radio and its listeners a future beyond analogue imaginings. There is much to do so that all can enjoy digital radio and I look forward to working with Ford and the Digital Radio UK Board as we give radio its rightful place as the digital belle at the broadcasters' ball."
Singer is described as "top-flight individual" and Andrew Harrison, chief executive the Radio Centre, said that his "vast breadth of experience in the broadcasting world and his valuable knowledge will be of huge benefit to the radio sector as we move towards digital switchover.”
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