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The Voice is a local radio station serving North Devon, and based at studios in Barnstaple. ==History== The station began broadcasting online in July 2010 as ''Network North Devon'', part of a group of internet radio stations owned by former Lantern FM presenter Ian Starling. The station was set up in response to Global Radio's decision to merge five of its Heart radio stations (in North Devon, Plymouth & the surrounding areas, the Exeter & Torbay areas and the South Hams) into one county-wide station based in Exeter. By this time, local programming on the Heart stations had been restricted to breakfast and drivetime slots. The Voice was granted its first licence to broadcast on FM for 28 days from 9 November 2010 to 6 December 2010 under a Restricted Service Licence by Ofcom, serving the Barnstaple area on 106 FM and online via the station's website. Further RSL broadcasts have since been made on FM for the Barnstaple and Bideford areas. While the station was off air between its various FM broadcasts, it continued to provide live programming daily from the Barnstaple studios via its website and iPhone app. In January 2012, The Voice moved from its location on The Square to new temporary studios above 21 High Street, Barnstaple sharing space with The Olden Group. The Voice planned to apply for the North Devon commercial FM license in 2011, but shortly before the renewal date Now Digital submitted a proposal to OfCom to extend DAB coverage in to North Devon,〔(DAB in North Devon ), OfCom, 1 June 2011〕 which would allow Heart Devon to automatically retain the license. Despite the vast majority of responses to the consultation being 'No', OfCom approved the request,〔(Now Digital Ltd request to extend the coverage area of the local radio multiplex licence for Exeter & Torbay ), OfCom, 12 July 2011〕 effectively blocking The Voice from applying for the commercial license. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Voice (North Devon)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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