Channel 4 pulls out of radio

As we’ve covered in our podcasts on many occasions, Channel 4 has been planning to make a big splash in digital radio. Today, they announced that those plans are now dead.

The proposed stations e4 Radio, Channel 4 Radio music station Pure 4 no won’t go ahead, with Channel 4’s Andy Duncan blaming the economic downturn for the decision.

Dark days for DAB, with it looking increasingly likely that there’s little future for national commercial digital radio.

Update: Podcast released covering the story – It’s attached to this blog entry, and it’s also at www.frequencycast.co.uk/latest.html#update