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If needed, Ficora shall consult with the Ministry of Transport and Communications and act
in cooperation with it.
If there are not adequate frequencies for all applicants that meet the requirements of
subsection 1 or if granting a programme licence could have a significant effect on the general
development of the communications market, the licence is granted by the Government. Ficora
shall publish the information and at the same time notify the applicant that the matter has been
transferred to a competent authority. Within two weeks of the transfer, an applicant for a
licence may submit an application augmented by the planned programme content to the
Government.
The Government shall decide on the matter within the time period referred to in section 25(4).
When declaring licences open for application and granting them, the Government licencing
authority shall, taking into consideration the radio broadcasting of the area in question as a
whole, aim at promoting freedom of speech as well as safeguarding the diversity of the
provision of programmes as well as the needs of special groups of the public as set forth in
section 1.
Section 37
Terms for a programming licence for analogue radio broadcasting
The licencing authority shall grant the programming licences for a limited time, for a
maximum period of ten (10) years.
The programming licence specifies the frequency block the licence holder may use to carry
out operations subject to a licence.
The Government may incorporate terms into a programming licence that concern audio
coverage area and daily broadcasting time.
The Government has the right to attach to the licences terms relating to the programme
service that are necessary to safeguard the diversity of programmes and the needs of special
groups of the public.
In addition, the provisions of section 29 on amending, section 30 on transferring, section 31
on lapsing, section 32 on cancelling and section 33 on relinquishing a programming licence
shall also apply.
Section 38
Right of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Ltd to analogue radio network frequencies
It is the licencing authority’s responsibility to ensure that the Finnish Broadcasting
Company Ltd obtains for its public service operation the necessary radio network frequencies
granted to it by Government Decree pursuant to section 95(1) and that the company is able to
use them appropriately.
Chapter 6
Radio Licence
Section 39
Radio licence