Dundee LibDems today (Thursday 10th April) called for a secure future for public service broadcasting, following the publication of radical suggestions put forward by media regulator Ofcom.
One proposal is that some of the licence fee be given to commercial broadcasters, to help them pay for public service programming, such as news and children's shows.
"This report lays down a clear challenge that new approaches to providing and funding public service content must be found. We urgently need a wide-scale public debate about the way forward."
Here in Dundee, City Council LibDem Group Leader, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, said, "I totally concur with Don Foster's comments. There's a clear need for a public debate on the future of public service broadcasting to ensure we enhance and protect services."