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Private radio channels may be able to broadcast news sourced from agencies like PTI and UNI if the government accepts their long pending request to allow them to do so.

FM radio broadcasters hit been demanding that they should be allowed to use news provided by the agencies in their bulletins.

“The matter is still under consideration,” according to a top authorised of the information and broadcasting ministry.

The demand, existence considered by the ministry, could form a part of the phase-III roll out of FM radio stations bidding.

The phase-III of FM radio stations invitation would be rolled out as soon as the government settles the business problems and royalty issues facing several bidders of the second phase.

At present, there are around 100 FM radio channels in the country and a number of private companies hit applied for authorise to launch new channels.

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