The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (“the Authority”) has today (6th July, 2017) published a Voluntary Disclosure Notice on its website here advising of the Authority’s intention to extend the term of two commercial sound broadcasting contracts; i) the Regional Music-driven (Youth) radio service for the North West Region and ii) the Regional Music-driven (Youth) radio service for the Midlands & North East Region. The Authority has published a guide to submissions available here which details the purpose of the voluntary disclosure and the rationale for the proposed contract extensions.