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Given the cuts in the BBC licence fee and budget, the reorganisation had to be quick and purposeful - it began in October and will conclude in June.
But contributors have been outraged since Mayor Giuliani included the sale of WNYC-FM's licence in his proposed budget cuts.
Its chairman was a member of the Soviet government, there was no licence fee, and state budgets took care of all running costs.
The commercial free-to-air TV industry did not receive an equivalent gift but the government did abolish its licence fees in the May budget.
The government proposed a 25% reduction in licence fees in the May budget but Marks argues in the Nine submission that's not enough, and free-to-air TV networks remain under significant pressure "from unregulated international content providers".
Sajid Javid, the culture and media secretary and an ally of David Cameron, has fired an early shot in the charter war, by saying the licence fee is straining household budgets.
Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, Tue; Town Hall, Birmingham, Wed; Cheltenham Town Hall, Fri; touring to 21 May UK TV commissioners occasionally bemoan the lack of an equivalent to topical US comedies such as Last Week Tonight or The Daily Show, while steadfastly refusing comics the necessary budgets or editorial licence to make one.
With pressure on budgets due ahead of licence fee negotiations, the BBC's exclusive Six Nations rights are also expected to come under pressure.
The World Service looks cheap compared with the £600m the government spends on free TV licences for the elderly, and its budget is less than half that of BBC Two.
Why not help Mr Hague's budget by adding a few licence fees of our own?
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