Other speakers mentioned the fact that many of the local radio stations and radio channels are being taken over by non-national companies, large conglomerates which have interests in other media sectors and in different industries. Radio Kilkenny was set up as a result of the community spirit there and its whole emphasis was on being a voluntary co-operative. The current situation where large conglomerates take over radio stations is highly undesirable and goes against the wishes of the founding fathers of local radio and those responsible for initiating the whole process of local radio. It flies in the face of the role local radio plays in local communities that large multinational entities are taking over and increasing their role in local radio.