Ofcom awards third round of small-scale DAB stations
Listeners in North West England and North East Wales will soon be able to tune into more digital radio stations.
Listeners in North West England and North East Wales will soon be able to tune into more digital radio stations.
Ofcom has awarded the licenses for Basingstoke, Clevedon, Avonmouth & Filton, Dudley & Stourbridge, East Bristol and Newcastle & Gateshead.
The small-scale DAB licence awards have been announced for Cardiff, Edinburgh, King’s Lynn, Leeds and Norwich.
Media regulator Ofcom has awarded small-scale digital radio multiplex licences for a further four areas in England and Wales.
Small-scale digital radio stations could start broadcasting next year, under plans announced today by the regulator.
A bill which would make it possible for more small radio stations to launch on digital radio has been debated by MPs.