- MuxCo Hereford & Worcester
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MuxCo (Hereford & Worcester) Licensed area Herefordshire & Worcestershire Frequency 10B (211.648 MHz) Air date Yet to Launch (Delayed) Owner Consortium Website www.muxco.com MuxCo (Hereford & Worcester) is the name of the DAB multiplex operator for the counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire, serving an area similar to the analogue area served by Wyvern FM.
It is a consortium made up of three companies - Town & Country Broadcasting, Murfin Media and transmitter company National Grid Wireless all owning a third.
The DAB licence was advertised by Ofcom on March 7, 2007. At the close on June 6, 2007, the regulator had received two applications, one from MuxCo (Hereford & Worcester), the other from Now Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary (at the time) of GCap Media PLC. On September 6, 2007, it was announced that MuxCo (Hereford & Worcester) had won the licence.
Three transmitters are confirmed as carrying the platform; Ridge Hill, Malvern and Bromsgrove. As required, the BBC Local service BBC Hereford & Worcester has to be carried on this platform.
This Multiplex is due to merge with MuxCo Gloucestershire when it launches in 2011.
Contents
Services expected to be on the platform
[1] (Adjusted to reflect the way UK radio is now)
Service Service Type Signal Bit-Rate NOTES BBC Hereford & Worcester BBC Local service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on FM - 94.7 (Herefordshire), 104.0 (Worcestershire), 104.4 (Redditch) & 104.6 (Kidderminster) & MW - 738 (Worcestershire) & 1584 (Herefordshire) Wyvern Chart Music Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on FM - 96.7 (Kidderminster), 97.6 (Herefordshire) & 102.8 (Worcestershire) Sunshine Radio Classic Hits Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on AM - 954 (Herefordshire) & 1530 (Worcestershire) BBC Gloucestershire BBC Local service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on FM 95.0 (Stroud), 95.8 (Cirencester), 104.7 (Gloucester, Cheltenham & Tewkesbury) & MW - 1413 (Cotswolds & Forest of Dean) Nation Radio Speech & Rock Music Joint Stereo 112 kbit/s 106.8 MHz (Cardiff area), 107.3 MHz (Swansea area) Heart Gloucestershire Hot AC Joint Stereo 112 kbit/s Also on FM - 102.4 (Main) & 103.0 (Stroud) TotalStar Gloucestershire Full Local Service Joint Stereo 112 kbit/s Also on 107.5 FM in Cheltenham. Shuffle Main Service mono 64kbit/s To Be Announced.. Unnamed Service TBA TBA TBA To Be Announced. Unnamed Service TBA TBA TBA To Be Announced. NOW Digital
Had the awarding of the licence gone the other way, this is what would've been on offer:
Wyvern FM, Sunshine Radio, Chill, XFM, UCB UK and Traffic Radio.
Transmitter sites
These are the only confirmed transmitter sites at present:[2]
Transmitter KW AREA Ridge Hill ? Depending on signal strength. Malvern ? Depending on signal strength. Bromsgrove ? Depending on signal strength. References
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