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MuxCo (Lincolnshire) Licensed area Lincolnshire & Humber Estuary Frequency 10D (215.072 MHz) Air date Yet to Launch Owner MuxCo / Lincs FM Website MuxCo Lincolnshire Coverage Map Coverage MuxCo (Lincolnshire) is the DAB multiplex operator for Lincolnshire. It serves and area similar to the analogue area served by Lincs FM.
It is a consortium made up of two companies - Lincs FM PLC owning 51% with transmitter company National Grid Wireless owning the other 49%.
The DAB licence was advertised by Ofcom on 24 October 2007. At the close on 23 January 2008, the regulator had received only one application, from MuxCo (Lincolnshire). They had to wait until 19 February 2008, before they were confirmed as having won the licence.
Four transmitters are confirmed as carrying the platform; Belmont, Lincolnshire Hospital, Grantham and High Hunsley. As required, the local BBC service BBC Lincolnshire has to be carried on this platform.
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Services expected to be on the platform
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Service Service Type Signal Bit-Rate NOTES BBC Lincolnshire BBC Local service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on FM - 94.9 (main) & 104.7 (Grantham) & AM - 1368 Lincs FM Full Local Service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on FM - 102.2 (Main), 97.6 (Scunthorpe) & 96.7 (Grantham) Compass FM Full Local Service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on FM - 96.4 (Grimsby) Lincs Country Country Music Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Provided by Lincs FM PLC Easy Radio Easy Listening Music mono 96 kbit/s Provided by London Media Company (Sunrise) Shuffle Youth Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Provided by MuxCo UCB UK Religious mono 96 kbit/s Available on Digital One. Traffic Radio Travel Reports mono 48 kbit/s Travel Service Podcast Service various mono 16-80 kbit/s Depending on service. Transmitter sites
These are the only confirmed transmitter sites at present:[2]
Transmitter KW AREA Belmont ? Depending on strength. Lincoln County Hospital ? Lincoln Grantham ? Grantham High Hunsley ? Humber Estuary References
External links
Digital radio in the United Kingdom National multiplexes BBC National DAB · Digital One
Regional multiplexes MXR North East · MXR North West · MXR South Wales and Severn Estuary · MXR West Midlands · MXR Yorkshire · Bauer Northern Ireland · Switch ScotlandLocal multiplexes EnglandNOW Berkshire & North Hampshire · CE Birmingham · Bradford & Huddersfield · NOW Bristol & Bath · NOW Bournemouth · NOW Cambridge · Bauer Central Lancashire · NOW Cornwall · NOW Coventry · NOW Essex · NOW Exeter and Torbay · Bauer Humberside · NOW Kent · Bauer Leeds · NOW Leicester · Bauer Liverpool · CE London · Switch London · DRG London · CE Manchester · NOW Nottingham · NOW Norwich · NOW Peterborough · NOW Plymouth · NOW South Hampshire · Bauer South Yorkshire · Stoke & Stafford · NOW Sussex Coast · NOW Swindon · Bauer Teesside · Bauer Tyne & Wear · NOW Wiltshire · NOW WolverhamptonScotlandSwitch Aberdeen · Arqiva Ayr · Bauer Dundee & Perth · Bauer Edinburgh · Bauer Glasgow · Bauer InvernessWalesNOW Cardiff & Newport · Swansea SW WalesPlanned multiplexes Cancelled launches See also
Categories:- Radio stations in Lincolnshire
- DAB ensemble
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