- MuxCo North East Wales & West Cheshire
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MuxCo (Wrexham & Cheshire) Licensed area North East Wales, West Cheshire & The Wirral Frequency 10D (215.072 MHz) Air date Yet to Launch Owner Consortium Website www.muxco.com MuxCo (Wrexham & Cheshire) is the DAB multiplex operator for North Wales, Cheshire and Merseyside. It is a consortium made up of four companies - Dee 106.3, UTV Radio, Town & Country Broadcasting and transmitter company National Grid Wireless all owning 25%.
The DAB licence was advertised by Ofcom on February 7, 2007. At the close on May 9, 2007, the regulator had received two applications. One by MuxCo (Wrexham & Cheshire), the other from Now Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of GCap Media PLC (at the time). On September 6, 2007, it was announced that MuxCo (Wrexham & Cheshire) had won the licence.
Only three transmitters are confirmed as carrying the platform initially; Moel-Y-Parc, Wrexham & St. John's Beacon. As required, the two BBC regional service have 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 Radio Cymru BBC Welsh regional service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on FM (mainly between 92 - 95 or 103.5 - 104.9). BBC Radio Wales BBC English regional service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on FM (mainly between 94 - 96.0) Heart North West and Wales Contemporary Hits Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on 103.4 FM, formerly Marcher Sound. Gold Wrexham Golden Oldies Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Local Opt-out service - mainly networked from London. Juice FM Liverpool Full Local Service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on 107.6 FM in Liverpool. Dee FM Full Local Service mono 96 kbit/s Also on 106.3 FM in Chester. Easy Radio Easy Listeneing Music mono 96 kbit/s Provided by London Media Company (Sunrise) Wales Live Full Service mono 96 kbit/s Provided by Town & Country Broadcasting Jack FM Variety Pop & Rock mono 96 kbit/s Traffic Reports. Podcast Service various mono 16-80 kbit/s Depending on service. NOW digital
The following services would've been available had this company won the licence:
Heart Wrexham, Gold Wrexham, Dee FM, Juice FM Liverpool, XFM, Traffic Radio, Sunshine Radio & Heart Wirral as well as the two BBC regional services.
Transmitter sites
These are the only confirmed transmitter sites at present:[2]
Transmitter KW AREA Moel-y-Parc ? Depending on strength. Wrexham ? Wrexham St. John's Beacon ? Merseyside References
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 NOW Derbyshire · NOW Home Counties · MuxCo North East Wales & West Cheshire · MuxCo North Wales · MuxCo Mid & West Wales · MuxCo Hereford & Worcester · NOW Northampton · NOW Oxford · MuxCo North Yorkshire · MuxCo Gloucestershire · MuxCo Lincolnshire · MuxCo Sussex & Surrey · MuxCo SomersetCancelled launches See also Categories:- Broadcasting in the United Kingdom
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