- NOW Berkshire & North Hampshire
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NOW Berkshire & North Hampshire Licensed area Berkshire, North Hampshire Frequency 12D (229.072 MHz) Air date 31 July 2004 Owner Arqiva Website localdigitalradio.co.uk Transmitters Hannington, Hemdean, Basingstoke and Bracknell NOW Berkshire & North Hampshire is the name of the DAB multiplex operator for the Reading & Basingstoke areas. It serves northern portions of Hampshire in the commuter belt and the Unitarian Authorities of Reading, Slough, West Berkshire and Wokingham.
The platform has always been known as NOW Digital which was a wholly owned subsidiary of GWR Group plc. GWR would merge with Capital Radio plc to form GCap Media although the platform name remained. Global Radio bought GCap in 2008 and subsequently sold the DAB businesses to transmitter company Arqiva, the current owner.
When the platform launched, it was originally only on three transmitters. The following year, a fourth was added at Basingstoke.
The service is currently carried on four transmitters and as required, has to carry the local BBC service BBC Radio Berkshire.
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Current line-up of services
The stations currently carried on NOW Berkshire & North Hampshire are:[1]
Service Service ID Bit rate Audio channels Description Analogue availability BBC Radio Berkshire CD31 128 kbit/s Joint stereo BBC Local service 94.6 MHz (Henley)
95.4 MHz (Windsor)
104.1 MHz (North Hampshire)
104.4 MHz (Reading)Capital London C9CC 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Contemporary pop station 95.8 MHz Gold CDD2 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Golden oldies 1431 kHz (Reading)
1485 kHz (Newbury)Heart Thames Valley C361 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Adult contemporary music 97.0 MHz (Reading)
102.9 MHz (North Hampshire)
103.4 MHz (Henley)Kiss C483 128 kbit/s Dance & R&B music, networked from London — NME Radio CEC1 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Alternative music — Pop-Up Radio CFCF 64 kbit/s Mono LSF Part-time service for short-term and special-event stations — XFM London C0B8 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Modern rock, networked from London — EPG Berks/Hants E1C000BB 8 kbit/s Data Hidden service, EPG data — Transmitter sites
NOW Berkshire & North Hampshire currently broadcasts on the following sites:[2]
Transmitter kW Area Hannington 1 North West Hampshire (Andover) Basingstoke 1 North East Hampshire (Basingstoke) Hemdean 1 Reading & Henley-on-Thames Coppid Beach 0.25 Wokingham Former services
The following is a list of services which used to be carried on the multiplex.[3][4]
Service What happened Absolute Classic Rock Removed in 2010, replaced by NME Radio Chill Withdrawn in 2009 dabbl Withdrawn in 2010, replaced by Absolute Radio 90s Fun Radio Withdrawn in 2009 Galaxy Removed in November 2010, replaced by Capital London ourkindofmusic Withdrawn in 2009, replaced by dabbl on 4 December 2009 SBN Service went bankrupt The Storm Replaced by XFM London after GWR merger with Capital Traffic Radio Ceased broadcasting 31 August 2011 References
- ^ DAB in the UK
- ^ Radio Listeners Guide 2010
- ^ Radio Authority Pocket Guides 2000 - 2004
- ^ CRCA Pocket Book 2006 - 2007
Digital radio in the United Kingdom National multiplexes BBC National DAB · Digital OneRegional 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 · 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:
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