- NOW Cardiff & Newport
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NOW Cardiff & Newport Licensed area Cardiff & Newport Frequency 11C (220.352 MHz) Air date 31 October 2000 Owner NOW Digital Southern (Arqiva) Website www.now-digital.com Transmitters St. Hilary, Wenallt, Christchurch NOW Cardiff & Newport, as the name suggests, is the name of the DAB multiplex operator for the Cardiff & Newport areas of South Wales. It stretches northwards the heads of the Welsh Valleys, westwards to Bridgend, eastwards to Avonmouth and to the far side of the Severn Estuary.
The platform originally launched as Capital Digital Cardiff & Newport which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital Radio PLC. When the parent company merged with GWR Group PLC in 2004, it took on the Now Digital name. However, after Global Radio bought the merged company (GCap Media) in 2008, Global chose to sell the DAB subsidiary to transmitter company Arqiva.
The service is currently carried on three transmitters and as required, has to carry the two BBC regional services, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru.
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Current line-up of services
Service Service ID Bit rate Audio channels Description Analogue availability Absolute Classic Rock C7C9 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Classic rock, replaced Absolute Radio 90s, when it moved to Digital One — BBC Radio Cymru C347 128 kbit/s Joint stereo BBC Welsh language service 92.4-96.8, 103.5-104.9 MHz BBC Radio Wales C438 128 kbit/s Joint stereo BBC English regional service for Wales Various FM
657, 882 kHzCapital South Wales C38C 160 kbit/s Joint stereo Contemporary hit radio 97.4 MHz (Newport)
103.2 MHz (Cardiff)Choice FM CAC6 112 kbit/s Joint stereo Urban station, networked from London — Gold C4D2 160 kbit/s Joint stereo Golden oldies station, networked from London 1305, 1359 kHz NME Radio CEC1 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Modern rock station — Pop Up Radio CFCF 64 kbit/s Mono LSF Special event service — EPG SE Wales E1C000C9 8 kbit/s Data Hidden service, EPG data — Transmitter sites
NOW Cardiff & Newport currently broadcasts on the following sites:[1]
Transmitter kW Area Christchurch 2 Newport & Monmouthshire St. Hiliary 2 Vale of Glamorgan Wenallt 0.5 Cardiff & Penarth Former services
The following is a list of services which used to be carried on the multiplex.[2][3]
Service What happened Century Withdrawn in 2008 after GMG Radio purchase, replaced by Chill Chill Withdrawn in 2009, replaced by Choice FM Fun Radio Withdrawn in 2008 MTV Dance Withdrawn in 2003 The Storm Withdrawn in 2004 after GWR merger References
Digital radio in the United Kingdom Digital Audio Broadcasting · 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 · Score 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 WolverhamptonScotlandWalesNOW Cardiff & Newport · Swansea SW WalesPlanned multiplexes Cancelled launches See also Categories:
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