NOW Coventry

Now Coventry
Licensed area	Coventry & most of Warwickshire
Frequency	12D (229.072 MHz)
Air date	January 31st 2001 [1]
Owner	Arqiva
Website	Now Digital

Now Coventry is a Digital Audio Broadcasting multiplex available in the above area which has been broadcasting since January 2001. It carries a variety of stations some of which are local.

Transmitter Sites

The platform broadcasts via the following transmitters:^[2]

Transmitter Site	Power (KW)	Approximate transmission Area
Barwell	0.20	Barwell & Hinckley
Leamington Spa	0.50	Royal Leamington Spa, Kenilworth & Warwick
Meriden	0.50	Solihull & Western Coventry
Samuel Vale House	0.50	Coventry City.

Stations available

Service	Bit-rate (kbps)	Signal Type	Service Type	NOTES:
BBC Coventry & Warwickshire	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Local BBC service.	Also on FM - 94.8 (Coventry), 103.7 (Startford Upon Avon) & 104.0 (Nuneaton)
Gold	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Local AM Gold.	Also on AM 1359 kHz
Kiss Radio	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Dance Music	Relay of London service
Traffic Radio	48 kbit/s	Mono	Rolling Travel News Service	-
Mercia	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Local FM service	Also on FM - 97.0 (main) & 102.9 (Leamington Spa)
Sunrise Radio	80 kbit/s	Mono	Asian	Relay of London AM service
Touch Radio (Coventry)	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	1960s to Now	Also on 96.2 (Coventry)
XFM London	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Modern Rock	Relay of London FM service.
Absolute Classic Rock	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Classic Rock	-
Pop Up Radio	48 kbit/s	Mono	-	-
Punjabi Radio	80 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Punjabi Language Service	-

References

1. ^ Radiocentre Commercial Radio Pocket Booklet 2007
2. ^ Radio Listeners Guide 2010