NOW Wolverhampton

Now Wolverhampton
Licensed area	Wolverhampton & most of Shropshire
Frequency	11B (218.640 MHz)
Air date	January 31st 2001 [1]
Owner	Arqiva
Website	Now Digital

Now Wolverhampton 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
Turners Hill	1.00	Wolverhampton & Telford
The Wrekin	0.50	Shrewsbury
Wolverhampton University	?	City filler relay[3]

Stations available

Service	Bit-rate (kbps)	Signal Type	Service Type	NOTES:
BBC WM	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Local BBC service.	DAB only in the Wolverhampton area. Also on FM - 95.6
BBC Shropshire	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Local BBC service.	DAB only in the Shropshire area. Also on FM - 90.0 (Church Stretton), 95.0 (Ludlow), 96.0 (Shropshire) & 104.1 (Clun)
Beacon	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Local FM service	Also on FM - 97.2 (Wolverhampton) & 103.1 (Shrewsbury)
Gold	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Local AM Gold.	Also on AM 990 (Wolverhampton) & 1017 (Shropshire)
Kiss	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Dance Music	Relay of London service
Traffic Radio	48 kbit/s	Mono	Rolling Travel News Service	-
Sunrise Radio	80 kbit/s	Mono	Asian	Relay of London AM service
XFM	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Modern Rock	Relay of London FM service.
Punjabi Radio	80 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Punjabi Language Service	-

References

1. ^ Radiocentre Commercial Radio Pocket Booklet 2007
2. ^ Radio Listeners Guide 2010
3. ^ Now Digital Website