NOW South Hampshire

NOW South Hampshire
Licensed area	South Hampshire, Isle of Wight
Frequency	11C (220.352 MHz)
Air date	February 2003
Owner	NOW Digital Southern (Arqiva)
Transmitters	Toot Hill, Crabwood Farm, Chillerton Down, Fort Southwick, The Trundle

NOW South Hampshire is a local commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves Hampshire. It launched in February 2003 and is operated by NOW Digital, who are owned by Arqiva after being sold by Global Radio.

The Radio Authority received two applications for the DAB licence on the closing date of February 12 2002 from Capital Radio Digital and Solent Digital Radio (owned by EMAP). On May 10 2002, the licence was awarded to Capital Radio Digital. It broadcasts on block 11C. It started being known as Capital Hants under Capital, until changing to NOW South Hampshire under GCap Media/Global Radio.

Transmitters

The main signal comes from the Chillerton Down transmitter on the Isle of Wight. Other transmitters are Crabwood Farm, just west of Winchester next to the Royal Winchester Golf Club; Fort Southwick, just north of the M27 between Portchester and Paulsgrove on Portsdown Hill; The Trundle, just south-east of West Dean in West Sussex next to Goodwood Racecourse on St Roche's Hill; and Toot Hill, just north-west of the Rownhams services on the M27.

Stations carried

Service	Service ID	Bit rate	Audio channels	Description	Analogue availability
Angel Radio	CDC2	64 kbit/s	Mono LSF	Local radio station	101.1 MHz
BBC Radio Solent	C932	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Local BBC radio service	96.1, 103.8 MHz 999, 1359 kHz
The Breeze	C698	112 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Adult contemporary station	107.2 MHz (Winchester) 107.4 MHz (Portsmouth) 107.8 MHz (Southampton)
Capital South Coast	C79D	112 kbit/s	Joint stereo	CHR station	103.2 MHz
Fire Radio	C49F	80 kbit/s	Mono	CHR station	107.6 MHz
Gold	CFD2	112 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Golden oldies station	828 kHz
Heart Solent	C986	112 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Adult contemporary station	96.7, 97.5, 102.3 MHz
106 Jack FM South Coast	C385	112 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Classic and contemporary hits	106.0, 106.6 MHz
Kiss	C483	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Dance, pop and R&B station	—
Wave 105	C3AD	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Adult contemporary station	105.2, 105.8 MHz
EPG South Hants	E1C000CA	8 kbit/s	Data	Hidden service, EPG data	—

External links

• Official Website
• Chillerton Down transmitter
• Crabwood Farm transmitter
• Fort Southwick transmitter
• The Trundle transmitter
• Toot Hill transmitter