NOW Cornwall

Now Cornwall
Licensed area	Cornwall
Frequency	11B (218.640 MHz)
Air date	November 1st 2004 [1]
Owner	Arqiva
Website	Now Digital

Now Cornwall is a Digital Audio Broadcasting multiplex available in the Cornwall area. It carries a variety of stations some of which are local.

It is owned by Global Radio, and managed by NOW digital on behalf of South West Digital Radio Limited.^[2]

It has a sister multiplex, which covers Plymouth, which broadcasts from Plympton, and carries BBC Radio Devon instead of BBC Radio Cornwall, and Classic Gold 1152 instead of Pirate FM.^[3]

Transmitter Sites

The platform broadcasts via the following transmitters:^[4]

Transmitter Site	Power (KW)	Approximate transmission Area
Caradon Hill	1.58	North Cornwall & South Western parts of Devon
Redruth	0.65	Southern Cornwall

Stations available

Service	Bit-rate (kbps)	Signal Type	Service Type	NOTES:
BBC Cornwall	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Local BBC service.	Also on FM - 95.2 (North Cornwall), 96.0 (Scilly Isles) & 103.9 (Southern Cornwall) & AM - 630 (Most of Cornwall) & 657 (Bodmin)
103.2 Capital FM South Coast	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Dance Music	Relay of South Hampshire service
Kiss Radio	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Dance Music	Relay of London service
Traffic Radio	48 kbit/s	Mono	Rolling Travel News Service	-
Pirate FM	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Local FM service	Also on FM - 102.2 (North Cornwall) & 102.8 (Southern Cornwall)
Heart Devon	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Contemporary Service	Relay of Devon service
Radio Plymouth	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	1960s to Now	Also on FM - 106.7
XFM London	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Modern Rock	Relay of London FM service.

References

1. ^ Radiocentre Commercial Radio Pocket Booklet 2007
2. ^ Ofcom document about NOW Cornwall
3. ^ Global Radio
4. ^ Radio Listeners Guide 2010

External links

• NOW Digital website
• Official Global Radio website