NOW Derbyshire

Now Digital (Derbyshire)
Licensed area	Derbyshire
Frequency	10B (211.648 MHz)
Air date	Yet to Launch (Delayed)
Owner	Arqiva
Website	www.now-digital.com

Now Derbyshire is an upcoming local commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which will serve Derbyshire and other parts of the East Midlands.

The multiplex will be transmitted on frequency block 10B from five transmitters, including Lichfield, Drum Hill, Stanton Moor, Whitebourgh and Chesterfield Transmitter. Now Digital (East Midlands) Ltd were the only applicants for the multiplex.

The launch of the multiplex has now been delayed for it to be possibly merged with the NOW Nottingham multiplex.^[1]

Transmitted Stations

The following stations are expected to be transmitted on the Now Derbyshire multiplex:

Station Name	Sound Channel	Bitrate	Protection Level
BBC Radio Derby	Joint Stereo	128kbit/s	3
Gold	Joint Stereo	128kbit/s	3
Capital FM	Joint Stereo	128kbit/s	3
Gem 106	Joint Stereo	128kbit/s	3
UCB	Mono	64kbit/s	3
Smooth Radio	Joint Stereo	128kbit/s	3
Traffic Radio	Mono	48kbit/s	3
Peak FM	Joint Stereo	128kbit/s	3
XFM	Joint Stereo	128kbit/s	3
Heart	Joint Stereo	128kbit/s	3

Transmitter Sites

These are the only confirmed transmitter sites at present:^[2]

Transmitter	KW	AREA
Drum Hill	?	Depending on signal strength
Tibshelf	?	Depending on signal strength
Stanton Moor	?	Depending on signal strength
Chesterfield	?	Depending on signal strength
Lichfield	?	Radiating Northwards toward Derbyshire
Glossop	?	Expected to launch within a year of official switch-on.
Buxton	?	Expected to launch within a year of official switch-on.
Ashbourne	?	Expected to launch within a year of official switch-on.

More information can be found on the application for the multiplex ^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.wohnort.org/DAB/ukloc.html#Derby Wohnort Entry
2. ^ ofcom website 2009
3. ^ http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radio/ifi/rbl/dcr/applications/app_derbyshire/nowdigital.pdf Application