Bauer Media is acquiring UKRD, the operator of 10 local radio stations including Eagle Radio, Pirate FM, Minster FM and Yorkshire Coast Radio. Bauer has also acquired UKRD’s share of the MuxCo North Yorkshire, MuxCo Surrey & Sussex, South West Digital Radio (Cornwall and Plymouth) DAB multiplexes, and UKRD’s share of First Radio Sales, a…Read moreRead more
Encore Radio
Bauer Takes Over Yet More Radio Stations
Encore Radio Reduces Coverage
Encore Radio, the national station dedicated to fans of musicals, is reducing its DAB coverage to focus on online streams. Herts, Beds, Bucks, Essex and Kent are losing coverage, leaving the station only on the South London & Surrey multiplex. The station had already briefly joined and left the North Yorkshire DAB multiplex. The move…Read moreRead more
Updates to Previous Posts
A couple of updates to previous stories: Encore Radio is no longer listed on Muxco’s (the North Yorkshire DAB multiplex operator) website, so can be assumed that the station has stopped broadcasting on the North Yorkshire multiplex. The schedule changes at Rathergood Radio are not as major as first reported. Cleo and Craig are still…Read moreRead more
22/07/2018: News Round Up
Here are some of the stories from the past two weeks: Community radio station 88.3 Centreforce has joined DAB in London, broadcasting on the London 2 multiplex, using the newer DAB+ format at 32 kbps. Encore Radio appears to have left the North Yorkshire DAB multiplex. Reports are conflicting with the Frequency Finder website having…Read moreRead more