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
Minster FM
Bauer Takes Over Yet More Radio Stations
Rathergood Radio Leaves North Yorkshire
Rathergood Radio has been removed from the North Yorkshire DAB multiplex. The station moved to London last year, with the FM frequencies in Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Durham, and Richmond now broadcasting Vintage Music Radio. This follows a number of other stations leaving the North Yorkshire DAB multiplex, including Coast & Country Radio, and Encore. Currently…Read moreRead more
Other DAB Changes
Some other DAB changes to bring you, from the past couple of weeks. Two services have joined the Cambridge trial small scale multiplex. HCR104fm (Huntington Community Radio) is broadcasting at 48 kbps stereo DAB+, and Visitor Radio is broadcasting at 32 kbps mono DAB+. As both services are using the newer DAB+ format, not all…Read moreRead more