Fun Kids have launched a new service aimed at younger children called Fun Kids Junior. The service is available on the Surrey and South London local DAB multiplex. Programming will be aimed at 6 to 12 year olds, with the launch of the station being promoted on the main Fun Kids service. The new service…Read moreRead more
Fun Kids Junior Launches in Surrey and South London
Muxco Also Bid for Channel Islands Multiplex
Radio Today are reporting that a total of 3 bids have been submitted for the Channel Islands local DAB multiplex. Muxco have teamed up with Tindle CI Broadcasting, the owners of Channel 103 in Jersey and Island FM in Guernsey, to bid for license. In addition to Channel 103 and Island FM, UK national stations…Read moreRead more
Nation Broadcasting Announces Channel Islands Bid
Nation Broadcasting, through subsidiary Bailiwick Broadcasting, has announced it has applied for the license to operate the Channel Islands DAB multiplex. A total of 25 stations are proposed. Based on this, the vast majority of these will be DAB+ services. Capacity has been reserved for both BBC Radio Guernsey and BBC Radio Jersey. As neither…Read moreRead more
Winding Down of Scott’s Radio Site
A while back, I threatened to close Scott’s Radio Site due to the increase amounting of networking and reduction of local content on local radio stations. At that point I decided to focus my efforts on the remaining independent, community, and BBC radio stations. Unfortunately, with UKRD, Celador Radio, Lincs FM Group, and Wireless group…Read moreRead more
Helius Unveils New Websites
Helius Media Group has unveiled new websites for some of its radio stations. Alpha Radio and Durham Radio both have new websites, following the launch/re-launch of these stations on July 1st. An announcement on the websites also reveals that new smartphone apps are due to be launched on 1st August. Alpha Radio can be found…Read moreRead more
Original 106 Launches New Studio
Original 106 opened their new studios on Wednesday, going live at 1.06pm. They now share a building with other parts of the DC Thompson business, having moved from South Aberdeen to Marischal Square, Aberdeen. Original 106 has also joined the Aberdeen DAB multiplex, broadcasting in mono DAB at 80 kbps. Although mono, unlike stations which…Read moreRead more
Gold to Launch on D1 National
Global Radio’s Gold is to launch on the D1 National DAB multiplex on Monday (10th June). The service is expected to use DAB+, and occupy some of the space vacated when Heart Extra and Smooth Extra switched to DAB+ earlier this week. Despite some reports suggesting that the service has already gone live, Gold is…Read moreRead more
Radio Ceredigion Becomes Nation Radio
Radio Ceredigion has now become part of Nation Radio (Wales). Natio Broadcasting (the parent company of both stations) won the new Ceredigion license, but submitted a request to continue Radio Ceredigion. This request was withdrawn, with Nation Radio taking over on the 1st June. I have held back on posting this news story in the…Read moreRead more
Heart Extra and Smooth Extra Switch to DAB+
Global Radio has switched Heart Extra and Smooth Extra to DAB+. Both services operate on the D1 National multiplex. Whilst both stations are now in stereo, a number of listeners will loose access, as many older DAB radios are not compatible with the newer DAB+ format. Heart Extra is using a bit rate of 32…Read moreRead more
Ofcom Revices Cumbria/Lancs DAB Plan
Ofcom have revised plans for Cumbria and North Lancashire local DAB, based on feedback from stakeholders. Instead of two multiplexes, three frequency blocks will be used. It will be up to applicants to decided how the frequencies should be used. The move is unusually, as the previous proposals allowed for DAB to mirror the FM…Read moreRead more