Applications received by Ofcom by the closing date for the eighth round of small-scale DAB radio licences. 

SSDAB Round 8 Areas - Applications Received:

Area	Applicant
Armagh	NIDAB Limited
Ballymena	NIDAB Limited
Barnsley	Communication Media CIC
Burton-on-Trent & Lichfield	Maxxwave Ltd
Cheltenham & Tewkesbury	TLRC (Radio Investments) Ltd
Chippenham & Malmesbury	North Wiltshire DAB
Coleraine	NIDAB Limited
Cookstown & Dungannon	NIDAB Limited
Leamington Spa & Stratford-upon-Avon	Maxxwave Ltd
Newbury	Kennet DAB Ltd
Skye & Lochalsh	Craoladh Digiteach lonadail Ltd
Telford & Shrewsbury	Maxxwave Ltd
Ullapool	Craoladh Digiteach lonadail Ltd

 

 

SSDAB Round 8 Readvertised Areas - Applications Received: 

Area	Applicant
Chester	Niocast Digital Ltd
Derby	Derby DAB Ltd
	Maxxwave Ltd
Guildford & Woking	Woking, Aldershot and Guildford SSDAB Ltd
Lincoln	Maxxwave Ltd
South West Fife	C.I Broadcasting Ltd
South West Sussex	West Sussex Digital Radio Ltd
Weymouth & Dorchester	Wide Digital Ltd

 

 

SSDAB Round 8 Areas - No Applications Received: 

 

Area

Aberystwyth

Andover

Barnstaple & Bideford

Brecon

Bury St Edmunds, Thetford & Mildenhall

Chesterfield

Cookstown & Dungannon

East Cornwall

East Edinburgh & South Forth coast

Falmouth, Penzance & Redruth

Gairloch

Girvan & Cumnock

Grantham & Sleaford

Grimsby

Kilmarnock

Mansfield & Worksop

Monmouth

Newquay, St Austell & Truro

North Powys

Omagh

Perth

Peterlee

Pitlochry & Aberfeldy

Scunthorpe

South Hams

South Powys

Stroud

Tiverton

 

 

SSDAB Round 8 Readvertised Areas - No Applications Received:  

Area

Berwickshire & Roxburgh

Dundee & North East Fife

Kintyre, Islay & Jura

 

Ofcom has today published a full list of applicants for the eighth round of small-scale DAB radio licences.

Inverclyde Coast SSDAB ensemble:  

Lomond Country has been added, using DAB+ at 48 kbit/s.

 

Source: Wohnort 

North West Wales Local DAB ensemble: 
Since the previous observation, Nation 70s has been added, using DAB+ at 32 kbit/s.

 

North Birmingham SSDAB ensemble:  

Christmas Radio has been added, using DAB+ at 32 kbit/s. 

 

South Birmingham SSDAB ensemble:  

Christmas has been added, using DAB+ at 32 kbit/s. 

 

Despite the different service names, this is the same "Christmas Radio" service on both ensembles.

 

Source: Wohnort 

Ofcom has awarded 5 new SSDAB licences: 

Following a competitive process, where each applicant was judged against specific criteria, multiplex licences have been awarded for the following areas:

    Lancaster: licence awarded to North Lancashire DAB Limited
    North Somerset: licence awarded to Bath Digital Radio
    Oban: licence awarded to: Caledonia TX Limited
    Taunton: licence awarded to Taunton DAB Limited
    West Oxfordshire: licence awarded to WOXDAB  

 

Each area has been awarded to the sole applicant. 

 

Source: Ofcom

 

 

Bath & NESomerst SSDAB ensemble:  

Since the previous observation, Gorgeous Radio has been added, using DAB+ at 48 kbit/s

 

Source: Wohnort 

Nottingham SSDAB ensemble:  
Since the previous observation, Athavan Radio has been added, using DAB+ at 32 kbit/s. 

Shefcast Digital SSDAB ensemble (Sheffield and Rotherham): 

GlitterBeam was observed using Mono DAB+ at 24 kbit/s.

 

York SSDAB ensemble:  

GlitterBeam was observed using Stereo DAB+ at 24 kbit/s.

 

Source: Wohnort 

 

Wohnort also reported changes to the Doncaster and the York SSDAB ensembles, which had already been reported on November 7th. 

East Manchester SSDAB ensemble:  
Since the previous observation:

Radio O has been added, using DAB+ at 32 kbit/s. 
 

Source: Wohnort 

SDL National DAB ensemble: 

Since the previous observation:

Sunrise Radio UK has switched to using DAB+ at 32 kbit/s.

Sunrise Hits UK has been added, using DAB+ at 24 kbit/s. 
 

London 2 Local DAB ensemble:  

Since the previous observation:

Virgin Xmas has been added, using DAB+ at 32 kbit/s.
Virgin 80s has dropped from 48 to 32 kbit/s.
Sunrise Smooth has been relabelled Sunrise Retro. 

 
Surrey-NSussex Local DAB ensemble: 
Since the previous observation, Fun Kids Xmas has been added, using DAB+ at 32 kbit/s.

 

Cheshire Mid SSDAB ensemble:  

Since the previous observation, Radio Maria has been relabelled Radio Maria. (full stop added).

 

Doncaster SSDAB ensemble:  

YO1 Radio has been added, using DAB+ at 48 kbit/s.

 

High Peak SSDAB ensemble:  

Since the previous observation:

Like COUNTRY, Like ONE, Like POP and Like RETRO have ceased.

NTH DERBYSHIRE has been relabelled North Derbyshire.

 

Northampton, NNDAB SSDAB ensemble:  

Since the previous observation:

HORIZON has been relabelled Horizon Radio.
revolution has been relabelled Revolution Radio.
All services are now running at EEP 3-A.

 

Plymouth SSDAB ensemble:  

Since the previous observation:

The Witch has been added, using DAB+ at 48 kbit/s.
Diamond Groove has ceased.. 

 

Wolverhampton SSDAB ensemble:  

Radio Maria has been added, using DAB+ at 32 kbit/s. 

 

York SSDAB ensemble:  

Sine FM has been added, using DAB+ at 48 kbit/s.

 

Source: Wohnort