SSDAB Licensing - Round 8:
Ofcom has advertised 40 additional areas in the eighth and final round of small scale DAB licences.
The following new areas are included:
- Aberystwyth
- Andover
- Armagh
- Ballymena
- Barnsley
- Barnstaple & Bideford
- Brecon
- Burton-on-Trent & Lichfield
- Bury St Edmunds, Thetford & Mildenhall
- Cheltenham & Tewkesbury
- Chesterfield
- Chippenham & Malmesbury
- Coleraine
- Cookstown & Dungannon
- East Cornwall
- East Edinburgh & South Forth coast
- Falmouth, Penzance & Redruth
- Gairloch
- Girvan & Cumnock
- Grantham & Sleaford
- Grimsby
- Kilmarnock
- Leamington Spa & Stratford-upon-Avon
- Mansfield & Worksop
- Monmouth
- Newbury
- Newquay, St Austell & Truro
- North Powys
- Omagh
- Perth
- Peterlee
- Pitlochry & Aberfeldy
- Scunthorpe
- Skye & Lochalsh
- South Hams
- South Powys
- Stroud
- Telford & Shrewsbury
- Tiverton
- Ullapool
With an additional 10 areas being re-advertised from previous rounds:
- Berwickshire & Roxburgh
- Chester
- Derby
- Dundee & North East Fife
- Guildford & Woking
- Lincoln
- Kintyre, Islay & Jura
- South West Fife
- South West Sussex
- Weymouth & Dorchester
The closing-date for applications is 5pm on 10 December 2025.
Source: Ofcom