Mastodon UK Radio Changes: January 2026
Dates shown in this blog are usually the dates that the changes were observed and not necessarily the date the actual change took place.

Monday, 12 January 2026

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.