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24|06|08

Ofcom awards new local digital radio multiplex licence for North Wales

Ofcom today announces the award of the new local Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) radio multiplex licence for North Wales.

By the closing date of 21 May 2008, Ofcom received one application for the North Wales licence. After giving careful consideration to the application submitted, the Ofcom Radio Licensing Committee has decided to award the licence to:

MuxCo Wales Limited
96a Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3AA
Contact: Gregory Watson; Tel: 07917 413700; email: gregory@muxco.com

The shareholders of MuxCo Wales Limited are as follows:
Town and Country Broadcasting Limited 70%
MuxCo Ltd 30%

MuxCo Wales Limited is proposing to provide six local digital sound programme services, in addition to BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru, as follows:

Format description	Service name	Provider
Classic Hits	Coast FM	GCap Media Plc
Current and Classic Hits	Champion FM	GCap Media Plc
Full Service	Wales Live	Town and Country Broadcasting Ltd
Religious	UCB UK	United Christian Broadcasters Ltd
Traffic and Travel	Traffic Radio (English Language)	tbc
Traffic and Travel	Traffic Radio (Welsh Language)	tbc

MuxCo Wales Limited also proposes to provide "a wide selection of speech and music podcasts provided by a range of companies".

MuxCo Wales Limited proposes to commence its service with all six local digital sound programme services within two years of licence award, using a network of two transmitters which it estimates will provide total 'outdoor' coverage of 50% of the adult (aged 15+) population of the licensed area.

Ofcom will shortly publish a statement setting out the key determining factors for the award of this licence.

Ends.

NOTES FOR EDITORS

1. DAB radio multiplexes carry a number of stereo and/or mono radio channels, as well as multimedia services such as text and data.

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