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Home > Radio > Information about stations and licensing > Radio Broadcast Licensing > Digital Commercial Radio > Applications > Herefordshire and Worcestershire > List of Applications
List of Applications for Radio Multiplex Licence: Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Ofcom has received two applications for the Herefordshire & Worcestershire local digital radio multiplex licence
The applicants are:
MuxCo Hereford & Worcester Limited
96a Curtain Road, London EC2A 3AA
Contact: Gregory Watson, Tel: 07917 413700, Email: gregory@muxco.com
The shareholders of MuxCo Hereford & Worcester are as follows:
| Murfin Media Limited | 33.3% |
| Town & Country Broadcasting Limited | 33.3% |
| MuxCo Limited | 33.3% |
MuxCo Hereford & Worcester Limited is proposing to provide eight local digital sound programme services, in addition to BBC Hereford & Worcester, as follows:
Format description |
Service name |
Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Hit Radio | Wyvern FM | GCap Media plc |
| Gold | Sunshine 954/1530 | Classic Hits Radio Ltd |
| Classic Rock | Smithy Rock | Murfin Media Ltd |
| Youth | Shuffle | MuxCo Hereford & Worcester Ltd |
| Full Service | Local Live | Town & Country Broadcasting Ltd |
| Easy Listening | Easy Radio | Easy Radio Limited |
| Religious | UCB UK | United Christian Broadcasters Ltd |
| Traffic and Travel | Traffic Radio | Highways Agency |
MuxCo Hereford & Worcester Limited proposes to commence its service with seven local digital sound programme services and BBC Hereford & Worcester in September 2008, using a network of three transmitters which it estimates will provide 'outdoor' coverage of 79.7% of the adult (aged 15+) population of the licensed area. The 'Full Service' local digital sound programme service is proposed to launch "within 9 months of the multiplex's commencement".
Now Digital Limited
30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA
Contact: Maha Jamil, Tel: 020 7054 8128, Email: maha.jamil@gcapmedia.com
Now Digital Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GCap Media plc.
Now Digital Limited is proposing to provide six local digital sound programme services, in addition to BBC Hereford & Worcester, as follows:
Format description |
Service name |
Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary and Chart Music | Wyvern FM | GCap Media plc |
| Classic Pop | Sunshine | Laser Broadcasting Ltd |
| Modern Rock | Xfm | GCap Media plc |
| Chill-out | Chill | GCap Media plc |
| Religious | UCB UK | UCB Limited |
| Local Traffic and Travel | Traffic Radio | Highways Agency |
Now Digital Limited proposes to commence its service with all six local digital sound programme services by September 2008, using a network of three transmitters which it estimates will provide 'outdoor' coverage of 82.5% of the adult (aged 15+) population of the licensed area.
This local radio multiplex will include capacity reserved for the transmission in digital form of BBC Hereford & Worcester.
The full applications for this licence will be published on the Ofcom website shortly. Ofcom seeks views on these applications by 17 August 2007. Any written representations on the applications can either be emailed to commercialradio@ofcom.org.uk or posted to Neil Stock, Head of Radio, Ofcom, Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA. Please mark the correspondence 'Hereford & Worcester licence'.
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