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Ofcom has received two applications for the Oxfordshire local digital radio multiplex licence.

The applicants are:

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

MuxCo Oxfordshire Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MuxCo Limited.

MuxCo Oxfordshire Limited is proposing to provide ten local digital sound programme services, in addition to BBC Radio Oxford, as follows:

Format description	Service name	Provider
Contemporary Hit Radio	Fox FM	GCap Media plc
New music, chart and dance	Oxford's FM 107.9	Absolute Radio International Ltd.
Local Full Service	Touch FM	CN Group Ltd.
Variety Pop & Rock	Jack FM	Absolute Radio International Ltd.
Adult Contemporary	Confidential	Confidential
Easy Listening	Easy Radio	Easy Radio Limited
Classic Hits	Castle Digital	Laser Broadcasting Ltd.
Religious	UCB UK	United Christian Broadcasters Ltd
Traffic and Travel	Traffic Radio	Highways Agency
Modern Rock	Confidential	Confidential

MuxCo Oxfordshire Limited also proposes to provide "a wide selection of podcasts provided by a range of companies".

MuxCo Oxfordshire Limited proposes to commence its service with all ten proposed local digital sound programme services and BBC Radio Oxford in September 2008, using a network of three transmitters which it estimates will provide noise-limited 'outdoor' coverage of 89.5% of the adult (aged 15+) population of the licensed area. The applicant proposes to implement one further transmitter within one year of the launch of the service, which it estimates will increase noise-limited 'outdoor' coverage to 89.9% of the adult population of the licensed area.

Now Digital (Oxford) Limited
30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA
Contact: Andy Causby, Tel: 020 7054 8000, Email: andy.causby@gcapmedia.com

The shareholders of Now Digital ( Oxford) Ltd. are as follows:

Now Digital Limited 75%
Passion Radio ( Oxford) Ltd. 25%

Now Digital (Oxford) Limited is proposing to provide eight local digital sound programme services, in addition to BBC Radio Oxford, as follows:

Format description	Service name	Provider
Contemporary and Chart Music	FOX	GCap Media plc
Modern Rock	Xfm	GCap Media plc
Variety pop and rock	Jack FM	Absolute Radio International Ltd.
Hit Music, Dance and R&B	Oxford's FM 107.9	Absolute Radio International Ltd.
Soft adult alternative	MY FM – Oxfordshire	Absolute Radio International Ltd.
Adult Contemporary	Confidential	Confidential
Religious	UCB UK	UCB Limited
Local Traffic and Travel	Traffic Radio	Highways Agency

Now Digital (Oxford) Limited proposes to commence its service with seven local digital sound programme services by October 2008, using a network of three transmitters which it estimates will provide noise-limited 'outdoor' coverage of 89.1% of the adult (aged 15+) population of the licensed area. The 'Soft adult alternative' local digital sound programme service is proposed to launch "within six months of ownership DAB penetration reaching 25% in Oxfordshire, or earlier".

This local radio multiplex will include capacity reserved for the transmission in digital form of BBC Radio Oxford.

The full applications for this licence will be published on the Ofcom website shortly.  Ofcom seeks views on these applications by 18 October 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 'Oxfordshire licence'.

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