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Home > Radio > Information about stations and licensing > Radio Broadcast Licensing > Digital Commercial Radio > Applications > Gloucestershire > Gloucestershire
List of Applications for Radio Multiplex Licence: Gloucestershire
Ofcom has received two applications for the Gloucestershire local digital radio multiplex licence.
The applicants are:
MuxCo Gloucestershire Limited
96a Curtain Road, London EC2A 3AA
Contact: Gregory Watson, Tel: 07917 413700, Email: gregory@muxco.com
The shareholders of MuxCo Gloucestershire Ltd. are as follows:
UKRD Group Ltd 25%
Murfin Media Ltd 25%
Town & Country Broadcasting Ltd 25%
MuxCo Ltd 25%
MuxCo Gloucestershire Limited is proposing to provide ten local digital sound programme services, in addition to BBC Radio Gloucestershire, as follows:
| Format description | Service name | Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary Hit Radio | Severn Sound | GCap Media plc |
| Gold | Gold | GCap Media plc |
| Local Full Service | Star 107.5 | UKRD Group Ltd |
| Classic Rock | Smithy Rock | Murfin Media Ltd |
| Full Service | Local Live | Town and Country Broadcasting |
| Easy Listening | Easy Radio | Easy Radio Limited |
| Youth | Shuffle | MuxCo Gloucestershire Ltd |
| Variety Rock and Pop | Confidential | Confidential |
| Religious | UCB UK | United Christian Broadcasters |
| Traffic and Travel | Traffic Radio | Highways Agency/Traffic Link |
MuxCo Gloucestershire Limited also proposes to provide "a wide selection of speech and music podcasts provided by a range of companies".
MuxCo Gloucestershire Limited proposes to commence its service with all ten proposed local digital sound programme services and BBC Radio Gloucestershire in October 2008, using a network of four transmitters which it estimates will provide 'outdoor' coverage of 79% of the adult (aged 15+) population of the licensed area.
Now Digital Limited
30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA
Contact: Andy Causby, Tel: 020 7054 8000, Email: andy.causby@gcapmedia.com
Now Digital Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GCap Media plc.
Now Digital Limited is proposing to provide eleven local digital sound programme services, in addition to BBC Radio Gloucestershire, as follows:
| Format description | Service name | Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Contemporary and Chart Music | Severn Sound | GCap Media plc |
| Classic Hits | Gold | GCap Media plc |
| Chill-out | Chill | GCap Media plc |
| Modern Rock | XFM | GCap Media plc |
| Adult Contemporary | Star 107.5 | UKRD Limited |
| Variety Rock and Pop | Jack FM | Absolute Radio International |
| Classic Pop Hits | Sunshine | Laser Broadcasting |
| Easy Listening | Confidential | Confidential |
| Religious | UCB | United Christian Broadcasters |
| Dance | Confidential | Confidential |
| Local Traffic and Travel | Traffic Radio | Highways Agency/Traffic Link |
Now Digital Limited proposes to commence its service with all eleven local digital sound programme services by December 2008, using a network of three transmitters which it estimates will provide 'outdoor' coverage of 75.4% 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 Radio Gloucestershire.
The full applications for this licence will be published on the Ofcom website shortly. Ofcom seeks views on these applications by 3 January 2008. 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 'Gloucestershire licence'.
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