Small-scale multiplex applications and awards

Published: 5 February 2024
Last updated: 5 May 2026

This page provides a copy of any small-scale radio multiplex licence application which has been submitted to Ofcom, and details of licences we have awarded.

This type of licence is awarded in a competitive process, in which applications are judged against specific statutory criteria.

Applications received

Armagh

Ballymena

Barnsley

Burton-on-Trent & Lichfield

Cheltenham & Tewkesbury

Chester

Chippenham & Malmesbury

Coleraine

Cookstown & Dungannon

Derby

Guildford & Woking

Leamington Spa & Stratford-upon-Avon

Lincoln

Newbury

Skye & Lochalsh

South Hams

South West Fife

South West Sussex

Telford & Shrewsbury

Ullapool

Weymouth & Dorchester

Any comments on the applications can be submitted to smallscaleDAB@ofcom.org.uk no later than Friday 20 June 2025.

Ards Peninsula

Banbury & Bicester

Bridgwater

Ely & March

Enniskillen

Exmouth & Dawlish

Lancaster

Loughborough & Coalville

Market Harborough

Newark

North Norfolk

North Somerset

Oban

Ringwood, Verwood & Fordingbridge

Rugby & Daventry

Stockton-on-Tees

Taunton

Wakefield & Castleford

Wellingborough

West Oxfordshire

Western Isles

Weston-super-Mare

Worcester

Ayr, Troon and Irvine

Barrow-in-Furness

Bournemouth and Boscombe

Carlisle and Penrith

Cumbernauld and Coatbridge

East Devon

Halifax

Hinckley and Nuneaton

Huddersfield

Huntingdon

Isle of Wight

Kettering and Corby

Lanarkshire

North Ayrshire

Paisley and West Glasgow

Poole, Purbeck and Wimborne

Portadown and Craigavon

South Craven, Wharfedale and Worth Valley

Sunderland

Swansea

Walsall

Warminster, Devizes and Trowbridge

Wetherby

Wigan and St Helens

Yeovil

South East England

Alton, Petersfield and Haslemere

Ashford & Dungeness

Biggleswade & North Hertfordshire

Brighton

Canterbury

Chelmsford

Colchester & Clacton

Eastbourne, Newhaven and Lewes

Guildford & Woking

Harlow

Hastings

Haywards Heath & Uckfield

Luton

Maidstone, Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells

Margate, Dover & Folkestone

North East London & South West Essex

North London

Portsmouth

Reading

Sittingbourne & Medway Towns

South East London & North West Kent

South Hertfordshire

South London

South West Sussex

Southend

West London

Re-advertised licence areas

Alnwick and Morpeth

Isles of Scilly

Merthyr & Rhondda Cynon Taff

Banbury and Bicester

Bath and Midsomer Norton

Berwickshire and North Roxburgh

Boston, Spalding & Skegness

Derby

Doncaster

East Fife

Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy

Inverclyde

Ludlow

Newport and Chepstow

Newry

North Buckinghamshire

North Pembrokeshire

Northampton

Peterborough

Plymouth

South Gloucestershire

South Pembrokeshire

Southampton

Stirling & Falkirk

Torbay

Wakeford, Castleford and Dewsbury

Wolverhampton

Alnwick and Morpeth

Basingstoke

Bradford

Cambridge

Cardiff

Clevedon, Avonmouth & Filton

Derry/Londonderry

Dudley and Stourbridge

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Inverclyde

Isles of Scilly

Kings Lynn

Leeds

Newcastle and Gateshead

North Birmingham

Norwich

Salisbury

Sheffield and Rotherham

South Birmingham

Tynemouth and South Shields

Welsh Valleys

Winchester

Licences awarded

Armagh

NIDAB Limited
Published 11 March 2026

Ballymena

NIDAB Limited
Published 9 April 2026

Barnsley

Barnsley Community Media CIC
Published 9 April 2026

Chester

Niocast Digital Limited 
Published 5 May 2026

Chippenham & Malmesbury

North Wilstshire DAB Limited 
Published 5 May 2026

Coleraine

NIDAB Limited 
Published 5 May 2026

Derby

Derby DAB Limited
Published 11 March 2026

Guildford & Woking

Woking, Aldershot, and Guildford SSDAB Limited
Published 11 March 2026

Lincoln

Maxxwave Limited
Published 9 April 2026

Newbury

Kennet DAB Limited 
Published 5 May 2026

South West Fife

C.I. Broadcasting Limited
Published 9 April 2026

South West Sussex

West Sussex Digital Radio Limited
Published 9 April 2026

Telford & Shrewsbury

Maxxwave Limited 
Published 5 May 2026

Ullapool

Craoladh Digiteach Ionadail Limited 
Published 5 May 2026

Weymouth, Dorchester & Bridport 

Wide Digital Limited
Published 11 March 2026

Ards Peninsula

Ards Peninsula
Published 25 July 2025

Banbury & Bicester 

Banbury & Bicester
Published 29 September 2025 

Bridgwater 

Bridgwater
Published 25 July 2025

Ely & March

Ely & March
Published 10 December 2025

Enniskillen

Enniskillen
Published 29 September 2025 

Exmouth & Dawlish

Exmouth & Dawlish
Published 25 July 2025

Lancaster 

Lancaster
Published 11 November 2025

Loughborough & Coalville

Loughborough & Coalville
Published 25 July 2025

Market Harborough

Market Harborough
Published 10 December 2025

North Somerset 

North Somerset
Published 11 November 2025

Oban 

Oban
Published 11 November 2025

Ringwood Verwood & Fordingbridge

Ringwood Verwood & Fordingbridge
Published 25 July 2025

Rugby & Daventry

Rugby & Daventry
Published 29 September 2025

Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees
Published 29 September 2025

Taunton 

Taunton
Published 11 November 2025

Wakefield & Castleford

Wakefield & Castleford
Published 10 December 2025

Wellingborough

Wellingborough
Published 10 December 2025

Western Isles

Western Isles
Published 29 September 2025

Weston-super-Mare

Weston-super-Mare
Published 29 September 2025

West Oxfordshire 

West Oxfordshire
Published 11 November 2025

Worcester

Worcester
Published 29 September 2025

Ayr, Troon & Irvine

Ayr, Troon & Irvine
Published 21 February 2025

Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness
Published 27 March 2025

Bournemouth and Boscombe

Bournemouth & Boscombe
Published 22 October 2024

Carlisle & Penrith

Carlisle & Penrith
Published 15 April 2025

Corby & Kettering

Corby & Kettering
Published 15 April 2025

Cumbernauld & Coatbridge

Cumbernauld & Coatbridge
Published 21 February 2025

East Devon

East Devon
Published 15 April 2025

Halifax

Halifax
Published 3 December 2024

Huddersfield

Huddersfield
Published 3 December 2024

Huntingdon

Huntingdon
Published 22 May 2025

Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight
Published 22 October 2024

Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire
Published 21 February 2025

North Ayrshire

North Ayrshire
Published 21 February 2025

Nuneaton & Hinckley

Nuneaton & Hinckley
Published 22 May 2025

Paisley & West Glasgow

Paisley & West Glasgow
Published 21 February 2025

Poole, Purbeck & Wimborne

Poole, Purbeck & Wimborne
Published 22 October 2024

Portadown & Craigavon

Portadown & Craigavon
Published 27 March 2025

South Craven, Wharfedale & Worth Valley

South Craven, Wharfedale & Worth Valley
Published 3 December 2024

Sunderland

Sunderland
Published 3 December 2024

Swansea

Swansea
Swansea - CY
Published 27 March 2025

Walsall

Walsall
Published 22 May 2025

Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge

Warminster Devizes & Trowbridge
Published 22 October 2024

Wetherby

Wetherby
Published 22 May 2025

Wigan

Wigan
Published 3 December 2024

Yeovil

Yeovil
Published 22 May 2025

Re-advertisements

Alnwick & Morpeth - Published 21 September 2023

Isles of Scilly - Published 21 September 2023
Isles of Scilly revocation statement - Published 27 March 2025


Merthyr & Rhondda Cyon Taff
Merthyr a Rhondda Cynon Taf - Published 21 September 2023

London and the South East of England

Alton, Petersfield and Haslemere
Published 22 July 2024

Ashford and Dungeness
Published 22 July 2024

Brighton
Published 22 July 2024

Canterbury
Published 22 July 2024

Chelmsford
Published 22 July 2024

Colchester and Clacton
Published 22 July 2024

Eastbourne, Newhaven and Lewes - Published 22 July 2024
Eastbourne, Newhaven and Lewes revocation statement - Published 28 August 2025

Guildford and Woking - Published 22 July 2024
Guildford and Woking revocation statement - Published 13 November 2024

Harlow
Published 22 July 2024

Hastings
Published 22 July 2024

Haywards Heath and Uckfield - Published 22 July 2024
Haywards Heath and Uckfield revocation statement - Published 28 August 2025

Luton
Published 22 July 2024

Maidstone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge
Published 22 July 2024

Margate, Dover and Folkestone
Published 22 July 2024

NE London and SW Essex
Published 22 July 2024

North London
Published 22 July 2024

Portsmouth
Published 22 July 2024

Reading - Published 22 July 2024
Reading revocation statement - Published 10 December 2025

Sittingbourne and Medway Towns
Published 22 July 2024

South East London and North West Kent
Published 22 July 2024

South Hertfordshire
Published 22 July 2024

South London
Published 22 July 2024

South West Sussex
Published 22 July 2024
South West Sussex revocation statement - Published 28 August 2025

Southend
Published 22 July 2024

West London
Published 22 July 2024

Banbury & Bicester Published 15 May 2023
Banbury & Bicester revocation statement Published 2 October 2024

Bath & Midsomer Norton
Published 8 June 2023

Berwickshire & North Roxburgh Published 18 July 2023
Berwickshire & North Roxburgh revocation statement - Published 16 January 2025

Boston, Spalding & Skegness
Published 8 June 2023

Derby - Published 8 June 2023
Derby revocation statement  - Published 13 November 2024

Doncaster
Published 2 March 2023

East Fife  - Published 18 July 2023
East Fife revocation statement  - Published 13 November 2024

Glenrothes & Kirkcaldy  Published 6 January 2023
Glenthroes & Kirkcaldy revocation statement Published 8 July 2024

Inverclyde
Published 8 February 2023

Ludlow
Published 6 January 2023

Newport & Chepstow
Casnewydd a Chas-gwent
Published 6 January 2023

Newry
Published 8 February 2023

Northampton
Published 8 February 2023

North Buckinghamshire
Published 15 May 2023

North Pembrokeshire
Gogledd Sir Benfro (cymru)
Published 15 May 2023

Peterborough
Published 30 March 2023

Plymouth 
Published 2 March 2023

Southampton
Published 8 February 2023

South Gloucestershire
Published 30 March 2023

South Pembrokeshire
De Sir Benfro (cymru)
Published 15 May 2023

Stirling & Falkirk
Published 30 March 2023

Torbay
Published 6 January 2023

Wakefield, Castleford & Dewsbury  Published 2 March 2023
Wakefield, Castleford & Dewsbury revocation statement Published 15 August 2024

Wolverhampton
Published 8 February 2023

Bedford
Published 19 August 2022

Belfast and Lisburn
Published 28 July 2022

Coventry
Published 19 August 2022

Darlington and Bishop Auckland
Published 30 September 2022

Leicester
Published 30 September 2022

Llandudno and Betws-y-Coed Published 30 September 2022
Llandudno and Betws-y-Coed (cymru)Published 30 September 2022

Llandudno and Betws-y-Coed (revocation statement) (Published 19 March 2024)
Llandudno and Betws-y-Coed (datganiad dirymu) (Published 19 March 2024)

Middlesbrough and Redcar
Published 30 September 2022

Milton Keynes
Published 16 November 2022

North Aberdeen
Published 28 July 2022

Nottingham
Published 28 July 2022

Oxford
Published 18 October 2022

Rutland and Stamford
Published 16 November 2022

Swansea (Published 19 August 2022)
Abertawe (Published 19 August 2022)
Swansea (revocation statement) (Published 5 February 2024)
Abertawe (datganiad dirymu) (Published 5 February 2024)

Swindon and Marlborough
Published 16 November 2022

Taunton (PDF, 176.9 KB)
Published 18 October 2022
Taunton (revocation statement)
Published 25 April 2024

Warminster, Devizes and Trowbridge (Published 30 September 2022)
Warminster, Devizes and Trowbridge (revocation statement) (Published 30 January 2024)

West Hull
Published 18 October 2022

Wetherby and Harrogate (Published 16 November 2022)
Wetherby and Harrogate (revocation statement) (Published 7 December 2023)

York
Published 18 October 2022

Yorkshire Coast
Published 16 November 2022

Blackburn, Burnley and Darwen
Published 12 May 2022

Blackpool
Published 12 May 2022

Bolton and Bury
Published 12 May 2022

Cheshire (East)
Published 12 May 2022

Cheshire (Mid)
Published 12 May 2022

Congleton and Leek
Published 12 May 2022

Crewe, Nantwich and Whitchurch
Published 12 May 2022

Glossop and Buxton
Published 12 May 2022

Liverpool
Published 12 May 2022

Manchester
Published 12 May 2022

Oldham & Rochdale
Published 12 May 2022

Preston
Published 12 May 2022

Stockport
Published 12 May 2022

Stoke & Newcastle-under-Lyme
Published 12 May 2022

Warrington, Widnes & Runcorn
Published 12 May 2022

Wigan (Published 12 May 2022)
Wigan (revocation statement) (Published 3 November 2023)

Wrexham
Wrecsam (cymru)
Published 12 May 2022

Alnwick and Morpeth (Published 19 July 2021)
Alnwick and Morpeth (revocation statement) (Published 18 October 2022)

Basingstoke
Published 1 June 2021

Bradford
Published 19 July 2021

Cambridge
Published 31 March 2021

Cardiff
Caerdydd
Published 5 May 2021

Clevedon, Avonmouth and Filton
Published 1 June 2021

Derry/Londonderry
Published 2 March 2021

Dudley & Stourbridge
Published 1 June 2021

East Bristol, Mangotsfield and Keynsham
Published 1 June 2021

Edinburgh
Published 5 May 2021

Exeter
Published 19 July 2021

Glasgow
Published 2 March 2021

Inverclyde (Published 31 March 2021)
Inverclyde (revocation statement) (Published 15 June 2022)

Isles of Scilly (Published 19 July 2021)
Isles of Scilly (revocation statement)  (Published 13 January 2023)

Kings Lynn
Published 5 May 2021

Leeds
Published 5 May 2021

Newcastle & Gateshead
Published 1 June 2021

North Birmingham
Published 19 July 2021

Norwich
Published 5 May 2021

Salisbury
Published 2 March 2021

Sheffield & Rotherham
Published 31 March 2021

South Birmingham
Published 19 July 2021

Tynemouth & South Shields
Published 2 March 2021

Welsh Valleys (published 2 March 2021)
Cymoedd Cymru (published 2 March 2021)
Welsh Valleys (cancellation statement) (published 5 August 2022)
Cymoedd Cymru (datganiad dirymu)  (published 5 August 2022)

Winchester
Published 31 March 2021