Apply for a small-scale radio multiplex or digital sound programme service licence
Announcement of Round Six licence areas
These are the 27 areas that Ofcom plans to advertise in the sixth round of small-scale DAB multiplex licensing next year:
- Ayr, Troon and Irvine
- Barrow-in-Furness
- Bournemouth and Boscombe
- Bridgend
- Carlisle and Penrith
- Catterick, Rippon and Thirsk
- Corby and Kettering
- Cumbernauld and Coatbridge
- East Devon
- Erewash
- Halifax
- Huddersfield
- Huntingdon
- Isle of Wight
- Lanarkshire
- Larne, Carrickfergus and Newtown Abbey
- North Ayrshire
- Nuneaton and Hinckley
- Paisley and West Glasgow
- Poole, Purbeck and Wimbourne
- Portadown and Craigavon
- South Craven, Wharfedale and Worth Valley
- Sunderland
- Walsall
- Weymouth, Dorchester and Bridport
- Workington and Whitehaven
- Yeovil
Apply for a small-scale radio multiplex licence
This section contains the licence advertisements, application forms, guidance notes and technical data that you will need if you wish to apply for small-scale DAB multiplex licences currently being advertised by Ofcom.
Advertisement of licences for small-scale radio multiplex services: round five (PDF, 9.7 MB)
Small-scale radio multiplex licence application form – Part A (public) (ODT, 63.8 KB)
Small-scale radio multiplex licence application form – Part B (confidential) (ODT, 52.6 KB)
Hysbyseb trwyddedau ar gyfer gwasanaethau amlblecs radio graddfa fach: rownd pump (PDF, 906.4 KB)
Ffurflen gais trwydded amlbleth radio ar raddfa fach – Rhan A (DOCX, 71.5 KB)
Ffurflen gais trwydded amlbleth radio ar raddfa fach – Rhan B (DOCX, 74.6 KB)
Supporting technical data and links for round five locations (XLSX, 37.1 KB)
This section contains information, data and guidance that you will need to help you in applying for a small-scale DAB multiplex licence. If you require any of the information in an alternative formats, please email smallscaledab@ofcom.org.uk.
Small-scale radio multiplex licence: guidance notes for applicants and licensees (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Small-scale DAB final transmitter plan site details form (ODT, 30.0 KB)
Small-scale radio multiplex sample licence (PDF, 503.9 KB)
Small-scale DAB polygon (nominal licence area) shape files: MapInfo Interchange Format GIS files
- East of England (ZIP, 11.6 KB)
- Midlands (ZIP, 18.1 KB)
- North of England (ZIP, 8.4 KB)
- Northern Ireland (ZIP, 6.1 KB)
- North West of England (macro area); North East Wales (ZIP, 12.9 KB)
- Scotland (ZIP, 18.1 KB)
- South East of England (including South East macro area) (ZIP, 25.7 KB)
- South West of England (ZIP, 21.6 KB)
- Wales and Severn Estuary (ZIP, 44.6 KB)
- Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire (ZIP, 11.2 KB)
Small-scale DAB polygon (nominal licence area) shape files: Google Earth (KML) file (KML, 600.5 KB)
Small-scale DAB polygon (nominal licence area) population data: MapInfo Interchange Format GIS files
- East of England (ZIP, 238.0 KB)
- Midlands (ZIP, 549.3 KB)
- North of England (ZIP, 223.4 KB)
- Northern Ireland (ZIP, 97.6 KB)
- North West of England (macro area); North East Wales (ZIP, 549.7 KB)
- Scotland (ZIP, 697.7 KB)
- South East of England (including South East macro area) (ZIP, 1.3 MB)
- South West of England (ZIP, 358.7 KB)
- Wales and Severn Estuary (ZIP, 176.2 KB)
- Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire (ZIP, 337.2 KB)
Small-scale DAB polygon (nominal licence area) raster maps – by region
- East of England (ZIP, 13.0 MB)
- Midlands (ZIP, 20.7 MB)
- North of England (ZIP, 7.4 MB)
- Northern Ireland (ZIP, 5.0 MB)
- North West of England (macro area); North East Wales (ZIP, 16.3 MB)
- Scotland (ZIP, 13.5 MB)
- South East of England (including South East macro area) (ZIP, 30.8 MB)
- South West of England (ZIP, 19.2 MB)
- Wales and Severn Estuary (ZIP, 8.6 MB)
- Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire (ZIP, 13.3 MB)
Table of transmission characteristics template, including sample data (XLSX, 18.2 KB)
Local DAB multiplex licence area shape files – MapInfo Interchange Format GIS files (ZIP, 5.6 MB)
Local DAB multiplex licence population data – MapInfo Interchange Format GIS files (ZIP, 4.7 MB)
UK population file (adults aged 15+) (ZIP, 3.9 MB)
Local DAB multiplex coverage maps
Technical parameters for local and national DAB and analogue radio services
Apply for a digital sound programme service licence for small-scale DAB
This section contains the licence application forms that you will need to complete, and the accompanying guidance notes you will need to read, if you wish to apply to broadcast a programme service on a small-scale DAB multiplex.
C-DSP licences have been designed for community radio services only; other programme services wishing to broadcast on a small-scale DAB multiplex should apply for a DSP licence instead.
Note that applicants can only apply to broadcast on a small-scale DAB multiplex which is already broadcasting, or for which a licence has been advertised by Ofcom (see multiplex licence advertisements above).
Apply for a C-DSP licence
Community Digital Sound Programme (C-DSP) licence application form – Part A (public) (ODT, 65.2 KB)
Trwydded rhaglenni sain digidol cymunedol ffurflen gais – Rhan A (ODT, 47.7 KB)
Trwydded rhaglenni sain digidol cymunedol ffurflen gais – Rhan B (ODT, 1.1 MB)
Apply for a DSP licence
Digital Sound Programme Service (DSPS) application form (DOCX, 91.2 KB)