Applications are now open for the seventh round of small-scale DAB radio multiplex licences for 29 areas across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
In total, the small-scale DAB programme will enable the launch of over 100 multiplexes.
So far, 70 multiplexes have launched and the guidance notes for small-scale DAB multiplexes has also been updated for anyone submitting a fresh application.
Ofcom today invites multiplex applications for the following areas:
- Arbroath, Carnoustie & Montrose
- Bridgwater
- Bromsgrove, Kidderminster & Redditch
- Cirencester
- Ely & March
- Enniskillen
- Exmouth & Dawlish
- Gloucester
- Lancaster
- Llanelli
- Loughborough & Coalville
- Malton
- Market Harborough
- Midlothian
- Moray Coast South
- Newark-on-Trent
- North Berkshire & South Oxfordshire
- North Norfolk
- North Somerset
- Oban
- Ringwood, Verwood & Fordingbridge
- Rugby & Daventry
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Wellingborough
- West Oxfordshire
- West Somerset & Lynton
- Western Isles
- Weston-super-Mare
- Worcester
Ofcom is also re-advertising licences to serve the following areas:
- Ards Peninsula
- Banbury & Bicester
- Taunton
- Wakefield & Castleford
The closing-date for applications is 5pm on Tuesday 29 April 2025.
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This story first appeared on radiotoday.co.uk