Ofcom has awarded five more multiplex licences in Round 3 of the small-scale DAB process.
They are in Darlington & Bishop Auckland, Leicester, Llandudno & Betws-y-Coed, Middlesbrough & Redcar and Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge.
Three of the areas only had one applicant by the closing date of April 25th, whilst the other two, Leicester and Middlesborough, had two applications.
Darlington & Bishop Auckland goes to Durham Digital Limited, Leicester to Leicester Digital Partnership CIC, Llandudno & Betws-y-Coed to Sound Bay Community Digital, Middlesbrough & Redcar to Erimux Limited and Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge to West Wiltshire Digital Radio CIC.
Today’s awards mean 11 of the 20 areas in Round 3 have been awarded, with nine still to go.
This story first appeared on radiotoday.co.uk