CE London

CE London
Greater London 1
Licensed area Greater London
Frequency 12C (227.360 MHz)
Air date 31 May 2000[1]
Owner Bauer Radio (50%)
Global Radio (50%)
Website CE Digital

CE London is a Digital Audio Broadcasting multiplex available in the London area and has been broadcasting since May 2000. It is also referred to as the Greater London 1 multiplex. It carries a variety of stations most of which are local.

Contents

Transmitter sites

The platform broadcasts via the following transmitters:[2]

Transmitter kW
Alexandra Palace 0.25
Blue Bell Hill 0.5
Croydon 5
Guildford 0.5
Hemel Hempstead 0.4
Wrotham 5
Reigate 0.2
Stoke d'Abernon 0.01
Zouches Farm 0.5

The Wrotham site launched in 2010 and replaced the 500 watt Kemsing site.

Stations available

Service Service ID Bit rate Audio channels Description Analogue availability
Capital London C586 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Local CHR hit music station 95.8 MHz
Chill C1C3 64 kbit/s Mono Chillout music from Global Radio —
Choice FM C8B2 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Hip-Hop and R&B station 96.9, 107.1 MHz
Heart London C3A6 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Adult contemporary music 106.2 MHz
Heat Radio CDCE 112 kbit/s Joint stereo Hot AC, Bauer Radio-owned digital station based on Heat Magazine —
Kiss C483 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Rhythmic contemporary station 100.0 MHz
LBC 97.3 C581 80 kbit/s Mono Speech station 97.3 MHz
Magic 105.4 FM C788 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Middle-of-the-road and melodic station 105.4 MHz
Real Radio XS C8C5 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Classic rock music, relay of Manchester service —
Sunrise Radio CCC1 64 kbit/s Mono LSF Asian music 1458 kHz
EPG+Slideshow E1C00098 16 kbit/s Data Hidden service, EPG data —

Original line-up

Service Description Current status
Capital Gold Golden oldies Now operating as Gold, moved in October 2009 to Switch London (Greater London 2)
Capital London Local CHR hit music station Still operating
Century Digital Adult contemporary Closed in March 2007, replaced by Real Radio and then later by Jazz FM
ITN News Direct Rolling news Now operating as LBC News 1152, moved in October 2009 to DRG London (Greater London 3)
Kiss Rhythmic contemporary station Still operating
LBC 97.3 Speech station Still operating
Magic 105.4 Middle-of-the-road and melodic station Still operating
Sunrise Radio Asian music Still operating
XFM London Modern rock Still operating, moved in October 2009 to Switch London (Greater London 2)

Other services

Service What happened
Capital Disney Closed in June 2007, eventually replaced with Traffic Radio
Galaxy Digital Moved to CE from Switch London in October 2009, then moved again to DRG London in September 2010
Jazz FM Moved to Digital One and replaced on 5 September 2011 by Real Radio XS
Real Radio Digital Replaced on 6 October 2008 with Jazz FM
Smash Hits Radio Moved to DRG London (Greater London 3) in September 2007
Traffic Radio Ceased broadcasting 31 August 2011

See also

References

  1. ^ Radiocentre Commercial Radio Pocket Booklet 2007
  2. ^ Radio Listeners Guide 2010

External links