NOW Swindon

NOW Swindon
Licensed area Swindon
Frequency 11C (220.352 MHz)
Air date 7 February 2003
Owner Arqiva
Website localdigitalradio.co.uk
Transmitters Blunsdon, Membury, Marlborough

NOW Swindon is a local commercial digital audio broadcasting multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves Swindon and the surrounding area. NOW Swindon is transmitted on frequency block 11C (220.352 MHz) from its transmitter at Blunsdon [1]. It launched on 7 February 2003 and is operated by NOW Digital, who are owned by Arqiva.

Contents

Stations carried

Service Service ID Bit rate Audio channels Description Analogue availability
BBC Wiltshire CA32 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Local BBC service 103.5, 103.6, 104.3, 104.9 MHz
1332, 1368 kHz
Capital London C9CC 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Contemporary pop station —
Gold C1D3 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Golden oldies 936, 1161 kHz
Heart Wiltshire CB86 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Local adult contemporary station 96.5, 97.2, 102.2 MHz
Kiss C8C4 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Dance and R&B station —
Pop Up Radio CFCF 64 kbit/s Mono LSF Special events service —
XFM London C0B8 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Rock music —
EPG Swindon E1C000CC 8 kbit/s Data Hidden service, EPG data —

Office of Fair Trading concerns

In August 2008, the Office of Fair Trading, reporting back regarding the acquisition of GCap by Global Radio indicated in their report that due to competition concerns and in accordance with the Communications Act 2003, Global Radio will have to remove at least one of their services from the NOW Swindon multiplex.[1] To comply with the ruling, Global Radio removed Chill from the multiplex on March 21, 2009.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Completed acquisition by Global Radio UK Limited of GCap Media plc" (pdf). Office of Fair Trading. 2008-08-27. pp. page 76, section 222. http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/mergers_ea02/2008/Global_GCap.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-28. 

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