Bauer Edinburgh

Bauer Edinburgh
Licensed area Edinburgh, Fife, Mid Lothian, East Lothian, West Lothian, Falkirk, Clackmannshire & Southern Stirlingshire
Frequency 12D (229.072 MHz)
Air date 30 October 2000 [1]
Owner Bauer Radio
Website Score Digital

Score Edinburgh (now labelled on the multiplex identifier as "Bauer Edinburgh") is a DAB digital radio broadcast multiplex covering the city of Edinburgh and surrounding areas to the east of Scotland's central belt. DAB listeners in this area are also able to receive national services (BBC, Digital One) and the Switch Scotland regional multiplex.

The Edinburgh multiplex is operated by Score Digital, formerly the DAB operation unit of Scottish Radio Holdings but now owned by Bauer Radio following a series of takeovers.

Contents

Transmitter Sites

The platform broadcasts via the following transmitters:[2]

Transmitter Site Power (KW) Approximate transmission Area
Penicuik 2.50 Mid Lothian
Knock Hill 1.58 Dunfermaline, Clackmannshire, Falkirk & South Eastern Stirlingshire
Craigkelly 1.00 Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes & Edinburgh
Black Hill 0.44 Airdrie & Bathgate

Current Stations available

Service Bit-rate (kbps) Signal Type Service Type NOTES:
BBC Radio Scotland 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo BBC regional service. Also on AM & FM. BBC Radio nan Gaidheal is carried on the Regional DAB platform.
Forth One 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo Local Commercial FM service. Also on FM - 97.3 (Edinburgh), 97.6 (Bathgate) & 102.2 (Mid Lothian)
Forth 2 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo Local Commercial AM service Also on AM - 1548 kHz
Rock Radio 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo Classic Rock Music Relay of Glasgow service.
LBC 64 kbit/s mono Speech-based & Phone-in's Relay of London FM service.
Heat Radio 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo Adult Contemporary Rhythmic Music Bauer service from Manchester.
Magic 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo Easy Listening Relay of London FM service.
Sunrise Radio 64kps Mono Asian Service Relay of London service.

Most of these stations are also available on Score Glasgow, though Forth One and Two are replaced by local stations 102.5 Clyde 1 and 1152 Clyde 2.

Original Line-up

The following is the original line-up on the platform and what happened (If anything).

Service Service Type NOTES:
Forth One Local FM service. Still operating.
Forth 2 Local AM service. Still operating.
BBC Radio Scotland BBC Regional service Still operating.
3C Country Music Closed shortly after EMAP takeover - Replaced by Heat Radio
Sunrise Radio Asian Still Operating.
XFM Modern Rock Eventually moved to Central Scotland Platform - Replaced by Chill.
Kiss 100 Dance Music Replaced by Magic.

Other Services

The following list are other services which were available at some point on the platform:[3][4]

Service Where are they now?
VIBE FM After EMAP purcahsed SRH, service was replaced by Kiss
Chill Replaced by LBC
The Storm Merged with XFM.
Saga Radio Merged with Smooth Radio after GMG Radio buyout in 2007.

References

  1. ^ Radiocentre Commercial Radio Pocket Booklet 2007
  2. ^ Radio Listeners Guide 2010
  3. ^ Radio Authority & CRCA Pocket Booklets (2000 - 2007)
  4. ^ Radio Now Website

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