{"id":257040,"date":"2025-11-11T15:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/257040\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T15:53:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T15:53:12","slug":"five-new-small-scale-dab-multiplexes-approved-by-ofcom-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/257040\/","title":{"rendered":"Five new small-scale DAB multiplexes approved by Ofcom \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PHOTOGRAPHY-Young-woman-Bed-Radio.jpg\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"ysbvegnl-link\" href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/aiirjune\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ysbvegnl-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RTUKPackageDeal1webp.webp.webp\" alt=\"Aiir June 2\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ofcom has awarded small-scale DAB multiplex licences for five new areas across the UK, further expanding access to digital radio for local and community broadcasters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/todayl.ink\/WiseBuddah\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RadioToday-Small-Image-150x150-1.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new multiplexes will serve Lancaster, North Somerset, Oban, Taunton, and West Oxfordshire, allowing a greater range of local, commercial, and specialist music stations to reach listeners on DAB digital radio.<\/p>\n<p>Each area had just one applicant, so the awards go to:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 North Lancashire DAB Limited for Lancaster<br \/>\u2022 Bath Digital Radio for North Somerset<br \/>\u2022 Caledonia TX Limited for Oban<br \/>\u2022 Taunton DAB Limited for Taunton<br \/>\u2022 WOXDAB for West Oxfordshire<\/p>\n<p>In total, 79 small-scale multiplexes are now on air across the UK, with more than 100 expected to launch under the national rollout.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Ofcom said the continued expansion of small-scale DAB is \u201cenabling local communities and smaller broadcasters to share their voices on digital radio, adding new diversity and choice for listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This latest announcement follows a series of licence awards made throughout the year, and is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/tv-radio-and-on-demand\/digital-radio\/small-scale-multiplex-applications?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Small-scale%20DAB%20licences%20awarded%20for%20five%20more%20areas&amp;utm_content=Small-scale%20DAB%20licences%20awarded%20for%20five%20more%20areas+CID_9af5472d78e607dd59168757f1d2fa15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Round Seven<\/a> areas.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bs-push-noti-message\">Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tSubscribe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Ofcom has awarded small-scale DAB multiplex licences for five new areas across the UK, further&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,128,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-257040","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-music","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}