There are 27 new licence areas constituting the fourth round of small-scale radio multiplex licensing, Ofcom has just announced.
The regulator currently plans to advertise these in the second half of 2022.
Meanwhile, applications are now welcome for Round 3 with a closing date of Monday 25th April 2022 at 5pm.
The areas in Round 3 are:
- Bedford
- Belfast & Lisburn
- Coventry
- Darlington & Bishop Auckland
- Dundee
- East Hull
- Leicester
- Lincoln
- Llandudno & Betws-y-Coed
- Middlesbrough & Redcar
- Milton Keynes
- North Aberdeen
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Rutland & Stamford
- Shaftesbury & Blandford Forum
- South Aberdeen
- Swansea
- Swindon & Marlborough
- Taunton
- Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge
- West Hull
- Wetherby & Harrogate
- York
- Yorkshire Coast
The 27 areas in Round 4 are:
- Anglesey & north Gwynedd
- Ards Peninsula
- Banbury & Bicester
- Bath & Midsomer Norton
- Boston, Spalding & Skegness
- Bristol (north)
- Derby
- Doncaster
- Durham
- East Fife
- Glenrothes & Kirkcaldy
- Kendal & Windermere
- Kintyre, Islay & Jura
- Newport & Chepstow
- Newry
- North Buckinghamshire
- North Pembrokeshire
- Northampton
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Scottish Borders (eastern)
- South Pembrokeshire
- Southampton
- Stirling & Falkirk
- Torbay
- Wakefield, Castleford & Dewsbury
- Wolverhampton
Posted on Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 at 11:51 am by RadioToday Staff