Ofcom announces all small-scale DAB winners for round 5

All of the licence awards for round 5 of the small-scale DAB multiplex process have been announced by Ofcom.

There were 26 areas applied for in the South West region, plus three re-advertised licence areas, which were awarded last year.

Only one area, Biggleswade and North Herts, has not been granted a licence.

In a change of procedure, every award has been announced at once rather than a few at a time, but has taken over a year to be confirmed by the regulator.

This round includes the prestigious London licences made up of ‘North London’, ‘South London’ and ‘West London’ and ‘North East London & South West Essex’.

See all of the winners list here.

  • Alton, Petersfield & Haslemere – Provincial DAB Ltd
  • Ashford & Dungeness – Ashford DAB Ltd
  • Brighton – Brighton & Hove Digital Radio CIC
  • Canterbury – Canterbury DAB Ltd
  • Chelmsford – Chelmsford Digital Radio Ltd
  • Colchester & Clacton – Essex DAB Ltd
  • Eastbourne, Lewes and Newhaven – East Sussex Digital Radio Ltd
  • Guildford & Woking – Muxcast 5 Ltd
  • Harlow – Xtra DAB Ltd
  • Hastings – Hastings Digital Radio CIC
  • Haywards Heath & Uckfield – Central Sussex Digital Radio Ltd
  • Luton – University of Bedfordshire
  • Maidstone, Tunbridge & Tonbridge – West Kent Digital Ltd
  • Margate, Dover & Folkestone – Kent Coast DAB Ltd
  • North East London and South West Essex – East London and Essex Digital CIC
  • North London – U.DAB Ltd
  • Portsmouth – Angel Radio Ltd
  • Reading – Local Radio Ltd
  • Sittingbourne & Medway Towns – Medway Swale DAB Ltd
  • South East London & North West Kent – GreenDAB Ltd
  • South Hertfordshire – South Herts DAB Ltd
  • South London – South of the River Digital Radio Ltd
  • South West Sussex – Digital Radio West Sussex Ltd
  • Southend – City DAB Ltd
  • West London – City West Digital CIC

And here are the links to the applications:

Alton, Petersfield and Haslemere

Ashford & Dungeness

Biggleswade & North Hertfordshire

Brighton

Canterbury

Chelmsford

Colchester & Clacton

Eastbourne, Newhaven and Lewes

Guildford & Woking

Harlow

Hastings

Haywards Heath & Uckfield

Luton

Maidstone, Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells

Margate, Dover & Folkestone

North East London & South West Essex

North London

Portsmouth

Reading

Sittingbourne & Medway Towns

South East London & North West Kent

South Hertfordshire

South London

South West Sussex

Southend

West London


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