Ofcom is licensing the latest round of community radio applications. Below, you will find a full list of applicants, detailing the location of their radio station, application outcome as have been announced so far and the date on which the decision on each application was announced. This table does not include the three additional licences awarded in Northampton. Last updated: 30th October 2023.

ALL AREAS (35)
ALL AREAS (35)	Region	Application Outcome	Decision
Alfred	Shaftesbury, Dorset	On Air - 107.3	11/12/19
Border City Radio	Carlisle, Cumbria	Licence Granted	30/01/20
Bux FM	South Bucks and Uxbridge	Licence Rejected	03/03/20
Cheshire FM	Northwich, Middlewich and Winsford, Cheshire	Licence Granted	25/03/20
Chesterfield Radio	Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire	Licence Rejected	25/03/20
Chiltern Voice	Amersham and Chesham, Buckinghamshire	On Air - 107.4	30/01/20
Coast and County Radio	Scarborough and Filey, North Yorkshire	On Air - 97.4/105.5/106.7	25/03/20
Cross Counties Radio	Magna Park and Lutterworth, Leicestershire	On Air - 92.0/95.4	25/03/20
Croydon FM	Croydon	Off Air - 97.8	12/05/20
DH1 (Digital Hits One)	North Somerset	On Air - 100.5	12/05/20
Dover Community Radio	Dover District	On Air - 104.9	12/05/20
East Coast Radio	Grimsby and Cleethorpes	Licence Rejected	03/03/20
Elastic FM	Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire	Licence Granted	25/03/20
LCR	Lutterworth and villages to the north, Leicestershire	Licence Rejected	03/03/20
Listen Lanarkshire	Shotts, Scotland	On Air - 107.7	11/12/19
ME2U Community Radio Croydon	Croydon	Licence Rejected	11/12/19
Merthyr Radio	Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan	Licence Returned	11/12/19
Phase Radio (Wales)	Prestatyn, Rhyl and surrounding areas, North East Wales	Licence Rejected	11/12/19
Pulse Radio Wales	Prestatyn, Rhyl and surrounding areas, North East Wales	Licence Rejected	11/12/19
Radio 3C	Burghclere, Kingsclere and Highclere, Hampshire	Licence Rejected	30/01/20
Radio Ballymena	Ballymena, County Antrim	Licence Granted	30/01/20
Radio Henna	Croydon	Licence Rejected	12/05/20
Radio Melksham	Melksham, Wiltshire	Licence Granted	03/03/20
Radio Scarborough	Scarborough, North Yorkshire	On Air - 107.6	25/03/20
Radio West Fife	Dunfermline and West Fife	Licence Granted	12/05/20
Radio Wimborne	Wimborne, East Dorset	On Air - 94.6	03/03/20
Rainbow Radio	South East London	On Air - 92.4	12/05/20
Sam Radio	Edinburgh	Licence Granted	03/03/20
Select Radio	South East London and Croydon	On Air - 94.4	12/05/20
Severn Air Radio	North Somerset	Licence Rejected	25/03/20
Sound Radio	Kinmel Bay, North East Wales	On Air - 103.1	11/12/19
Thornbury Radio	Thornbury and district, Gloucestershire	On Air - 105.1/107.5	03/03/20
Voice of the community / St Asaph On Air	St Asaph and surrounding areas, North East Wales	Licence Rejected	11/12/19
Wallingford Radio	Wallingford, South Oxfordshire	On Air - 107.3	30/01/20
West Kent Radio	Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge, Kent	On Air - 95.5/106.7	25/03/20

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