MuxCo

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MuxCo is an operator of digital radio in the United Kingdom. It is, in joint ventures, the operator of twelve local DAB ensembles in various parts of England and Wales. MuxCo is owned by Arqiva and Folder Media.

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MuxCo initially partnered with local radio groups to bid for each local multiplex. It remains a shareholder in nine of them, whilst North West Wales and Mid and West Wales are now owned by Nation Broadcasting and the Channel Islands by Tindle CI Broadcasting. It continues to manage them on their behalf.

Initial Wrexham and Cheshire Launch

The first launch, of the multiplex based in Wrexham and Cheshire, was planned for November 2012 [1] but was pushed back to the beginning of 2013. Test transmissions from Moel-y-Parc began on Monday 11 March 2013 and from Wrexham Rhos on Tuesday 12 March 2013, with full transmissions from these two sites scheduled to commence on 18 March 2013. It was announced on 9 March 2013 that the third transmission site, St John's Beacon, would be added at a later date the multiplex was renamed Wrexham Chester and Liverpool [2] .

Licenses

AreaAward dateFrequencyTransmitter sitesServices commenced
Morecambe Bay December 201911B (218.640 MHz)Lancaster, Morecambe Bay, Kendal and Windermere1 December 2021
Channel Islands October 201912A (223.936 MHz) Les Platons, Les Touillets1 August 2021
Gloucestershire January 2008 [3] 10C (213.360 MHz) Churchdown Hill, Stroud, Blunsdon and Icomb Hill18 October 2013
Hereford and Worcester September 2007 [4] 12A (223.936 MHz)Bromsgrove, Ridge Hill and Malvern6 December 2013
Lincolnshire February 2008 [5] 12A (223.936 MHz) Belmont, Lincoln County Hospital, High Hunsley and Grantham1 October 2015
Mid and West Wales March 2008 [6] 12D (229.072 MHz)Carmel, Preseli and Kilvey Hill, Greenhill 30 August 2013
North West Wales June 2008 [7] 10D (215.072 MHz), 12D (229.072 MHz) Arfon and Conwy12 December 2014
North Yorkshire December 2007 [8] 10C (213.360 MHz) Bilsdale, Harlow Hill, Acklam Wold and Oliver's Mount 17 December 2014
Somerset May 2008 [9] 10B (211.648 MHz) Mendip, Taunton and Hutton26 September 2014
Suffolk August 2015 [10] 10C (213.360 MHz) Mendlesham, Puttocks Hill and Warren Heath7 October 2016
Surrey April 2008 [11] 10C (213.360 MHz)Reigate, Dorking, Guildford, Leatherhead, Crystal Palace and Hungry Hill12 December 2013 [12]
Wrexham, Chester and Liverpool September 2007 [13] 10D (215.072 MHz) Moel y Parc, Wrexham Rhos and St John's Beacon 18 March 2013 [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Multiplex Launch for Wrexham, Chester and Liverpool". MuxCo. 23 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Multiplex Launch for Wrexham, Chester and Liverpool 2013". MuxCo. 9 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "MuxCo wins Gloucestershire". RadioToday. 22 January 2008.
  4. ↑ "Double multiplex win for MuxCo". RadioToday. 6 September 2007.
  5. ↑ "MuxCo win Lincolnshire DAB". RadioToday. 19 February 2008.
  6. ↑ "MuxCo bags Mid and West Wales". RadioToday. 18 March 2008.
  7. ↑ "MuxCo win North Wales DAB". RadioToday. 24 June 2008.
  8. ↑ "Muxco wins North Yorks DAB". RadioToday. 13 December 2007.
  9. ↑ "MuxCo win Somerset DAB". RadioToday. 21 May 2008.
  10. ↑ "MuxCo Suffolk wins DAB local radio multiplex". 10 August 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "MuxCo wins Surrey DAB, in line for Somerset". Digital Spy . 25 April 2008. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  12. ↑ "MuxCo's Surrey Multiplex Launch". MuxCo. 12 December 2013.
  13. ↑ "Radio Multiplex Licence Award: Northeast Wales & West Cheshire". Ofcom. 14 September 2007. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.


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