96.4 The Wave is a British Independent Local Radio station that serves the Swansea Bay area of West Wales. The station is owned by Bauer Radio and mainly broadcasts chart and contemporary music, alongside news and local information, for an audience of under 40s.
Minster FM is an independent commercial local (ILR) radio station based in Dunnington, York, England. It covers the central part of North Yorkshire, including the city of York and surrounding areas such as Selby, Tadcaster, Thirsk, Northallerton and Goole.
Yorkshire Coast Radio is a group of Independent Local Radio stations serving the coastal towns of Scarborough, Whitby and Bridlington and surrounding areas in North and East Yorkshire.
Capital Liverpool is an Independent Local Radio station serving Liverpool, England. It is owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network.
Absolute Classic Rock is a radio station part of the Absolute Radio network, broadcasting to London via DAB, Virgin Media, Sky and worldwide on the internet.
Digital One is a national commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, owned by Arqiva. As of March 2010, the multiplex covered more than 90% of the population from 137 transmitters. Coverage was extended to Northern Ireland in July 2013.
Fresh Radio was a local radio station broadcasting to the Yorkshire Dales in northern England on two medium wave (AM) frequencies and three FM frequencies. It was also heard online via the Fresh Radio website.
In the United Kingdom, the roll-out of digital radio is proceeding since engineering test transmissions were started by the BBC in 1990 followed by a public launch in September 1995. The UK currently has the world's biggest digital radio network, with 103 transmitters, three national DAB ensembles and 48 local and regional DAB ensembles broadcasting over 250 commercial and 34 BBC radio stations across the UK. In the capital, London there are already more than 64 different digital stations available. In addition to DAB and DAB+, radio stations are also broadcast on digital television platform as well as internet radio in the UK. Digital radio ensemble operators and stations need a broadcasting licence from the UK's media regulator Ofcom to broadcast.
Original 106 is an independent radio station broadcasting to Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. It was initially owned by Canadian media company Canwest, and was awarded its broadcast licence in January 2007 and the station launched on 28 October 2007 at 1:06 pm, when the first record played was "Revolution" by The Beatles. On 12 September 2009 the station was sold to a consortium led by Adam Findlay which included John Quinn and Murray Strachan. Adam Findlay's New Wave Media owned Dundee radio station Wave 102, John Quinn is the majority shareholder and chairman of Central FM, a station which covers the Forth Valley in the Central Belt. On the 20th of March 2019 it was announced that the publisher DC Thomson, which already owned Wave FM in Dundee, had bought the Fife-based Kingdom FM and Original 106 taking its tally of radio stations to three.
Nation Radio Wales is a regional radio station, broadcasting to south and west Wales on FM and across Wales on DAB. It is owned and operated by Nation Broadcasting and broadcasts from studios near the St Hilary transmitter on the outskirts of Cowbridge.
Calon FM is a community radio station broadcasting primarily to Wrexham and the surrounding urban areas, along with fair coverage through much of the central areas of Wrexham County Borough, and parts of southern Flintshire. The station is owned and operated by Calon Communications Limited, an independent company limited by guarantee no. 06492937, and broadcasts from studios in the Centre for Creative Industries (CCI) on Glyndŵr University's campus in Wrexham.
Rathergood Radio, formerly known as Star Radio, is an independent local radio station serving Darlington, County Durham, North Yorkshire and surrounding areas. It was owned and operated by UKRD Group until 31 March 2017, when it was purchased and later rebranded by View TV Group.
Sunshine Radio is a British radio station which broadcasts to Herefordshire and Monmouthshire areas of the West Midlands and South Wales respectively from its studios in Hereford. It is operated by Murfin Media Ltd, and previously by Laser Broadcasting.
Capital North West and North Wales is a regional radio station owned and operated by Global as part of the Capital network. It broadcasts to Cheshire, the Wirral Peninsula and North Wales. The station broadcasts from its studios in Gwersyllt, Wrexham, the former headquarters of Marcher Radio Group.
Radio City is a British Independent Local Radio station, based in Liverpool, and serving Merseyside, Cheshire and parts of North Wales. The station is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of the Hits Radio Network.
TFM is a local radio station owned and operated by Bauer Radio as part of the Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to County Durham and North Yorkshire from studios in Newcastle upon Tyne.
MuxCo is an operator of digital radio in the United Kingdom. It is, in joint ventures, the licensee for local DAB ensembles in various parts of England and Wales. The company is owned by Arqiva Bauer digital radio and Folder Media. .Despite having had several licences since 2008, it did not launch any services until 2013.
MKFM is a local radio station for Milton Keynes and North Buckinghamshire on FM, DAB Digital Radio and online. The station started in 2011 with trial broadcasts, launching on DAB on 14 February 2013 and on 106.3FM on 7 September 2015.
Point FM was a community radio station serving northern Denbighshire and eastern parts of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. Owned and operated by Radio Elwy Ltd, the station broadcast locally on 103.1 FM and online.
