DAB and analogue licence areas
Approved area
Pop
Channel Islands
Existing DAB licence
area
100,000 Channel Islands
Cambridgeshire
675,856 Cambridge
Peterborough
East Anglia
1,065,000 Norwich
West Norfolk
Suffolk
Mux pop
100,000
346,000
386,000
593,000
72,000
400,000
Essex
1,291,000 Essex
1,291,000
Home Counties
2,324,554 Herts, Beds, Bucks
1,829,000
Northamptonshire
East Midlands
1,779,825 Derbyshire
Leicester
East Riding & Lincs
505,000
847,000
723,000
Nottingham
1,061,000
1,099,124 Humberside
675,000
Licence
no.
AL142-2
AL143-2
AL125-2
AL194-1
AL245-1
AL023-2
AL024-2
AL108-2
AL109-2
AL186-1
AL285-1
AL300-1
AL134-2
AL070-3
AL071-3
AL308-1
AL153-2
AL150-2
AL005-2
AL006-2
AL221-1
AL313-1
AL054-3
AL010-2a
AL010-2b
AL009-3
AL126-3
AL259-1
AL170-2
AL159-2
AL043-3
AL011-3
AL012-3
AL107-2a
AL286-1
AL059-2
AL058-2
AL231-1
AL230-1
AL229-1
AL107-2b
AL106-2
AL226-1
AL100-2
AL101-2
AL315-1
Analogue Station (AM in italics) Population
Area
Group
Island FM
Channel 103
Heart - Cambridge
Star Radio - Cambridge
Connect FM
Gold - Peterborough
Heart - Peterborough
Gold - Norwich
Heart - Norwich
The Beach
North Norfolk Radio
Radio Norwich
KLFM
Gold - Suffolk
Heart - Suffolk
Town FM
Heart - Colchester
Ten 17
Gold - Essex
Heart - Essex
Chelmsford Radio
Southend Radio
Dream 100
Heart - Bedford
Heart - Luton
Gold - Luton & Bedford
Heart - Milton Keynes
HertBeat FM
Hertfordshire's Mercury 96.6
Mix 96 - Aylesbury
Connect FM
Gold - Northampton
Heart - Northants
Ram FM
High Peak Radio
Leicester Sound
Sabras Radio
Oak FM - Hinkley
Oak FM - Loughborough
Rutland Radio
Trent FM
Gold - Nottingham & Derby
Mansfield
Magic - Humberside
Viking FM
KCFM
Guernsey
Jersey
Cambridge & Newmarket
Cambridge
Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough
Norwich
Norwich
Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft
North Norfolk
Norwich
Kings Lynn
Ipswich/Bury St Edmunds
Ipswich/Bury St Edmunds
Ipswich
Colchester
Harlow
Southend/Chelmsford
Southend/Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Southend
Tendring
Bedford
Luton
Luton/Bedford
Milton Keynes
Hertford
St Albans & Watford
Aylesbury
Kettering
Northampton
Northampton
Derby
Buxton
Leicester
Leicester
Hinckley
Loughborough
Rutland
Nottingham
Nottingham/Derby
Mansfield
Humberside
Humberside
Hull
Tindle Radio
Tindle Radio
Global Radio
UKRD
Stockvale
Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio
Tindle Radio
Tindle Radio
Tindle Radio
UKRD
Global Radio
Global Radio
Tindle Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio
Stockvale
Stockvale
Tindle Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio
Independent
Stockvale
UKRD
Stockvale
Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio
Independent
Global Radio
Independent
Lincs FM
Lincs FM
Lincs FM
Global Radio
Global Radio
Independent
Bauer Media
Bauer Media
Lincs FM
51,342
72,419
293,849
134,258
136,403
628,634
323,126
552,669
563,200
174,124
37,930
290,313
96,144
565,364
375,395
154,993
131,083
108,837
1,621,326
861,317
157,550
177,297
117,154
345,885
522,279
1,128,298
267,925
159,535
293,347
147,310
156,045
627,517
392,517
430,158
76,674
712,566
740,667
59,809
80,499
29,034
850,036
1,552,196
137,739
730,709
895,819
299,614
DAB and analogue licence areas
Approved area
North East
Pop
Existing DAB licence
area
Lincolnshire
2,016,181 Teesside
Tyne & Wear
Lancashire & Cumbria
1,878,850 Cumbria
Morecambe Bay
Lancashire
Mux pop
670,000
673,000
1,389,000
300,000
250,000
1,329,000
Liverpool
1,819,000 Liverpool
1,819,000
Manchester
2,466,000 Manchester
2,466,000
Northern Ireland
1,313,000 Northern Ireland
1,313,000
Licence
no.
AL266-1
AL132-2
AL104-2
AL105-2
AL181-2
AL297-1
AL307-1
AL082-2
AL083-2
AL055-3
AL149-2
AL177-2
AL267-1
AL147-2
AL062-2
AL063-2
AL292-1
AL183-1
AL258-1
AL137-2
AL323-1
AL096-2
AL097-2
AL321-1
AL203-1
AL087-3b
AL207-1
AL274-1
AL078-2
AL079-2
AL161-1
AL298-1
AL033-2
AL325-1
AL235-1
AL038-3
AL234-1
AL214-1
AL189-1
AL121-2a
AL121-2b
AL042-2
AL301-1
AL254-1
AL155-2
AL275-1
Analogue Station (AM in italics) Population
Area
Group
Compass FM
Lincs FM
Magic - Teesside
TFM
Star Radio
Star Radio
Star Radio
Magic - Tyne & Wear
Metro FM
Sun FM
CFM - Carlisle
CFM - West Cumbria
Lakeland Radio
The Bay
Magic - Preston
Rock FM
The Bee
Asian Sound Radio
2BR
Radio Wave
Central Radio
Magic - Liverpool
Radio City
City Talk
Dune FM
Heart -Wirral
Juice FM - Liverpool
Dee 106.3
Magic - Manchester
Key 103
Gold - Manchester
XFM - Manchester
Galaxy - Manchester
Rock Radio - Manchester
The Revolution
Imagine FM
Tower FM
Wire FM
Wish FM
Downtown Radio
Cool FM
Citybeat
Seven FM
Q97.2 FM
Q102.9 FM
Six FM
Grimsby
Lincoln
Teesside
Teesside
Darlington
Durham
Northallerton
Tyne and Wear
Tyne and Wear
Sunderland
Carlisle
West Cumbria
Kendal/Windermere
Morecambe Bay
Preston
Preston
Blackburn
East Lancashire
Burnley
Blackpool
Preston
Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool
Southport
Wirral
Liverpool
Chester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Oldham
Stockport
Bolton and Bury
Warrington
Wigan
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Ballymena
Coleraine
Londonderry
Mid Ulster
Lincs FM
Lincs FM
Bauer Media
Bauer Media
UKRD
UKRD
UKRD
Bauer Media
Bauer Media
UKRD
Bauer Media
Bauer Media
CN Group
CN Group
Bauer Media
Bauer Media
Independent
Independent
UKRD
UTV
Niacom
Bauer Media
Bauer Media
Bauer Media
Niacom
Global Radio
UTV
Independent
Bauer Media
Bauer Media
Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio
GMG Radio
Independent
Independent
UTV
UTV
UTV
Bauer Media
Bauer Media
CN Group
Northern Media Group
Northern Media Group
Northern Media Group
Northern Media Group
91,992
639,134
788,973
788,467
108,262
295,628
35,231
1,267,530
1,328,512
352,530
173,439
97,808
39,979
239,046
1,058,143
1,207,258
164,096
1,923,963
191,267
227,322
268,855
1,690,270
1,465,433
1,375,724
159,128
650,673
675,905
110,213
1,849,446
2,166,470
2,200,721
1,234,535
1,628,501
1,518,948
673,539
462,925
292,762
207,411
511,113
1,158,555
1,158,555
501,402
86,328
44,948
107,128
74,471
DAB and analogue licence areas
Approved area
Pop
Existing DAB licence
area
Edinburgh & The Borders
1,249,074 Edinburgh
Glasgow & SW Scotland
The Borders
2,006,167 Ayr
Glasgow
Solent
South West Scotland
1,734,000 Bournemouth
None
Salisbury
South Hampshire
Surrey & Sussex
West Dorset
2,289,000 Surrey & N Sussex
Sussex Coast
Thames Valley
1,102,869 Reading & Basingstoke
Mux pop
1,167,000
300,000
1,801,000
464,000
1,089,000
1,411,000
878,000
636,000
Licence
no.
AL316-1
AL270-1
AL295-1
AL098-2
AL099-2
AL223-1
AL047-3
AL129-3
AL013-2
AL014-2
AL074-2
AL075-2
AL290-1
AL141-2
AL264-1
AL287-1
AL250-1
AL130-3
AL025-2
AL026-2
AL240-1
AL179-2
AL145-2
AL114-2
AL115-2a
AL115-2b
AL044-3
AL238-1
AL239-1
AL241-1
AL154-2
AL116-2
AL117-3
AL263-1
AL146-2
AL080-3
AL081-3
AL084-2
AL085-2
AL211-1
AL278-1
AL182-2
AL206-1
AL210-1
AL122-2
AL123-2
Analogue Station (AM in italics) Population
Area
Five FM
Q101.2 FM
U105
Forth 2
Forth 1
Kingdom FM
Central FM
Radio Borders
West Sound AM
West FM
Clyde 2
Clyde 1
Smooth Radio - Glasgow
Rock Radio - Paisley
Your Radio- Dumbarton
Your Radio - Helensburgh
L107
South West Sound
Gold - Bournemouth
Heart - Bournemouth
Fire 107.6
MidWest Radio - Shaftesbury
Spire FM
Gold - South Hampshire
Heart - South Hampshire
Galaxy - South Hampshire
Isle of Wight Radio
The Quay
Play Radio - S'hampton
Play Radio - Winchester
Wessex FM
Gold - Crawley & Reigate
Mercury FM
Bright
Delta FM
County Sound
The Eagle
Gold - Sussex
Heart - Sussex
Juice 107.2 - Brighton
Splash FM
Spirit FM
Sovereign FM
Arrow FM
Gold - Berks & N Hants
Heart - Berks and N Hants
Newry
Northern Media Group
Omagh and Enniskillen
Northern Media Group
Belfast
UTV
Edinburgh
Bauer Media
Edinburgh
Bauer Media
Fife
Independent
Stirling & Falkirk
Independent
The Borders
Bauer Media
Ayr
Bauer Media
Ayr
Bauer Media
Glasgow
Bauer Media
Glasgow
Bauer Media
Glasgow
GMG Radio
Paisley
GMG Radio
Dumbarton
Your
Helensburgh
Your
Ind (CMG Radio Ltd)
North Lanarkshire
Dumfries & Galloway
Bauer Media
Bournemouth
Global Radio
Bournemouth
Global Radio
Bournemouth
Indpendent
Shaftesbury
Independent
Salisbury
UKRD
South Hampshire
Global Radio
South Hampshire
Global Radio
South Hampshire
Global Radio
Isle of Wight
Independent
Portsmouth
Independent
Southampton
Celador
Winchester
Celador
Weymouth and Dorchester
UKRD
Crawley & Reigate
Global Radio
Crawley & Reigate
Global Radio
Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath Media Sound Holdings
Alton/Haslemere
Tindle News
Guildford
UKRD
Guildford
UKRD
Brighton / Eastbourne & Hastings Global Radio
Brighton / Eastbourne & Hastings Global Radio
Brighton
Independent
Worthing
Media Sound Holdings
Chichester
UKRD
Eastbourne
Media Sound Holdings
Hastings
Media Sound Holdings
Reading/Basingstoke & Andover Global Radio
Reading/Basingstoke & Andover Global Radio
51,702
81,247
603,996
963,916
1,042,714
292,768
268,855
81,807
544,973
232,422
1,573,496
1,723,160
1,461,855
704,066
33,628
22,389
308,048
86,700
479,183
317,749
232,750
53,710
74,802
966,020
911,485
860,074
103,792
300,485
390,042
50,343
106,779
497,622
417,274
107,975
73,032
514,551
535,886
1,022,832
838,286
236,204
113,487
271,387
130,359
86,353
692,793
751,305
Group
DAB and analogue licence areas
Approved area
Pop
Existing DAB licence
area
Oxfordshire
Kent
1,148,000 Kent
South West
1,271,975 Exeter & Torbay
North Devon
Plymouth & Cornwall
North Wales
West Wales
Mux pop
494,000
1,148,000
326,000
675,507
1,057,784 NE Wales & W Cheshire
647,000
North Wales
311,000
Mid & West Wales
400,000
Swansea
551,000
766,261
South Wales
1,061,000 Cardiff
West of England
Valleys
1,223,341 Bristol
843,000
Licence
no.
AL317-1
AL273-1
AL148-2
AL212-1
AL256-1
AL193-2
AL320-1
AL127-3
AL299-1
AL112-2
AL113-2
AL293-1
AL201-1
AL205-1
AL283-1
AL195-1
AL197-1
AL180-2
AL032-2
AL318-1
AL303-1
AL140-2
AL102-2
AL103-2
AL252-1
AL296-1
AL136-2
AL328-1
AL086-3
AL087-3a
AL222-1
AL152-2
AL139-2
AL151-2
AL289-1a
AL272-1
AL257-1
AL289-1b
AL306-1
AL090-2
AL091-2
AL019-2
AL020-2
827,000 AL015-2
AL016-2
Analogue Station (AM in italics) Population
Area
Andover Sound
Reading 107 FM
Time - Slough
Kestrel FM
Newbury Sound
Oxford's FM 107.9
Jack FM
Heart - Oxfordshire
Touchradio - Banbury
Gold - Kent
Heart - Kent
KMFM - Ashford
KMFM - Canterbury
KMFM - Folkestone/Dover
KMFM - Maidstone
KMFM - Medway
KMFM - Thanet
KMFM - West Kent
Heart - Exeter and Torbay
Exeter FM
Palm FM
Heart - North Devon
Gold - Plymouth
Heart - Plymouth
Heart - South Hams
Atlantic FM
Pirate FM
Radio Plymouth
Gold - Wrexham & Chester
Heart - Wrexham & Deeside
Heart - Caernarfon
Heart - Colwyn Bay
Radio Ceredigion
Radio Maldwyn
Radio Carmarthenshire
Radio Pembrokeshire
Bridge FM
Scarlet FM
Swansea Bay Radio
Swansea Sound
The Wave
Gold - Cardiff & Newport
Red Dragon
39,624
213,772
383,348
99,745
67,103
214,710
230,854
620,196
60,770
1,041,029
1,083,171
66,810
65,624
107,209
90,329
168,629
93,169
206,277
398,332
132,783
180,841
94,403
277,397
265,334
81,689
544,917
483,401
248,076
483,556
260,123
94,873
138,711
72,088
67,335
178,318
89,127
80,939
Andover
Andover Sound
Reading
Independent
Slough, Maidenhead and WindsorLitt Corporation
Basingstoke
Tindle Radio
Newbury
Andover Sound
Oxford
ARI
Oxford
ARI
Oxford/Banbury
Global Radio
Banbury
Independent
Kent
Global Radio
Kent
Global Radio
Ashford
KMFM
Canterbury
KMFM
Dover/Folkestone
KMFM
Maidstone
KMFM
Medway Towns
KMFM
Thanet
KMFM
Tunbridge Wells/ Sevenoaks
KMFM
Exeter/Torbay
Global Radio
Exeter
Litt Corporation
Torbay
Litt Corporation
Barnstaple
Global Radio
Plymouth
Global Radio
Plymouth
Global Radio
South Hams
Global Radio
Cornwall
Independent
Cornwall
UKRD
Cornwall
Litt Corporation
Wrexham & Chester
Global Radio
Wrexham & Chester
Global Radio
Caernarfon
Global Radio
North Wales Coast
Global Radio
Ceredigion
Town and Country
Montgomeryshire
Independent
Town and Country
Carmarthenshire
Pembrokeshire
Town and Country
Bridgend
Town and Country
Town and Country
Llanelli
Swansea
Town and Country
Swansea
UTV
Swansea
UTV
Cardiff/Newport
Global Radio
Cardiff/Newport
Global Radio
Gold - Bristol
Heart - Bristol and Bath
1,009,708 Bristol
729,190 Bristol and Bath
314,466
368,625
301,639
922,139
658,903
Group
Global Radio
Global Radio
DAB and analogue licence areas
Approved area
Wiltshire
Birmingham & Warwickshire
Pop
Existing DAB licence
area
Somerset
408,000
609,000 Swindon & W Wilts
609,000
2,634,600 Birmingham
Coventry
South West Midlands
Stratford-upon-Avon
990,000 Gloucestershire
Hereford & Worcester
Stoke on Trent
Wolverhampton & Shropshire
Mux pop
880,000 Stoke on Trent
1,130,000 W'hampton & Shrewsbury
1,838,000
622,000
460,000
586,000
880,000
1,087,000
North Yorkshire
695,431 North Yorkshire
695,000
South Yorkshire
1,253,000 South Yorkshire
1,253,000
Licence
no.
AL247-1
AL319-1
AL248-1
AL128-3
AL281-1
AL260-1
AL218-1
AL249-1
AL064-2
AL065-2
AL304-1
AL268-1
AL046-2
AL076-2
AL077-2
AL171-1
AL217-1
AL052-2
AL271-1
AL309-1
AL021-2
AL022-2
AL185-2
AL029-3
AL030-3
AL225-1
AL061-3
AL294-1
AL326-1
AL213-1
AL088-2
AL089-2
AL118-2
AL119-2
AL199-1
AL310-1
AL237-1
AL138-2
AL192-1
AL253-1
AL162-2
AL158-2
AL135-2
AL092-2
AL093-2
AL280-1
Analogue Station (AM in italics) Population
Area
Star Radio - Bristol
Jack FM
Bath FM
Heart - Somerset
Midwest Radio - Yeovil
Quay West - Bridgwater
Quay West - West Somerset
Star Radio - Weston-s-Mare
Gold - Swindon & W Wilts
Heart - Wiltshire
Brunel FM
3TR FM
Galaxy - Birmingham
Gold - Birmingham
BRMB
Radio XL
Touchradio - SE Staffordshire
Touchradio - Coventry
Rugby FM
Touchradio - Warwick
Gold - Coventry
Mercia FM
Touchradio - Stratford-u-Avon
Gold - Gloucester
Heart - Gloucestershire
Star Radio - Cheltenham
Wyvern FM
The Wyre
Sunshine - Hereford & M'mouth
Silk FM
Signal Two
Signal One
Gold - Wolverhampton
Beacon Radio
The Wolf
The Severn
Telford FM
Sunshine 855 - Ludlow
Fresh Radio
Yorkshire Coast - Bridlington
Stray FM
Yorkshire Coast - Scarborough
Minster FM
Magic - South Yorkshire
Hallam FM
Dearne FM
Bristol
Independent
Bristol
Independent
Bath
South West Radio Ltd
Taunton & Yeovil
Global Radio
Yeovil
Independent
Bridgwater
South West Radio Ltd
West Somerset
South West Radio Ltd
Weston-super-Mare
UKRD
Swindon/West Wiltshire
Global Radio
Swindon/West Wiltshire
Global Radio
Swindon
South West Radio Ltd
Warminster
South West Radio Ltd
Birmingham
Global Radio
Birmingham
Orion Media
Birmingham
Orion Media
Birmingham
Independent
South-East Staffordshire
Quidem
Coventry
Quidem
Rugby
Quidem
Warwick
Quidem
Coventry
Orion Media
Coventry
Orion Media
Stratford-upon-Avon
Quidem
Gloucester
Global Radio
Gloucester
Global Radio
Cheltenham
Independent
Hereford/Worcester
Orion Media
Kidderminster
MNA
Herefordshire and MonmouthshireIndependent
Macclesfield
UKRD
Stoke-on-Trent
UTV
Stoke-on-Trent
UTV
Wolverhampton/Shropshire
Orion Media
Wolverhampton/Shropshire
Orion Media
Wolverhampton
UTV
Shrewsbury
MNA
Telford
MNA
Ludlow
Independent
Yorkshire Dales
Independent
Bridlington
UKRD
Harrogate
UKRD
Scarborough
UKRD
York
UKRD
South Yorkshire
Bauer Media
South Yorkshire
Bauer Media
Barnsley
Lincs FM
339,235
539,064
82,433
332,065
105,501
38,299
19,826
73,478
531,049
431,400
139,722
18,410
1,223,555
1,758,367
1,816,137
3,104,253
207,582
247,275
58,763
103,967
584,701
559,811
190,454
559,468
324,029
111,730
641,508
83,588
174,745
116,157
620,522
818,797
2,174,496
1,373,782
329,122
106,721
114,120
97,026
190,462
28,405
176,821
82,901
442,024
1,532,094
1,184,382
173,022
Group
DAB and analogue licence areas
Approved area
West Yorkshire
Pop
Existing DAB licence
area
1,713,377 Bradford
Leeds
Mux pop
Licence
no.
AL244-1
AL224-1
AL314-1
AL227-1
843,000 AL037-2
AL072-2
AL073-2
1,071,000 AL003-2
AL004-2
AL242-1
Analogue Station (AM in italics) Population
Area
Group
Trax FM - Doncaster
Trax FM - Bassetlaw
Rother FM
Peak FM
Sunrise Radio - Yorkshire
Pulse Gold
The Pulse
Magic - Leeds
Radio Aire
Ridings FM
Doncaster
Bassetlaw
Rotherham
Chesterfield
Bradford
Bradford / Huddersfield
Bradford / Huddersfield
Leeds
Leeds
Wakefield
Lincs FM
Lincs FM
Lincs FM
UTV
Independent
UTV
UTV
Bauer Media
Bauer Media
Lincs FM
302,124
34,848
385,235
177,509
368,977
1,360,778
1,088,038
1,269,454
836,687
347,194
NOTES:
* Some assumptions have been made for areas where DAB multiplexes have been awarded but not launched. This in no way implies carriage delas have been agreed or any Ofcom obligation on those stations to launch on DAB
** Where there is no DAB multiplex planned, an assumption has been made, based on the size of the area
*** This list shows the approved area for each licensed station (save those in London and Northern Scotland, in respect of which we have not approved an area). A case-by-case consideration of specific requests may result
in stations being permitted to co-locate and / or share programmes with a station in a different area.