NOW Nottingham
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| Licensed area | Nottinghamshire |
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| Frequency | 12C (227.360 MHz) |
| Air date | 25 April 2004 |
| Owner | NOW Digital (East Midlands) Ltd (Arqiva, Global Radio, Sabras Radio) |
| Website | localdigitalradio.co.uk |
| Coverage Map | [1] |
| Transmitters | Mapperley Ridge (Nottingham) Waltham Fishponds Hill (Mansfield) |
NOW Nottingham is a local commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves Nottingham, Mansfield, Newark-on-Trent and the surrounding area. It launched on 25 April 2004 and is operated by NOW Digital on behalf of NOW Digital (East Midlands) Ltd.
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[edit] Stations carried
The following channels are receivable on any digital-equipped DAB radio in the Nottinghamshire area:
| Service | Service ID | Bit rate | Audio channels | Description | DAB launch date | Analogue availability |
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| BBC Radio Nottingham | C733 | 128 kbit/s | Joint stereo | Local BBC service | 25 April 2004 | 95.1, 95.5, 103.8 MHz |
| Capital East Midlands | C36E | 128 kbit/s | Joint stereo | Contemporary hit music | 3 January 2011 | 96.2, 96.5, 102.8, 105.4 MHz |
| Gem 106 | C3AB | 128 kbit/s | Joint stereo | 80s, 90s and current adult contemporary music | 31 December 2010 | 106.0 MHz |
| Gold | CAD2 | 128 kbit/s | Joint stereo | Oldies music | 3 August 2007 | 999 kHz |
| Heart London | C3D0 | 128 kbit/s | Joint stereo | Adult contemporary music, London version | 3 January 2011 | — |
| Kiss | C483 | 128 kbit/s | Joint stereo | Dance and R&B | 22 April 2011 | — |
| Pop Up Radio | CFCF | 64 kbit/s | Mono LSF | Various events | 24 August 2010 | — |
| Smooth Radio | C3A2 | 128 kbit/s | Joint stereo | Easy listening | 27 March 2007 | 106.6 MHz |
| XFM London | C0B8 | 128 kbit/s | Joint stereo | Alternative Indie/Rock music led station | 24 January 2006 | — |
[edit] Former services
Services previously carried on the multiplex include:
| Service | Closure date | What happened/notes |
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| Traffic Radio | 31 August 2011 | Rolling traffic News, Midlands version, launched 28 June 2007 [1] |
| Trent FM | 3 January 2011 | Contemporary hit music, merged with Ram FM and Leicester Sound and re-branded Capital FM East Midlands |
| Galaxy Digital | 31 December 2010 | Dance and R&B, normal branding ceased 19 December in advance of the launch of Capital, replaced by Heart London |
| Heart East Midlands | 31 December 2010 | 80s, 90s and current adult contemporary music, re-branded as Gem 106 |
| Chill | 21 March 2009 | Ambient, chill-out music, closure required under Office of Fair Trading ruling |
| Classic Gold GEM | 3 August 2007 | Classic hits, merged with the Capital Gold network and re-branded Gold |
| Capital Disney | 30 June 2007 | Pop music aimed at children, replaced by Traffic Radio |
| Saga 106.6 FM | 27 March 2007 | Classic hits and programmes aimed at the over 50s, re-branded as Smooth Radio |
| Sabras Sound | 23 October 2006 | Asian, replaced by Chill |
| The Storm | 24 January 2006 | Modern rock, replaced by XFM |
| 106 Century FM | 2 September 2005 | 80s, 90s and current adult contemporary music, re-branded Heart 106 (also known as Heart East Midlands) |
[edit] Office of Fair Trading concerns
In August 2008, the Office of Fair Trading, reporting back regarding the acquisition of GCap by Global Radio indicated in their report that due to competition concerns and in accordance with the Communications Act 2003, Global Radio will have to remove Gold Nottingham alongside either Galaxy, XFM or Chill from the NOW Nottingham multiplex.[2] On March 21, 2009 Global Radio partially remedied the OFT's concerns by closing Chill on the multiplex.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.wohnort.org/DAB/archives07.html
- ^ "Completed acquisition by Global Radio UK Limited of GCap Media plc" (pdf). Office of Fair Trading. 2008-08-27. pp. page 76, section 222. http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/mergers_ea02/2008/Global_GCap.pdf. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
[edit] External links
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