NOW Peterborough

NOW Peterborough
Frequency	12D (229.072 MHz)
Air date	November 2002
Owner	Arqiva
Website	localdigitalradio.co.uk

NOW Peterborough is a local commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves Peterborough and the surrounding area. NOW Peterborough is transmitted on frequency block 12D (229.072 MHz) from transmitters at Huntingdon (Hitchingbrooke Hospital), Peterborough and Stamford. It launched in November 2002 and is operated by NOW Digital who are owned by Arqiva. NOW Digital were awarded the licence on 9 November 2001, with broadcasts expecting to commence in August 2002. There was only one application for the licence (closing date 11 September 2001). There were possibilities of further transmitters at Holbeach and St Neots.

Stations carried

Service	Service ID	Bit rate	Audio channels	Description	Analogue availability
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire	C53A	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Local BBC service	95.7 MHz
Capital London	C9CC	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Contemporary pop music, relay of London service	—
Gold	CBD2	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Golden oldies	1332 kHz
Heart Cambridgeshire	C786	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Adult contemporary music	102.7 MHz
Kiss	C3A6	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Dance and R&B	107.7 MHz
NME Radio	CEC1	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Alternative music	—
Pop Up Radio	CFCF	64 kbit/s	Mono LSF	Special events service	—
Black Cat Radio	CCCA	64 kbit/s	Mono LSF	Community Radio from St Neots	—
XFM London	C0B8	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Rock music, relay of London service	—
EPG Peterborough	E1C000C6	8 kbit/s	Data	Hidden service, EPG data	—

External links

• Coverage map
• Official site
• East Casterton (Stamford) transmitter
• Hitchingbrooke Hospital transmitter
• Peterborough transmitter