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Revision as of 16:38, 9 March 2019
Licensed area | United Kingdom |
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Frequency | 11A (216.928 MHz)[1] |
Air date | 29 February 2016[2] |
Owner | Arqiva (40%) Bauer Media Group (30%) Wireless Group (30%) [3] |
Website | https://www.arqiva.com/overviews/radio/sound-digital-national-multiplex/ |
Sound Digital is a semi national commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, owned by Arqiva, Bauer Media Group and Wireless Group. The multiplex covers 73% of the population from a total of 45 transmitters.[3]
History
Following the collapse of the winning 4 Digital Group bid for the second national ensemble in 2008, the capacity was re-advertised in 2014.[4] Two bids were received, Sound Digital and Listen2Digital, a consortium run by Orion Media and Babcock International Group. [5] On 27 March 2015, Sound Digital were selected as the winner.[6]
Between award and launch, Premier Praise and Panjab Radio, a Listen2Digital station, joined the line up along with DAB+ stations Fun Kids and Magic Chilled.[7] Also, BMR and UCB Inspirational were rebranded Awesome Radio and UCB2 respectively and talkBUSINESS was replaced by Listen2Digital station Share Radio.[8]
Test transmission commenced in February 2016, which consisted of Sound Waves and Sound Waves+ for DAB and DAB+ respectively.[9] An official launch took place on 29 February, with the majority of stations launching on this date and the remainder following over the next month.
Of the 170+ cleared transmitters only 45 have been used and complaints have been made regarding the lack of coverage in Cornwall, parts of East Anglia, Scotland and Kent[10][11][12].
'Awesome Radio' was shut down on 29 August 2017[13]
On 15 May 2018 it was announced that SDL will add 19 transmitters in the South West, East Anglia, Wales and North of Scotland, increasing Sound Digital’s coverage by nearly 4 million new listeners in more than 1.6m new households.[14]
Heat Radio was removed from the SDL mux. [15]
Stations carried
DAB
Service | Service ID | Bit rate | Audio channels | Description | DAB launch date |
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Absolute Radio 80s | C8D8 | 80 kbit/s | Mono | 80s music | 29 February 2016 |
Kisstory | C4D8 | Classic dance, R&B, hip-hop tunes | |||
Mellow Magic | C5D8 | Relaxing and melodic music | 15 March 2016 | ||
Panjab Radio | CED8 | 56 kbit/s | Mono LSF | Delivering extra choice for British Sikhs and Panjabi speakers | 29 February 2016 |
Planet Rock | C7D8 | 80 kbit/s | Mono | Classic rock radio | |
Premier Christian Radio | CCD8 | 64 kbit/s | Mono LSF | Christian music and speech | |
Premier Praise | CDD8 | Sister station to Premier Christian Radio | 27 March 2016 | ||
Sunrise Radio | C9D8 | Asian music and speech programmes | 29 February 2016 | ||
Talkradio | C0D8 | Mono | News and current affairs | 21 March 2016 | |
TalkSport 2 | C1D8 | Mono LSF | Rolling sports news and live sport commentary
15 March 2016 | ||
UCB2 | CBD8 | Christian music | 29 February 2016 | ||
Virgin Radio UK | C3D8 | 80 kbit/s | Mono | Rock and pop music | 30 March 2016 |
Scala Radio | CDE6 | 112 kbit/s | Joint Stereo | Classical | 4 March 2019 |
DAB+
Service | Service ID | Bit rate | Audio channels | Description | DAB+ launch date |
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Fun Kids | CFD8 | 32 kbit/s | Stereo HE-AAC v2 | National children’s radio station | 29 February 2016 |
Jazz FM | CAD7 | 32 kbit/s | Stereo HE-AAC v2 | Jazz music | 29 February 2016 |
Magic Chilled | CED7 | 32 kbit/s | Stereo HE-AAC v2 | Fresh laid-back hits | 28 March 2016 |
UnionJack | C7FF | 32 kbit/s | Stereo HE-AAC v2 | British rock/pop | 9 September 2016 |
ForcesRadio BFBS | C5E0 | 24 kbit/s | Stereo HE-AAC v2 | Armed forces radio | 24 January 2018 |
JACK Radio (UK) | CAE0 | 32 kbit/s | Stereo HE-AAC v2 | Pop music | 6 April 2018 |
Virgin Anthems | C7E6 | 32 kbit/s | Stereo HE-AAC v2 | Pop Music | 22 December 2018 |
Virgin Chilled | C8E6 | 32 kbit/s | Stereo HE-AAC v2 | Pop Music | 22 December 2018 |
References
- ^ "SDL National". Ofcom. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "A Dozen Stations Launched On New DAB Multiplex". Radio Today. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ a b "More digital radio stations on their way to UK listeners". Ofcom. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Two horse race for Digital 2 DAB multiplex". a516digital. 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ Martin, Roy (2015-01-29). "Orion Media partners with Babcock for D2 bid". Radio Today. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ Martin, Roy (2015-03-27). "Sound Digital wins national DAB multiplex". Radio Today. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
- ^ Martin, Roy. "Fun Kids to go national as DAB+ radio service". Radio Today. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Sound Digital: full station list announced". a516digital. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ^ "Sound Digital tests: See how hi-tech your digital radio is". a516digital. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ http://www.a516digital.com/2014/07/10-things-to-know-about-digital-2-dab.html
- ^ http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/digital-radio-listeners-in-east-anglia-miss-out-on-18-dab-stations-1-4506913
- ^ http://www.a516digital.com/2016/02/the-digital-radio-divide-are-you-still.html
- ^ "Awesome Radio Shutdown".
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- ^ https://radiotoday.co.uk/2019/01/heat-radio-to-be-removed-from-sdl-national-dab-mux/