- MuxCo North Yorkshire
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MuxCo (North Yorkshire) Licensed area North Yorkshire Frequency 12D (229.072 MHz) Air date Yet to Launch Owner MuxCo / The Local Radio Company Website www.muxco.com MuxCo (North Yorkshire), as the name suggests is the name of the DAB multiplex operator for North Yorkshire. It is a consortium made up of two companies - The Local Radio Company owning 60% with transmitter company National Grid Wireless owning the other 40%.
The DAB licence was advertised by Ofcom on June 13, 2007. At the close on September 12, 2007, only one application had been received by MuxCo (North Yorkshire) but had to wait until December 13, 2007 until they were officially announced as the winners of the licence.
Only three transmitters were confirmed as carrying the platform initially; Bilsdale, Harlow Hill & Oliver's Mount (although this was expected to go live about a year after launch). As required, the platform has to carry the local BBC service BBC York.
Services Expected to be on the platform
Service Service Type Signal Bit-Rate NOTES BBC York BBC Local service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on FM - 103.7 (Main), 104.3 (Harrogate) & 95.5 (Scarborough) & on AM - 666 (York) & 1260 (Scarborough). Minster FM Full Local Service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on 104.7 FM. Stray FM Full Local Service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on 97.2FM in Harrogate. Yorkshire Coast Radio Full Local Service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s Also on 96.2 (Scarborough), 102.4 (Bridlington) & 103.1 (Whitby) Fresh Radio Full Local Service Joint Stereo 128 kbit/s FM: 102.6 (Richmond), 107.1 (Patley Bridge, Ilkley, Settle & Grassington - separate transmitters) & AM: 936 (Main), 1413 (Skipton) & 1431 (Settle). Easy Radio Easy Listeneing Music mono 96 kbit/s Provided by London Media Company (Sunrise) Traffic Radio Travel news Service mono 48 kbit/s Traffic Reports. Podcast Service various mono 16-80 kbit/s Depending on service. Transmitter Sites
These are the only confirmed transmitter sites at present:[2]
Transmitter KW AREA Bilsdale ? Depending on strength. Harlow Hill ? Harrogate Oliver's Mount ? Scarborough* *: Expected to launch within a year of the platform launch.
References
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