Licence areas announced for small-scale DAB Round 4

There are 27 new licence areas constituting the fourth round of small-scale radio multiplex licensing, Ofcom has just announced.

The regulator currently plans to advertise these in the second half of 2022.

Meanwhile, applications are now welcome for Round 3 with a closing date of Monday 25th April 2022 at 5pm.

 

The areas in Round 3 are:

  • Bedford
  • Belfast & Lisburn
  • Coventry
  • Darlington & Bishop Auckland
  • Dundee
  • East Hull
  • Leicester
  • Lincoln
  • Llandudno & Betws-y-Coed
  • Middlesbrough & Redcar
  • Milton Keynes
  • North Aberdeen
  • Nottingham
  • Oxford
  • Rutland & Stamford
  • Shaftesbury & Blandford Forum
  • South Aberdeen
  • Swansea
  • Swindon & Marlborough
  • Taunton
  • Warminster, Devizes & Trowbridge
  • West Hull
  • Wetherby & Harrogate
  • York
  • Yorkshire Coast

 

The 27 areas in Round 4 are:

  • Anglesey & north Gwynedd
  • Ards Peninsula
  • Banbury & Bicester
  • Bath & Midsomer Norton
  • Boston, Spalding & Skegness
  • Bristol (north)
  • Derby
  • Doncaster
  • Durham
  • East Fife
  • Glenrothes & Kirkcaldy
  • Kendal & Windermere
  • Kintyre, Islay & Jura
  • Newport & Chepstow
  • Newry
  • North Buckinghamshire
  • North Pembrokeshire
  • Northampton
  • Peterborough
  • Plymouth
  • Scottish Borders (eastern)
  • South Pembrokeshire
  • Southampton
  • Stirling & Falkirk
  • Torbay
  • Wakefield, Castleford & Dewsbury
  • Wolverhampton