Update History
September 30th
Snapshot of the German ensemble NI GOETTNGN K7D added.
September 30th
Snapshot of the German ensemble NI EMSLAND K10C added.
September 30th
Snapshot of the German ensemble NI ALTESLAND K7B added.
September 30th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble Hull updated.
The number of services being broadcast appears to have dropped to eight since the initial observation.
Previous snapshot corrected.
September 30th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble Doncaster DAB updated.
Two additional services have popped up since the initial observation.
Radio Essentials and Rotherham Radio are each broadcasting in DAB+ at 48 kbit/s.
September 29th
Snapshot of the German ensemble Hamburg K12C updated.
STAR FM MAX ROCK has replaced FEMOTION RADIO since the previous observation. Unlike in Braunschweig, reported earlier, the new service has a different SId to the one it replaced.
September 29th
Snapshot added of the German ensemble in western Schleswig-Holstein, including Heide and Itzehoe, Heide K8C.
September 28th
Snapshot added of the German ensemble in Lüneburger Heide, NI LUENEBURG K8B.
September 28th
Snapshot of the German ensemble in Braunschweig, NI BRAUNSCW K11B updated.
FEMOTION RADIO has been relabelled STAR FM MAX ROCK since the previous observation.
September 27th
Snapshot added of the new UK ensemble South Glos.
September 27th
Snapshot added of the UK ensemble Peterborough 2.
Five DAB+ audio services are currently being broadcast.
September 27th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble Rutland DAB updated.
Ofcom assigned TII values for Stamford of Main:41 Sub:04 (hex), equivalent to decimal values of Main:65 Sub:04 (dec).
The hex values appear to have been entered onsite as the decimal values, resulting in a radiated TII of
Main:29 Sub:04 (hex).
The Brooke transmission was not recorded on this observation.
September 24th
Snapshot of the UK "small-scale" ensemble for North Buckinghamshire added.
Bucks DAB currently has one "original-flavour" DAB service on board.
September 22nd
In France, the regulator has authorised Opemux RNT to operate the forthcoming local ensemble for Chalon-sur-Saône.
September 22nd
In France, the regulator has authorised Compagnie des multiplex DAB to operate the forthcoming local ensemble for Belfort-Montbéliard and the forthcoming regional ensemble for Mayenne, known officially as "Laval étendu".
September 22nd
Snapshot of the UK ensemble Stockport updated.
Removal of Panacea Soul since the previous observation.
The services Gaydio and Wythenshawe FM have switched from 40 to 48 kbit/s.
Pie Radio UK has switched from 32 to 48 kbit/s.
September 22nd
Snapshot of the UK ensemble MANCHESTER DAB updated.
Addition of Sami Swoi Radio since the previous observation.
September 22nd
Snapshots of the UK local ensembles Liverpool and Manchester updated.
September 22nd
Snapshot of the UK local ensemble Stoke & Stafford updated.
September 22nd
Snapshot of the UK local ensemble Teesside updated. Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have replaced Absolute Rock and Mellow Magic since the previous observation.
September 22nd
Snapshot of the UK local ensemble Tyne & Wear updated. Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have replaced Absolute Rock and Mellow Magic since the previous observation.
September 22nd
Snapshot of the UK ensemble Inverclyde Coast updated.
The services Lomond Radio, Timeless Radio and Timeless 70s have switched from 32 to 48 kbit/s since the previous observation.
September 22nd
Snapshot of the UK local ensemble Glasgow updated. Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have replaced Absolute Rock and Absolute 90s since the previous observation.
September 22nd
Snapshot of the UK local ensemble Tayside updated.
September 18th
In France, the regulator has authorised Grand Ouest Mux to operate the forthcoming local ensembles for Chartres, Évreux and Laval.
September 17th
Snapshot of the UK local ensemble Inverness updated.
September 17th
On the UK local ensemble Bradfrd&Huddersf, Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have replaced Absolute Rock and Scala Radio.
The newcomers are each running at 80 kbit/s in "original-flavour" mono, matching the modes of the ceased services.
Snapshot updated.
September 17th
On the UK local ensembles Leeds and Sheffield, Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have replaced Absolute Rock and Mellow Magic.
The newcomers are each running at 80 kbit/s in "original-flavour" mono, matching the modes of the ceased services.
Snapshots updated.
September 17th
On the UK local ensemble Tayside, Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have replaced Absolute 70s and Absolute Rock.
The newcomers are each running at 80 kbit/s in "original-flavour" mono, matching the modes of the ceased services.
September 17th
On the UK local ensemble Birmingham, the services Absolute 80s, Absolute 90s and Planet Rock have ceased.
Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have popped up, each running at 80 kbit/s in "original-flavour" mono, compared with the 64 kbit/s Mono LSF used by each of the three ceased services.
September 17th
On the UK local ensemble Humberside, the services Absolute 80s, Absolute 90s and Absolute Rock have ceased.
Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have popped up, each running at 80 kbit/s in "original-flavour" mono, compared with the 64 kbit/s Mono LSF used by each of the three ceased services.
Snapshot updated.
September 17th
On the UK local ensembles Teesside and Tyne & Wear, Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have replaced Absolute Rock and Mellow Magic.
The newcomers are each running at 80 kbit/s in "original-flavour" mono, matching the modes of the ceased services.
September 17th
On the UK local ensemble Stoke & Stafford, Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have replaced Absolute 60s and Absolute 70s.
Both newcomers are running at 80 kbit/s in "original-flavour" mono, compared with the 64 kbit/s Mono LSF used by Absolute 60s.
The existing service Scala Radio has been relabelled Magic Classical.
September 17th
On the UK local ensemble Lancashire, Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have replaced Absolute 90s and Absolute Rock.
The newcomers are each running at 80 kbit/s in "original-flavour" mono, matching the modes of the ceased services.
September 17th
On the UK local ensemble Liverpool, Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have replaced Absolute Rock and Mellow Magic.
The newcomers are each running at 80 kbit/s in "original-flavour" mono, matching the modes of the ceased services.
September 17th
On the UK local ensemble Manchester, the services Absolute 80s, Absolute Rock and Planet Rock have ceased.
Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have popped up, each running at 80 kbit/s in "original-flavour" mono, compared with the 64 kbit/s Mono LSF used by each of the three ceased services.
September 17th
On the German ensemble Radio Bremen, the service NDR Info HB has ceased.
The service had been silent for several months. A slideshow graphic had been advising listeners to perform a rescan. NDR Info is broadcast from Bremen in the Niedersachsen ensemble NDR NDS OL.
Snapshot updated.
September 16th
On the UK local ensemble Swansea SW Wales, Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have been added.
The existing service Scala Radio St has been relabelled Magic Classical .
Absolute Rock and Mellow Magic have ceased.
September 16th
On the UK ensemble SDL National, Grt Hits Rad 60s and KISSTORY R&B have been added.
The existing services Magic Chilled and Scala Radio St have been relabelled HITS RADIO CHIL and Magic Classical respectively.
HEAT RADIO has ceased.
The bitrates of some of the existing services have dropped.
Snapshot updated.
September 16th
On the UK ensemble London 1, Absolute Radio S, HEAT RADIO, KISS DANCE and KISS FRESH have been added.
The existing service KISS has been relabelled KISS LDN and has switched to DAB+.
Jazz FM has ceased.
Snapshot updated.
September 16th
On the UK local ensemble Inverness, Magic Classical, Absolute 00s and Absolute 10s have been added.
Absolute Rock, KISS FRESH and Mellow Magic and Scala Radio have ceased.
September 13th
Snapshot of the UK local ensemble Nottinghamshire, the service Gold Notts has been relabelled Gold Radio Notts.
Snapshot updated.
September 13th
Snapshot of the UK local ensemble Leicestershire, the service Gold Leicester has been relabelled Gold Radio Leics.
Snapshot updated.
September 13th
Snapshot of the UK local ensemble Derbyshire, the service Gold Derbyshire has been relabelled Gold Radio Derby.
September 13th
Snapshot of the Swiss ensemble DIG I02 updated.
Addition of Morcote since the previous observation.
The existing service Radio Italia SMI has been relabelled R. Italia.
September 12th
In Spain, the public-service broadcaster for Asturias has announced that it will begin broadcasting its services using DAB+ during the first half of 2025. The regional government will begin the necessary procedures to facilitate this. The principality's announcement foresees that the new transmissions will eventually replace FM.
September 12th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble London 2 updated.
Virgin Pride has ceased since the previous observation.
September 12th
Nine additional services have popped up on the UK ensemble London 3:-
ClassicFM Calm, Heart 10s, Heart Love, Heart Musicals, Radio X 90s, Radio X 00s, Radio X Chilled, Smooth 70s and Smooth Soul.
In addition, Capital Chill has migrated to this ensemble from SDL National.
All ten services are using DAB+.
The existing "original-flavour" DAB service LBC London News has switched to mono DAB+.
The ensemble now has 23 audio services, 11 of which use DAB+.
All of the DAB+ services are running at 32 kbit/s.
In one fell swoop, nearly half the services on the ensemble now use DAB+ compared with none in the previous observation.
The existing "original-flavour" DAB service Absolute Rock has ceased.
The existing "original-flavour" DAB service Gaydio has dropped from 80 kbit/s Mono to 64 kbit/s Mono LSF.
The existing "original-flavour" DAB service Polish Radio Ldn has reverted to Protection Level UEP 4 from UEP 3. This is a surprising move, as Ofcom's Digital Radio Technical Code states that "Ofcom will not consider requests to transmit services at less robust protection levels than UEP-3 (e.g. UEP-4)".
Snapshot updated.
[This story has been updated with additional detail.]
September 12th
An additional service has popped up on the UK ensemble London 1.
ClassicFM Movies is broadcasting in DAB+ at 48 kbit/s.
The existing service Gold London has been relabelled Gold Radio Lond.
The service remains at 40 kbit/s.
Snapshot updated.
September 12th
On the UK ensemble D1 National, the service Gold UK has been relabelled Gold Radio UK and appeared to drop briefly from 40 to 32 kbit/s, but quickly reverted to 40 kbit/s.
Snapshot updated.
[This story has been updated with additional detail.]
September 12th
Two additional services have popped up on the UK ensemble SDL National.
Capital Anthems and Smooth 80s are broadcasting in DAB+ at 32 kbit/s each.
Capital Chill has ceased.
Snapshot updated.
September 12th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble LIVERPOOL 2 updated.
Addition of FreshSoundzRadio since the previous observation.
Radio Africana has ceased.
September 12th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble Warrington updated.
Radio Africana has ceased since the previous observation.
September 9th
An additional service has popped up on the UK ensemble York.
URY is broadcasting in DAB+ at 48 kbit/s.
Snapshot updated.
September 7th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble Exeter updated.
Addition of Devoncast Radio, Diamond Groove and Radio ExeMas since the previous observation.
September 7th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble Torbay updated.
Addition of DevonAir Radio, Devoncast Radio and Radio ExeMas since the previous observation.
September 7th
An additional service has popped up on the UK ensemble York.
GlitterBeam is broadcasting in DAB+ at 24 kbit/s.
Snapshot updated.
September 7th
Snapshot of the UK regional ensemble Central Scotland updated.
The service Virgin Pride has ceased since the previous observation.
September 6th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble London 3 updated.
The service Polish Radio Ldn has switched to Protection Level UEP 3 since the previous observation.
September 6th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble SDL National updated.
Removal of Cap Taylors Vers since the previous observation.
September 5th
Snapshot of the UK local ensemble Ayr updated.
The services HITS RADIO UK and Planet Rock have ceased since the previous observation. The existing services West FM and Grt Hits Ayrshre have dropped from Protection Level UEP 2 to UEP 3.
September 4th
Snapshot updated of the Block 9C UK "small-scale" ensemble Plymouth (not to be confused with the identically-labelled Block 12D local ensemble).
Addition of Devoncast Radio and Radio ExeMas since the previous observation.
September 4th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble Preston&Chorley updated.
RED ROSE RADIO has switched to the higher bitrate 48 kbit/s since the previous observation.
September 4th
Snapshot of the UK ensemble Cardiff updated.
Addition of DanceLand and Radio Wigwam since the previous observation. Removal of Tomorrowland OWR.
The SId of Radio Cardiff has changed since the previous observation.
September 4th
On the UK ensemble Trial London, Greekbeat Radio has been relabelled GreekBeat Radio.
September 4th
Snapshotof the UK local ensemble Somerset updated.
Grt Hits Somerst has switched to Joint Stereo at 112 kbit/s since the previous observation. Addition of HITS RADIO UK.
September 4th
Snapshotof the UK local ensemble Devon updated.
Grt Hits Devon and HITS RADIO UK switched to Joint Stereo at 112 kbit/s since the previous observation. Addition of The Voice 2.
September 4th
Snapshotof the UK local ensemble Plymouth updated.
Grt Hits Plymth and HITS RADIO UK switched to Joint Stereo at 112 kbit/s since the previous observation. Removal of Planet Rock.
September 4th
Snapshotof the UK local ensemble Cornwall updated.
Grt Hits Crnwall and HITS RADIO CRN switched to Joint Stereo at 112 kbit/s since the previous observation.
September 3rd
An additional service has popped up on Trial Portsmouth.
Test (DAB) is broadcasting in "original-flavour" Mono LSF.
Angel Vintage +1 has ceased.
60s has switched to Protection Level EEP 2-A.
Snapshot updated.
September 3rd
Snapshot of the new "small-scale" ensemble for Newport & Chepstow added.
GWENT has eight audio services on board.
September 2nd
On the UK ensemble Trial London, Greekbeat Radio has popped up, broadcasting in DAB+ at 32 kbit/s.
Snapshot updated.
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