RNS Number:7127V
Radio Authority
10 May 2002



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10 May 2002

Radio Authority awards local digital multiplex licence for South Hampshire

The Radio Authority announced today (10 May) that it has decided, after
considering the proposals submitted by the two applicants for the local digital
multiplex service licence for the South Hampshire area, to award the licence to:


        CAPITAL RADIO DIGITAL LTD. - 30 Leicester Square, London,
        WC2H 6LA (contact: Nathalie Schwarz, 020 7766 6166; or Jane Finden,
        01489 589911).

Capital Radio Digital Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital Radio plc.

This applicant is proposing to broadcast the following programme services, in
addition to BBC Radio Solent:

Adult contemporary                             Ocean FM (provider: Ocean Radio Group Ltd.)

Contemporary hit radio                         103.2 Power FM (provider: Ocean Radio Group Ltd.)

Gold                                           Capital Gold (provider: Ocean Radio Group Ltd.)

Soft rock, AC and speech                       Wave 105.2 (provider: SRH plc)*

Easy listening                                 Saga Radio (provider: Saga Regional Digital Radio Ltd.)

Rock                                           The Storm (provider: GWR Group plc)

AC/world music and speech                      Passion for the Planet (provider: Passion for the Planet Ltd.)

And a channel to be shared between:

Student radio                                
                                              SBN (provider: Channelfly plc)

    (18.00-06.00, every day)


    Southampton local service                  SouthCity FM (provider: SouthCity FM Ltd.)

    (06.00-11.00, weekdays)

Under-10s                                      Abracadabra (provider: Soundstart Radio Networks Ltd.)

    (12.00-18.00, weekdays,

    06.00-18.00, weekends)

Hospital radio                                 Southampton Hospital Radio (provider: Southampton Hospital
                                               Broadcasting Association)
    (11.00-12.00, weekdays)


(* = subject to agreement)

Capital Radio Digital proposes to commence its service in January 2003. The
licence will run initially for a period of twelve years from the commencement of
broadcasting.

The Authority will shortly be publishing its assessment of Capital Radio
Digital's application for the South Hampshire licence.

ENDS

NOTES TO EDITORS

 1. The services will be transmitted on the VHF band III frequency block 11C
    (centre frequency: 220.352 MHz).
 2. Digital radio is a new transmission system which provides the listener with
    bundles (called multiplexes) of audio services to new portable and vehicle
    receivers, and personal computers, with unprecedentedly clear reception.
    Being digital, it can also broadcast data services which may or may not be
    related to the radio programmes; e.g. traffic information, electronic
    publishing, and internet-type information.
 3. The Authority has already awarded a national (i.e. covering Great Britain)
    digital radio multiplex licence, to Digital One Ltd., whose services are
    available in this area.
 4. The Radio Authority is responsible for licensing and regulating Independent
    Radio in accordance with the statutory requirements of the Broadcasting Acts
    1990 and 1996. It plans frequencies, awards licences, regulates programming
    and advertising, and plays an active role in the discussion and formulation
    of policies which affect the Independent Radio industry and its listeners.






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