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Radio Authority
07 November 2002


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7 November 2002


Radio Authority awards local digital multiplex licence for Yorkshire region

The Radio Authority announced today (7 November) that it has decided, after
considering the proposals submitted by the two applicants for the local digital
multiplex service licence for the Yorkshire region, to award the licence to:

        MXR LTD. - Chrysalis Radio Ltd., The Chrysalis Building, 13 Bramley
        Road, London W10 6SP (contact: Phil Riley, 020 7470 1077), and GMG Radio
        Holdings Ltd., 75 Farringdon Road, London EC1M 3JY (contact: John Myers,
        07768 186989).

The shareholding structure of MXR is:


Chrysalis Group plc                39.1%

GMG Radio Holdings Ltd.            24.3%
Capital Radio plc                  16.7%

UBC Digital Ltd.                    7.5%

Soul Media Ltd.                     7.4%

Ford Motor Co. Ltd.                 5.0%


MXR is proposing to broadcast a total of nine programme services, all of them,
apart from DNN (which initially will be broadcast from 06.00 to 19.00), on a
round-the-clock basis:


Kids and teens                    Capital Disney (provider: Capital Radio plc)

Urban music                       Urban Choice (provider: Soul Media Ltd.)
Melodic adult contemporary        Heart (provider: Chrysalis Radio Ltd.)
Jazz, soul and blues              Jazz FM (provider: Jazz FM plc)
Adult rock                        The Arrow (provider: Chrysalis Radio Ltd.)
Easy listening                    Smooth (provider: Guardian Media Group plc)
Rolling regional news             Digital News Network (provider: DNN Ltd.)
Dance and r'n'b                   Galaxy (provider: Chrysalis Radio Ltd.)
Speech and music                  Real Radio (provider: Guardian Media Group plc)


MXR proposes to commence broadcasting all of its services by the end of June
2003, using ten transmission sites (at Acklam Wold, Beecroft Hill, Belmont,
Bilsdale, Cave Wold, Clifton, Emley Moor (x2), Idle and Tapton Hill), which it
estimates will provide 'outdoor coverage' of 90%, and 'indoor coverage' of 79%,
of the adult population of the 'primary protected area' (PPA).

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 MXR's application for
the Yorkshire regional licence.



ENDS

NOTES TO EDITORS

 1. The services will be transmitted on the VHF band III frequency block 12A
    (centre frequency: 223.936 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., and local multiplex
    licences for South Yorkshire, Leeds and Humberside, all to Emap Digital
    Radio Ltd., whose services are already available, and for Bradford &
    Huddersfield to TWG Emap Digital (B&H) Ltd., whose service is due to
    commence this month.
 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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