MXR Yorkshire

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MXR Yorkshire
Licensed area Yorkshire
Lincolnshire
North Nottinghamshire
North Derbyshire
Frequency 12A (223.936MHz)
Air date 2003
Owner MXR
Website MXR Website

MXR Yorkshire is a regional commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire.

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[edit] Stations broadcast

Station Name Bitrate Audio Channels Description
The Arrow 128Kbps Joint Stereo Rock music
Choice FM 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo R'n'B and Hip-hop
Galaxy Yorkshire 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo Dance and R'n'B
Heart 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo Adult Contemporary
LBC 97.3 48 kbit/s Mono LSF News and talk
Real Radio (Yorkshire) 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo Contemporary
97.5 Smooth Radio 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo Oldies and Adult Contemporary
UCB UK 64 kbit/s Mono LSF Christian
UCB Inspirational 64 kbit/s Mono LSF Christian
Yorkshire Radio 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo Pop music and sport

[edit] History

On November 7, 2002, the Radio Authority awarded a digital radio licence to MXR Limited for the Yorkshire region. The MXR beat another bid for the licence from The Yorkshire Digital Radio Company.[1]

Yorkshire Radio started test transmissions on MXR Yorkshire from June 26, 2006 and has replaced jazzfm.com. LBC replaced the Digital News Network from July 28, 2006 and LBC started broadcasting on September 1, 2006.

Capital Disney ceased broadcasting on the multiplex on the 29th June 2007, freeing up 128kbit/s of space on the multiplex, filled by UCB UK and UCB Inspirational (64kbit/s each).

[edit] Transmitters

MXR Yorkshire is transmitted on frequency block 12A from the following sites:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Radio Authority publishes assessment of local digital multiplex licence award for Yorkshire. Radio Authority (2002-11-28). Retrieved on 2008-01-19.

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Digital radio in the United Kingdom
National Multiplexes
Regional Multiplexes
MXR North East  · MXR North West  · MXR South Wales and Severn Estuary  · MXR West Midlands  · MXR Yorkshire  · Score Northern Ireland  · Switch Scotland
Local Multiplexes (England)
NOW Berkshire & North Hampshire  · CE Birmingham  · NOW Bristol  · NOW Bournemouth  · NOW Cambridge  · EMAP Central Lancashire  · NOW Cornwall  · NOW Coventry  · NOW Essex  · NOW Exeter and Torbay  · EMAP Humberside  · NOW Kent  · EMAP Leeds  · NOW Leicester  · EMAP Liverpool  · CE London  · Switch London  · DRG London  · CE Manchester  · NOW Nottingham  · NOW Norwich  · NOW Peterborough  · NOW Plymouth  · NOW South Hampshire  · EMAP South Yorkshire  · UTV-EMAP Stoke-on-Trent  · NOW Sussex Coast  · NOW Swindon  · EMAP Teeside  · EMAP Tyne and Wear  · UTV-EMAP West Yorkshire  · NOW Wiltshire  · NOW Wolverhampton
Local Multiplexes (Scotland)
Switch Aberdeen  · Arqiva Ayr  · Score Dundee  · Score Edinburgh  · Score Glasgow  · Score Inverness
Local Multiplexes (Wales)
NOW Cardiff & Newport  · UTV-EMAP Swansea
Future Multiplexes
NOW Derbyshire  · NOW Home Counties  · MuxCo North East Wales & West Cheshire  · MuxCo Hereford & Worcester  · NOW Northampton  · NOW Oxford  · MuxCo North Yorkshire  · MuxCo Gloucestershire  · MuxCo Lincolnshire
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