MuxCo is an operator of digital radio in the United Kingdom. It is, in joint ventures, the operator of twelve local DAB ensembles in various parts of England and Wales. MuxCo is owned by Arqiva and Folder Media.
MuxCo initially partnered with local radio groups to bid for each local multiplex. It remains a shareholder in nine of them, whilst North West Wales and Mid and West Wales are now owned by Nation Broadcasting and the Channel Islands by Tindle CI Broadcasting. It continues to manage them on their behalf.
Initial Wrexham and Cheshire Launch The first launch, of the multiplex based in Wrexham and Cheshire, was planned for November 2012 but was pushed back to the beginning of 2013. Test transmissions from Moel-y-Parc began on Monday 11 March 2013 and from Wrexham Rhos on Tuesday 12 March 2013, with full transmissions from these two sites scheduled to commence on 18 March 2013. It was announced on 9 March 2013 that the third transmission site, St John's Beacon, would be added at a later date the multiplex was renamed Wrexham Chester and Liverpool.
Licenses
AreaAward dateFrequencyTransmitter sitesServices commencedMorecambe BayDecember 201911B (218.640 MHz)Lancaster, Morecambe Bay, Kendal and Windermere1 December 2021Channel IslandsOctober 201912A (223.936 MHz)Les Platons, Les Touillets1 August 2021GloucestershireJanuary 200810C (213.360 MHz)Churchdown Hill, Stroud, Blunsdon and Icomb Hill18 October 2013Hereford and WorcesterSeptember 200712A (223.936 MHz)Bromsgrove, Ridge Hill and Malvern6 December 2013LincolnshireFebruary 200812A (223.936 MHz)Belmont, Lincoln County Hospital, High Hunsley and Grantham1 October 2015Mid and West WalesMarch 200812D (229.072 MHz)Carmel, Preseli and Kilvey Hill, Greenhill30 August 2013North West WalesJune 200810D (215.072 MHz), 12D (229.072 MHz)Arfon and Conwy12 December 2014North YorkshireDecember 200710C (213.360 MHz)Bilsdale, Harlow Hill, Acklam Wold and Oliver's Mount17 December 2014SomersetMay 200810B (211.648 MHz)Mendip, Taunton and Hutton 26 September 2014SuffolkAugust 201510C (213.360 MHz)Mendlesham, Puttocks Hill and Warren Heath7 October 2016SurreyApril 200810C (213.360 MHz)Reigate, Dorking, Guildford, Leatherhead, Crystal Palace and Hungry Hill12 December 2013Wrexham, Chester and LiverpoolSeptember 200710D (215.072 MHz)Moel y Parc, Wrexham Rhos and St John's Beacon18 March 2013
References
External links MuxCo official website Folder Media official website