List of DAB multiplexes in the United Kingdom

This is a list of DAB multiplexes in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

National multiplexes NameOperatorChannelOn-air dateBBC National DABBBC12B27 September 1995Digital OneArqiva15 November 1999Sound DigitalArqiva, Bauer, News Broadcasting11A29 February 2016

Regional multiplexes Licence areaOperatorChannelLicence award dateOn-air dateCentral ScotlandSwitchdigital11D6 October 20005 July 2001

Former Licence area Operator Channel Licence award date On-air date Closure date North East England MXR 12C 15 December 2000 30 July 2001 29 July 2013 South Wales and the Severn Estuary MXR 12C 23 January 2001 30 July 2001 29 July 2013 West Midlands MXR 12A 9 February 2001 28 August 2001 27 August 2013 North West England MXR 12C 9 March 2001 25 September 2001 24 September 2013 Yorkshire MXR 12A 28 November 2002 30 June 2003 29 June 2015

Local multiplexes

Broadcast areaOperatorChannelLicence award dateOn-air dateAberdeenSwitchdigital11C6 April 20013 December 2001AyrNow Digital11B26 April 2002Berkshire and North HampshireNow Digital12D31 July 2004BirminghamCE Digital11C6 May 199931 May 2000BournemouthNow Digital11B1 August 2002Bradford and HuddersfieldBauer11B30 November 2002BristolNow Digital11BJune 200031 January 2001CambridgeNow Digital11C30 September 2004CeredigionMuxCo9CFebruary 2025Channel IslandsTindle Radio12A1 August 2021CornwallNow Digital11B1 November 2004CoventryNow Digital12D31 January 2001DerbyshireNow Digital10B23 July 2014EdinburghBauer12D10 March 200031 October 2000EssexNow Digital12D20 May 2002Exeter and TorbayNow Digital10C31 October 2002GlasgowBauer11C3 September 199931 May 2000GloucestershireMuxCo10C18 October 2013Herefordshire and WorcestershireMuxCo12A6 December 2013Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and BuckinghamshireNow Digital10D14 February 2013HumbersideBauer10D30 November 2001InvernessBauer11B15 December 200122 August 2003Isle of ManManx Radio11C2 May 2023KentNow Digital11C30 April 2004LancashireBauer12A1 September 2001LeedsBauer12D31 May 2001LeicestershireNow Digital11BFebruary 200230 November 2002Lincolnshire and HumbersideMuxCo12A1 October 2015LiverpoolBauer10C21 February 2001London 1CE Digital12C2 September 199931 May 2000London 2Switchdigital12A7 April 200026 June 2000London 3DRG London11B25 February 2002ManchesterCE Digital12C3 June 199931 May 2000Mid and West WalesMuxCo12D30 August 2013Morecambe BayMuxCo11B18 December 20191 December 2021NorfolkNow Digital10B31 March 2003North CumbriaBauer11B18 December 20191 December 2021North WalesMuxCo12 December 2014North YorkshireMuxCo10C17 December 2014NorthamptonshireNow Digital10C28 March 2013Northern IrelandBauer12D24 September 2001NottinghamshireNow Digital12C30 April 2004OxfordshireNow Digital10B21 December 2012PeterboroughNow Digital12D30 November 2002PlymouthNow Digital12D1 November 2004SheffieldBauer11C6 September 199926 October 2000SomersetMuxCo10B26 September 2014South East WalesNow Digital12C31 October 2000South HampshireNow Digital11C17 February 2003Stoke and StaffordBauer12D30 April 2004SuffolkMuxCo10C10 August 20157 October 2016Surrey and North SussexMuxCo10C12 December 2013SussexNow Digital10B30 January 2004SwanseaBauer12A31 January 2004SwindonNow Digital11C6 February 2003TaysideBauer11B6 September 20019 October 2002TeessideBauer11B29 June 2001Tyne and WearBauer11C15 November 2000West WiltshireNow Digital10D6 February 2003Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and TelfordNow Digital11BDecember 199931 January 2001Wrexham, Chester and LiverpoolMuxCo10D19 April 2013

Small-scale DAB multiplexes Permanent small-scale multiplexes licensed by Ofcom:

Licence areaMultiplex operatorChannelLicence award dateOn-air dateStationsAberdeenStation House Media Unit9C15 January 2024DAB+: Alnwick and MorpethNorthumberland Community Digital CIC8BSeptember 202318 February 2025Ashford and DungenessAshford DAB Limited9CJune 20241 January 2026BasingstokeBasingstoke DAB Ltd8B30 November 2022DAB+:Bath and Midsomer NortonBath Digital Radio CIC8AJune 202328 November 2024BedfordIn2DAB Ltd9C10 February 2024DAB: DAB+: Belfast & LisburnLagan SSDAB Ltd9A23 January 2024DAB+: Blackburn, Burnley and DarwenBBD Digital Ltd8A24 October 2023DAB+: BlackpoolFun Coast Digital CIC8B23 August 2022DAB+: Bolton & BuryBolton Bury DAB Radio Ltd10B23 October 2023DAB+: Boston, Spalding and SkegnessEast Lincolnshire Broadcasting CIC8BJune 20236 December 2024Bournemouth and BoscombeBH Community DAB Limited8BOctober 202414 January 2026BradfordBradford Digital Media Ltd8B11 July 2022DAB+: BrightonBrighton and Hove Digital Radio CIC7DJune 202428 December 2025DAB+ CambridgeCambridge Digital Radio Ltd9C29 March 2022DAB: DAB+: CanterburyCanterbury DAB CIC7DJune 202422 January 2026CardiffCardiff DAB Ltd10D27 October 2022DAB+: ChelmsfordChelmsford Digital Radio Limited7DJune 202419 December 2025Cheshire EastCheshire East DAB Ltd11C31 October 2023DAB+: Cheshire MidNiocast Digital Ltd9C12 October 2023DAB+: Clevedon, Avonmouth and FiltonSevernside Digital Radio CIC10D14 November 2022DAB: DAB+: ColchesterEssex DAB Limited9AJune 20248 October 2025Congleton & LeekMoorlands DAB Ltd9A1 May 2023DAB+: CoventryCoventry Community Digital Radio CIC9B15 December 2022DAB: DAB+: Corby and KetteringKettering and Corby Broadcasting Company Limited9BApril 20251 May 2026Crewe & NantwichSouth Cheshire DAB Ltd7D15 May 2023DAB+: Darlington and Bishop AucklandDurham Digital Ltd9B29 June 2023DAB+: DerryFoyle DAB Ltd11C2 August 2022DAB+: DoncasterHigher Rhythm Ltd8A19 August 2024Dudley & StourbridgeDigiMux Ltd8A29 October 2022DAB+: East Bristol and KeynshamBristol Digital Radio CIC9B10 November 2022DAB: DAB+: East DevonExeDAB Limited9CApril 20252 March 2026EdinburghEdinburgh DAB Ltd9B4 July 2022DAB+: ExeterExeDAB Ltd9A9 November 2022DAB+: GlasgowGlasgow DAB Ltd10B9 August 2022DAB+: Glossop & BuxtonHigh Peak One Digital Ltd8B2 October 2023DAB+: HalifaxHalifax DAB Limited9CDecember 202419 March 2026HarlowXtra DAB Limited8BJune 20247 January 2026HastingsHastings Digital Radio CIC7DJune 202413 January 2026DAB+: HuddersfieldHuddersfield DAB Limited8ADecember 202427 May 2026HullHull DAB Ltd9B15 April 2024DAB+: InverclydeCoast DAB Ltd8B1 August 2024Isle of WightWight Digital Radio CIC9AOctober 202415 April 2026King's LynnNorth Norfolk Digital Ltd9C31 October 2022DAB: DAB+: LeedsLeeds Digital Media Ltd9A25 October 2022DAB+: LeicesterLeicester Digital Partnership CIC9B8 March 2023DAB: DAB+: LiverpoolLiverpool DAB Ltd7D18 October 2023DAB+: LoughboroughMaxxwave Ltd8AJuly 202514 August 2025LudlowMurfin Media Digital Ltd9B11 March 2024DAB+: LutonUniversity of Bedfordshire7DJune 202413 January 2026DAB+: Maidstone, Tonbridge and Tunbridge WellsWest Kent DAB Limited8BJune 202414 January 2026Manchester and SalfordManchester DAB CIC7D5 June 2023DAB+: Margate, Dover and FolkestoneKent Coast DAB Limited9BJune 202414 January 2026Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon TafGTFM (South Wales) Ltd9ASeptember 202312 March 2025Middlesbrough & RedcarErimux Ltd8A27 October 2023DAB+: Milton KeynesMK Digital Media Ltd9B19 April 2024DAB+: Newcastle & GatesheadTyneside Community Digital CIC8A1 July 2022DAB+: Newport and ChepstowGwent Digital Broadcasting Ltd9B4 July 2024DAB+: NewryUlsterMux Ltd9C15 July 2024North AyrshireNorth Ayrshire Broadcasting Ltd9BFebruary 202524 January 2026North BirminghamSwitch Radio9A8 April 2022DAB+: North BuckinghamshireBucks DAB Ltd8AMay 202312 June 2024North PembrokeshireWest Wales DAB8AMay 202324 October 2024North East London and South West EssexEast London and Essex Digital CIC8AJune 202416 December 2025DAB+: North LondonU.DAB9Ahttps://northlondondigitalradio.com/2026/01/05/largest-ssdab-multiplex-in-the-uk-launches/June 20248 December 2025DAB+: NorthamptonNorthampton DAB CIC7D2 August 2024 DAB+ NorwichFuture Digital Norfolk Ltd9C10 October 2022DAB: DAB+: NottinghamNottingham DAB Ltd7D26 January 2024DAB: DAB+: Oldham and RochdaleEast Manchester DAB Ltd9B7 November 2023DAB+: OxfordOxDAB Ltd8A17 April 2024DAB: DAB+: Paisley and West GlasgowRoss Inc Ltd7DFebruary 20255 December 2025PeterboroughHereward Digital Radio Ltd7D5 August 2024PetersfieldProvincial DAB Limited8AJune 202410 January 2026PlymouthPlymDAB Ltd9C8 November 2023DAB+: Poole, Purbeck and WimborneWide Digital Limited9COctober 202420 March 2025PortsmouthSolent Wireless8BJune 202429 May 2025DAB: DAB+: Preston & ChorleyPreston DAB Ltd9A31 August 2023DAB+: Ringwood, Verwood and FordingbridgeForest Community Radio Ltd7DJuly 202514 August 2026DAB+: Rugby and DaventryMaxxwave Limited9A8 December 2025Rutland and StamfordCreativity Media Services Ltd9C15 April 2024DAB: DAB+: SalisburyMuxcast One Ltd (Nation Radio / BFBS)8A28 March 2022DAB: DAB+: Sheffield & RotherhamShefcast Digital Ltd9C11 August 2022DAB+: Sittingbourne and Medway TownsMedway and Swale DAB Limited9AJune 20247 January 2026South BirminghamSouth Birmingham Digital Radio Ltd9C14 December 2022DAB+: South Craven, Wharfedale and Worth ValleyAire Wharfe DAB Limited9BDecember 20241 May 2026South GloucestershireSouth Glos Digital9A16 September 2024South HertfordshireSouth Herts DAB9CJune 202420 January 2025South East London and North West KentGreenDAB Ltd9CJune 202419 January 2026 DAB+ South LondonSouth of the River Digital Limited9AJune 202413 October 2025 DAB+: South PembrokeshirePure West Radio9AMay 202324 October 2024SouthamptonSouthampton Digital Radio Ltd9B1 August 2024DAB+: Southend & South East EssexCity DAB9CJune 202416 December 2024 DAB+: Stirling & FalkirkCentral FM9C1 November 2023DAB+: StockportStockport Community SSDAB Ltd8A29 August 2023DAB+: Stoke & Newcastle-under-LymeAlternative Broadcast Company8A3 July 2023DAB+: SunderlandMuxcast 6 Limited7DDecember 202423 May 2026Swindon & MarlboroughCommunity Radio Swindon Ltd8B15 March 2024DAB+: Telford and ShrewsburyMaxxwave Ltd9CMay 202626 June 2026TorbayTorDAB Ltd8B9 November 2023DAB+: Tynemouth & South ShieldsRedarmy Group Ltd9B1 December 2021DAB+: WalsallWalsall DAB Limited9BMay 202522 October 2025Warminster, Devizes and TrowbridgeWest Wiltshire DAB CIC9COctober 202416 April 2026Warrington, Widnes & RuncornWarrington, Widnes & Runcorn DAB Ltd8B17 August 2023DAB+: West LondonCity West Digital CIC8BJune 202415 October 2025 WetherbyWetherby Community Radio Limited9CMay 202514 December 2025WiganWigan and St Helens DAB Limited9CDecember 202419 May 2026WinchesterWinchester DAB Ltd9C29 September 2022DAB+: WolverhamptonWolverhampton DAB Ltd7D1 April 2023DAB: DAB+: WrexhamWrexham DAB Ltd9B11 November 2023DAB+: YorkYork Digital Radio CIC8B10 April 2024DAB+:

Trial multiplexes Small-scale multiplexes were initially licensed by Ofcom for a trial period allowing a "more affordable way for smaller stations to broadcast on DAB digital radio". The Aldershot and Woking trial was discontinued in November 2025 while the others have received full licences:

Licence areaMultiplex operatorChannelOn-air dateClosure dateStationsAldershot & WokingBFBS Aldershot8A19 October 201514 November 2025DAB: DAB+:

Future multiplexes