MXR Severn Estuary

MXR Severn Estuary was a regional commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which served the West of England and South Wales, including Bristol, Bath, Weston-super-Mare, Cardiff, Newport, Swansea, the South Wales Valleys and north Somerset. The multiplex closed on 29 July 2013 after the shareholders Global Radio & Arqiva decided not to renew the licence.[2]

MXR Severn Estuary & South Wales
Licensed areaSevern Estuary
South Wales
Frequency12C (223.360 MHz)
Air date31 July 2001[1]
Close date29 July 2013[2]
OwnerMXR

Transmitters

MXR Severn Estuary was transmitted on frequency block 12C (227.360 MHz) from the following transmitter sites:[3]

Transmitter kW Area
Wenvoe 4 Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan
Dundry East 1 Bristol
Christchurch 1 Newport & Monmouth
Mendip 0.75 Glastonbury
Kilvey Hill 0.5 Swansea & Bridgend
Carmel 0.5 Carmel & Carmarthen
Ebbw Vale 0.2 Ebbw Vale
Bath 0.2 Bath
Abergavenny 0.2 Abergavenny
Aberdare 0.01 Aberdare

Services

The following channels were available on the multiplex at the time of closure:

Service Service ID Bit rate Audio channels Description Analogue availability
Swansea Bay Radio C784 64 kbit/s Mono Classic & Current Hits 102.1 MHz (Swansea)
Capital South Wales C9CC 128 kbit/s Joint stereo South East Wales' CHR Music Service 103.2 MHz (Cardiff)
97.4 MHz (Newport)
Kiss C3A5 128 kbit/s Joint stereo National dance and urban music station 97.2, 101.0 MHz (Bristol)
LBC 97.3 CFC6 48 kbit/s Mono LSF London-based speech service
Mountain FM CEC3 64 kbit/s Mono Regional DAB service
Nation Radio C376 64 kbit/s Mono South Wales rock music service 106.8 MHz (Cardiff)
107.3 MHz (Swansea)
Heart C3A3 112 kbit/s Joint stereo South Wales regional commercial service Various FM
Real Radio XS C8C5 80 kbit/s Mono Classic rock service from Manchester
UCB Gospel CED0 64 kbit/s Mono LSF Gospel music
UCB Inspirational CFD0 64 kbit/s Mono LSF Christian Speech & Music
Radio X C0B8 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Modern rock service from London
DAB Guide E1C0009A 8 kbit/s Data Hidden service, EPG data
UBC Digital E1C000A2 48 kbit/s Data Hidden service
  • BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales were not required to be broadcast on this platform.

See also

References

  1. Radiocentre Commercial Radio Pocket Booklet 2007
  2. "Regional DAB signals commence shut-down". Radio Today. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  3. Radio Listeners Guide 2010
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