Digital One Reveals Plan For New Transmitters

The national commercial digital radio network operator, Digital One, has announced plans for ten new transmitters.

Digital One says that the project will result in the UK digital radio network extending to 90% of the British population.

This will be acheived by adding sites in the Scottish Borders, Cumbria, the the Yorkshire Coast, Derbyshire and the South Coast over the next two years.

The expansion will bring new or improved coverage of the national commercial stations (Classic FM, Virgin Radio, talkSPORT, Core, Planet Rock, Capital Life, Oneword and theJazz) to approximately 1,894,000 people (gross population).

The plan has been designed to complement the Digital TV Switchover project, by giving residents of Whitehaven the opportunity to make a total switch to digital technology later this year.

Quentin Howard, Digital One chief executive, said: “With sales of digital radios nearly at 5 million, we felt the time had come give even more listeners a chance to access the national commercial stations on our network.

“We have already gone well beyond our original coverage commitment and will continue to champion DAB digital radio as the technology of choice for radio listeners across the country.”

Digital One: www.ukdigitalradio.com