The PPA for North Yorkshire covers 371,207 households. Within this defined area, our multiplex covers 298,225 (80.3%) of these households. The total number of households covered by the multiplex is 503,278.
Service Providers
The services that are currently being broadcast are:
- Greatest Hits Radio
- Hits Radio
- Hits Radio Pride
- BBC Radio York
- Smooth
- Capital Yorkshire
- This Is The Coast (DAB+)
- York Mix (DAB+)
- YO1 Xtra (DAB+)
- Your Harrogate (DAB+)
- Fun Kids (DAB+)
- Coast & County (DAB+)
This multiplex can carry services in both DAB and DAB+.
We currently have room for additional stations to join the multiplex. If you represent a service that would like more information about joining, please submit the questionnaire at the bottom of this page.
If there are any stations that you listen to at the moment on analogue radio that we are not broadcasting, we suggest that you contact those stations directly, encouraging them to join the multiplex.
DAB Use
In North Yorkshire, 72.9% of all listeners tune in using DAB Digital Radio, which accounts for 41.7% of all radio listening in the area.
Data: RAJAR Q2/2024
Coverage
The multiplex broadcasts from transmitters at Bilsdale, Acklam Wold, Hildebrand Barracks and Olivers Mount.
Our current coverage is:
Other transmitters may be launched during the licence term to enhance and increase coverage.
Carriage Fees
The current full service monthly carriage fee applicable for a station using 32 kbit/s DAB+ is £2,754 plus VAT (as at January 2025). Other carriage options are available, and please contact us for further information.
Shareholder
The multiplex is owned by MuxCo North Yorkshire Ltd, and launched on 17 December 2014.