Absolute Radio is wanting to reduce its medium wave coverage across the UK from 90% to 85%.
Ofcom
has published a consultation on a proposed variation to Absolute Radio’s
national analogue radio license.
Absolute Radio is
seeking to reduce its medium wave (AM) coverage across the UK, from 90% to 85%.
The station would
continue to be available to listeners in the affected areas via DAB digital
radio, via television on the Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media platforms, and via
the internet.
We are now seeking views
from interested or affected parties which must be submitted by 26 February
2018. We will take all responses into account before reaching a final decision.
The consultation can be
found at
Extract from the
consultation:
On 17 January 2018,
Ofcom received a formal submission from Absolute Radio proposing to introduce
two changes to its AM network that, taken together, would reduce coverage to
c.85.4%. These changes are:
a) reducing the
transmitting power at five transmitter sites by 3dB as soon as possible following Ofcom’s approval,
which would reduce total coverage from 90.5% to 88.7%; and
b) closing 12
transmitter sites from May 2018, which would further bring total coverage down to 85.4%. These
transmitters are located at Plymouth, Redmoss (Aberdeen), Hull, Torbay,
Redruth, Hoo (Kent), Greenside Scalp (Dundee), Wallasey, Pirbright (Guildford),
Chesterton Fen (Cambridge), Rodbourne Sewage (Swindon) and Sheffield.
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