MXR North West

MXR North West
Licensed area	North West of England & Flintshire
Frequency	12C (227.360 MHz)
Air date	25 September 2001^[1]
Close date	24 September 2013^[2]
Owner	MXR

MXR North West was a regional commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which served the North West of England. The multiplex closed on 24 September 2013 after the shareholders Global Radio & Arqiva decided not to renew the licence.^[2]

Transmitter sites

MXR North West was broadcast from the following sites:^[3]

Transmitter	kW	Area
Moel-y-Parc	5	North East Wales, Merseyside & North West Cheshire
Winter Hill	2	Manchester & South Lancashire
Morecambe Bay	1.51	Barrow Peninsula (Southern Cumbria)
Lancaster	1.51	Northern Lancashire
Pendle Forest	0.5	Burnley & Nelson
Sunley Building	0.4	Central Manchester
Sutton Common	0.2	Eastern Cheshire
Warbreck	0.2	Blackpool

Stations carried

The following channels were receivable on any digital-equipped DAB radio in the North West area at the time of closure:

Service	Service ID	Bit rate	Audio channels	Description	Analogue availability
Capital Manchester	C4AA	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	CHR station owned by Global Radio	102.0 MHz (Manchester)
Choice FM	CFC7	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Urban music station owned by Global Radio	—
Gold	C8D8	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Classic hits station owned by Global Radio	—
Heart London	C0C8	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Adult contemporary station owned by Global Radio	—
LBC 97.3	C4C8	48 kbit/s	Mono	London-based speech station owned by Global Radio	—
Heart North West	C38E	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Adult contemporary station owned by Global Radio	105.4 MHz
Real Radio XS	C8C5	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Classic rock	106.1 MHz (Manchester)
Smooth Radio	C3A7	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Easy listening station owned by GMG Radio	100.4 MHz
Transworld Radio	CDC0	64 kbit/s	Mono	German-based religious service, launched 1 April 2010	—
UCB Inspirational	CED0	64 kbit/s	Mono	Christian music	—
UCB Gospel	CFD0	64 kbit/s	Mono	Christian music	—
DAB Guide	E1C0009C	8 kbit/s	Data	Hidden service, EPG data	—

Previous services

Service	What happened
Capital Disney	Closed to allow for new national DAB licence bids, replaced by UCB UK and UCB Inspirational
Century Radio	Renamed Real Radio in March 2009 after GMG Radio purchase
CUBE	Relaunched as Capital Disney
DNN	Replaced by LBC 97.3
Real Radio Digital	Stopped broadcasting after GMG Radio bought Century, replaced by Jazz FM
UCB UK	Moved to Digital One, replaced by UCB Gospel
Jazz FM	Moved to Digital One, replaced by Real Radio XS

References

^ Radiocentre Commercial Radio Pocket Booklet 2007
^ ^a ^b "North West MXR DAB multiplex falls silent". Radio Today. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
^ Radio Listeners Guide 2010

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