We are the Ofcom licensed transmitter operator for the Small Scale DAB Multiplex for the Dudley & Stourbridge area.
Small Scale DAB is an innovative transmission technology that provides a lower-cost solution for multiple Community, Commercial and Specialist programme services to be able to connect with their listeners via the DAB digital platform; as each DAB transmitter broadcasts multiple programme services at a reduced operating cost (compared to Gas-guzzling wasteful wide area transmitters). Small Scale DAB is a Smart Solution in that it focuses transmission to where it is needed by listeners, and not into empty spaces!
It is perhaps synonymous to the way that Mobile Cellular Networks work - concentrating signal to where it is needed most.
If you're an existing station - based anywhere in the UK - we can bring your station to the listeners of the Black Country; an important and vibrant area of the West Midlands!
We currently have space to carry 'Community Stations' at a concessional reduced cost (Holding a C-DSP Licence) ...
If you're an Internet Station within our transmission area, or thinking of bringing a new station to air, we can help make it happen......
The Dudley & Stourbridge Multiplex became operational in November 2022:
Name: "Dudley-Sbridge"
Channel Block: 8A
Ensemble ID: c1db