Full-Time Future

On 30th March 2023, ofcom advertised full-time small-scale DAB licences for five overlapping areas of Greater London in a competitve tender process. (Further information can be found on the ofcom website here).

On 22nd July 2024, ofcom announced that U.DAB has been awarded the new full time small-scale DAB licence for North London, here.  This new multiplex is currently scheduled to begin broadcasting in the second half of 2025.  (NB the Trial licence will expire very shortly after the new licence for North London switches on).

The new full-time licence will enable us to invest in more transmission sites, better equipment and provide much more robust DAB coverage throughout the North London area.

All stations currently carried on Trial London have been offered the opportunity to broadcast on the new North London multiplex, and the vast majority have taken up the offer.

It is possible that we may have some spare capacity for new broadcasters wishing to join the platform. Please Contact us via our ‘Contact‘ page if your station is looking for an opportunity to broadcast to North London – especially if your station is based within ofcom’s ‘North London polygon’.  Full details of the five overlapping new DAB areas in London are available on the Ofcom website here (…see page 57 for the North London polygon map).