MuxCo is the DAB multiplex operator for North Wales, Cheshire and Merseyside. It is a consortium made up of four companies - Dee 106.3

Dee 106.3

Dee 106.3 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Chester. It has its studios at 2 Chantry Court in Chester. The transmitter is on top of the Steam Mill building in Chester city centre, next to the Shropshire Union Canal and reaches much of Flintshire.It was the first...

, UTV Radio

UTV Radio

UTV Radio is a UK media company, and owner of several radio stations in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. It is a growing branch of UTV Media....

, Town & Country Broadcasting and transmitter company National Grid Wireless all owning 25%.

The DAB licence was advertised by Ofcom

Ofcom

Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...

 on February 7, 2007. At the close on May 9, 2007, the regulator had received two applications. One by MuxCo (Wrexham & Cheshire), the other from Now Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of GCap Media PLC (at the time). On September 6, 2007, it was announced that MuxCo (Wrexham & Cheshire) had won the licence.

Only three transmitters are confirmed as carrying the platform initially; Moel-Y-Parc, Wrexham

Wrexham

Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...

 & St. John's Beacon

St. John's Beacon

Radio City Tower is a radio and observation tower in Liverpool, England built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It is 138 metres tall, and was built as a ventilation shaft for St. John's Market, however was never used as such due to a new law passed on the year of completion...

. As required, the two BBC regional service have to be carried on this platform.

Services expected to be on the platform

(Adjusted to reflect the way UK radio is now)

Service	Service Type	Signal	Bit-Rate	NOTES
BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Cymru BBC Radio Cymru is BBC Cymru's Welsh-language radio station, broadcasting throughout Wales from studios in Cardiff, Bangor, and Aberystwyth on FM since 1977. At the time of its launch it was one of the few FM-only radio services in the UK...	BBC Welsh regional service	Joint Stereo	128 kbit/s	Also on FM (mainly between 92 - 95 or 103.5 - 104.9).
BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Wales BBC Radio Wales is the BBC's national radio station broadcasting to Wales in the English language. Operated by BBC Wales, it began broadcasting on 12 November 1978 following the demise of the old "Radio 4 Wales" when BBC Radio 4 became a national network and moved from medium wave to long wave...	BBC English regional service	Joint Stereo	128 kbit/s	Also on FM (mainly between 94 - 96.0)
Heart North West and Wales Heart North West and Wales Heart North West and Wales is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Cheshire, the Wirral Peninsula and North Wales. The station began broadcasting on 2 July 2010 as a result of a merger between Heart Cheshire and North East Wales , Heart Wirral and Heart North Wales Coast...	Contemporary Hits	Joint Stereo	128 kbit/s	Also on 103.4 FM, formerly Marcher Sound.
Gold Wrexham	Golden Oldies	Joint Stereo	128 kbit/s	Local Opt-out service - mainly networked from London.
Juice FM Liverpool	Full Local Service	Joint Stereo	128 kbit/s	Also on 107.6 FM in Liverpool.
Dee FM Dee 106.3 Dee 106.3 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Chester. It has its studios at 2 Chantry Court in Chester. The transmitter is on top of the Steam Mill building in Chester city centre, next to the Shropshire Union Canal and reaches much of Flintshire.It was the first...	Full Local Service	mono	96 kbit/s	Also on 106.3 FM in Chester.
Easy Radio	Easy Listeneing Music	mono	96 kbit/s	Provided by London Media Company (Sunrise)
Wales Live	Full Service	mono	96 kbit/s	Provided by Town & Country Broadcasting
Jack FM Jack FM JACK FM is the alternative name and on-air brand of 60 radio stations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Jack stations play a mix of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s hits with some current hot adult contemporary singles. Jack's slogan "playing what we want" can also be...	Variety Pop & Rock	mono	96 kbit/s	Traffic Reports.
Podcast Service	various	mono	16-80 kbit/s	Depending on service.

NOW digital

The following services would've been available had this company won the licence:

Heart Wrexham, Gold Wrexham

Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...

, Dee FM

Dee 106.3

Dee 106.3 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the city of Chester. It has its studios at 2 Chantry Court in Chester. The transmitter is on top of the Steam Mill building in Chester city centre, next to the Shropshire Union Canal and reaches much of Flintshire.It was the first...

, Juice FM Liverpool, XFM

Xfm London

Xfm London is a commercial radio station in the United Kingdom owned by Global Radio and broadcasts on 104.9 FM in London, on digital radio via 30 DAB multiplexes across the country, Sky, TalkTalk TV and Virgin Media....

, Traffic Radio

Traffic Radio

Traffic Radio was a digital radio station based in England.It was a 24 hour rolling traffic and travel service for motorways and major roads in England, run for the Highways Agency by Global Traffic Network....

, Sunshine Radio

Sunshine Radio

Sunshine Radio may refer to:* Sunshine 855, a radio station station covering South Shropshire, North Herefordshire and North Worcestershire* Sunshine Radio , a radio station based in Hereford...

 & Heart Wirral as well as the two BBC regional services.

Transmitter sites

These are the only confirmed transmitter sites at present:

Transmitter	KW	AREA
Moel-y-Parc	?	Depending on strength.
Wrexham	?	Wrexham
St. John's Beacon St. John's Beacon Radio City Tower is a radio and observation tower in Liverpool, England built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It is 138 metres tall, and was built as a ventilation shaft for St. John's Market, however was never used as such due to a new law passed on the year of completion...	?	Merseyside