NOW Nottingham is a local commercial digital radio multiplex

Digital audio broadcasting

Digital Audio Broadcasting is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in Europe. As of 2006, approximately 1,000 stations worldwide broadcast in the DAB format....

 in the United Kingdom, which serves Nottingham

Nottingham

Nottingham is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England. It is located in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire and represents one of eight members of the English Core Cities Group...

, Mansfield

Mansfield

Mansfield is a town in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the main town in the Mansfield local government district. Mansfield is a part of the Mansfield Urban Area....

, Newark-on-Trent

Newark-on-Trent

Newark-on-Trent is a market town in Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands region of England. It stands on the River Trent, the A1 , and the East Coast Main Line railway. The origins of the town are possibly Roman as it lies on an important Roman road, the Fosse Way...

 and the surrounding area. It launched on 25 April 2004 and is operated by NOW Digital on behalf of NOW Digital (East Midlands) Ltd.

Stations carried

The following channels are receivable on any digital-equipped DAB radio in the Nottinghamshire area:

Service	Service ID	Bit rate	Audio channels	Description	DAB launch date	Analogue availability
BBC Radio Nottingham BBC Radio Nottingham BBC Radio Nottingham is a BBC Local Radio station serving the English county of Nottinghamshire. It broadcasts on FM, AM, and digital DAB radio from studios located on London Road in Nottingham city centre.-Transmission frequences:...	C733	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Local BBC service		95.1, 95.5, 103.8 MHz
Capital East Midlands Capital East Midlands Capital East Midlands is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to the East Midlands. The station, owned and operated by Global Radio, forms part of the nine-station Capital radio network...	C36E	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Contemporary hit music		96.2, 96.5, 102.8, 105.4 MHz
Gem 106	C3AB	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	80s, 90s and current adult contemporary music		106.0 MHz
Gold	CAD2	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Oldies music		999 kHz
Heart London	C3D0	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Adult contemporary music, London version		—
Kiss	C483	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Dance and R&B		—
Pop Up Radio	CFCF	64 kbit/s	Mono LSF	Various events		—
Smooth Radio	C3A2	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Easy listening		106.6 MHz
XFM London 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....	C0B8	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Alternative Indie/Rock music led station		—

Former services

Services previously carried on the multiplex include:

Service	Closure date	What happened/notes
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....		Rolling traffic News, Midlands version, launched 28 June 2007
Trent FM Trent FM Trent FM was an Independent Local Radio station which broadcast to Nottinghamshire. The station merged with two other East Midlands stations, Leicester Sound and Ram FM to form Capital FM East Midlands on Monday 3 January 2011.-History:Launched on 3 July 1975 as Radio Trent and based in a...		Contemporary hit music, merged with Ram FM and Leicester Sound and re-branded Capital FM East Midlands
Galaxy Digital Galaxy Digital Galaxy Digital was a radio station broadcasting through the digital platform across the United Kingdom and was owned by Global Radio. It primarily broadcast in areas where Galaxy was not represented on FM, such as London, Leicester, Nottingham, and Derbyshire...		Dance and R&B, normal branding ceased 19 December in advance of the launch of Capital, replaced by Heart London
Heart East Midlands		80s, 90s and current adult contemporary music, re-branded as Gem 106
Chill Chill (radio station) Chill is a British digital radio station dedicated to chill out, ambient and trip-hop music.-The station:Chill is broadcast on DAB in London and Birmingham, across the UK on Sky channel 0177 and also online. The station's aim is to help listeners relax. It is owned by Global Radio...		Ambient, chill-out music, closure required under Office of Fair Trading Office of Fair Trading The Office of Fair Trading is a not-for-profit and non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforces both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the UK's economic regulator...  ruling
Classic Gold GEM Classic Gold GEM Classic Gold GEM was a United Kingdom radio station, broadcasting to much of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland and East Staffordshire from studios in Dunstable, Bedfordshire...		Classic hits, merged with the Capital Gold network and re-branded Gold
Capital Disney Capital Disney Capital Disney was a British digital radio station aimed at 8 to 16 year olds which used to broadcast across the UK on DAB Digital Radio . It was also broadcast on Sky Digital, Tiscali TV, Virgin Media, and streaming online. The station announced on 14 May 2007 that it would close down on 29 June...		Pop music aimed at children, replaced by Traffic Radio
Saga 106.6 FM Saga 106.6 FM Saga 106.6FM was an independent radio station for the East Midlands, broadcasting to Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland. Part of the Saga Radio Group, the regional station was broadcast from the Riverside Business Park in Nottingham, close to the old...		Classic hits and programmes aimed at the over 50s, re-branded as Smooth Radio
Sabras Sound		Asian, replaced by Chill
The Storm The Storm (radio station) The Storm was a digital-only, modern rock music radio station broadcasting in parts of Central and Southern UK, and owned by GCap Media. It played music from bands such as Green Day, The Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, The Libertines, Garbage and Franz Ferdinand....		Modern rock, replaced by XFM
106 Century FM		80s, 90s and current adult contemporary music, re-branded Heart 106 (also known as Heart East Midlands)

Office of Fair Trading concerns

In August 2008, the Office of Fair Trading

Office of Fair Trading

The Office of Fair Trading is a not-for-profit and non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforces both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the UK's economic regulator...

, reporting back regarding the acquisition of GCap by Global Radio indicated in their report that due to competition concerns and in accordance with the Communications Act 2003

Communications Act 2003

The Communications Act 2003 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It gave regulation body Ofcom its full powers. Among other measures, it introduced legal recognition of Community Radio and paved the way for full-time Community Radio services in the UK; as well as controversially...

, Global Radio will have to remove Gold Nottingham alongside either Galaxy, XFM or Chill from the NOW Nottingham multiplex. On March 21, 2009 Global Radio partially remedied the OFT's concerns by closing Chill on the multiplex.

External links

• Fishponds Hill transmitter
• Mapperley Ridge transmitter
• Waltham transmitter