MXR North West
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MXR North West is a regional commercial digital radio
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....

 multiplex
Multiplexing
The multiplexed signal is transmitted over a communication channel, which may be a physical transmission medium. The multiplexing divides the capacity of the low-level communication channel into several higher-level logical channels, one for each message signal or data stream to be transferred...

 in the United Kingdom, which serves the North West of England.

Transmitter sites

MXR North West currently broadcasts from the following sites:
Transmitter kW Area
Moel-y-Parc 5 North East Wales, Merseyside & North West Cheshire
Winter Hill
Winter Hill transmitting station
The Winter Hill transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications site situated on Winter Hill, at the southern boundary of the Borough of Chorley, and above Bolton in Greater Manchester, England...

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
Sutton Common BT Tower
Sutton Common BT Tower is a radio tower built of reinforced concrete at Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. It is one of the few communication towers in the United Kingdom built of reinforced concrete...

0.2 Eastern Cheshire
Warbreck 0.2 Blackpool

Stations carried

The following channels are receivable on any digital-equipped DAB radio in the North West area:
Service Service ID Bit rate Audio channels Description Analogue availability
Capital Manchester C4AA 128 kbit/s Joint stereo CHR station owned by Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio UK Ltd. is a British commercial radio company, the largest in the country following acquisitions of Chrysalis Radio and GCap Media.The company's Chief Executive Officer is Stephen Miron, while the Group Chairman is Charles Allen...

102.0 MHz (Manchester)
Choice FM
Choice FM
Choice FM, branded on-air as London's Choice, is a brand used by the UK's biggest radio company, Global Radio for its network of black music radio stations...

CFC7 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Urban music station owned by Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio UK Ltd. is a British commercial radio company, the largest in the country following acquisitions of Chrysalis Radio and GCap Media.The company's Chief Executive Officer is Stephen Miron, while the Group Chairman is Charles Allen...

Gold C8D8 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Classic hits station owned by Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio UK Ltd. is a British commercial radio company, the largest in the country following acquisitions of Chrysalis Radio and GCap Media.The company's Chief Executive Officer is Stephen Miron, while the Group Chairman is Charles Allen...

Heart London C0C8 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Adult contemporary station owned by Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio UK Ltd. is a British commercial radio company, the largest in the country following acquisitions of Chrysalis Radio and GCap Media.The company's Chief Executive Officer is Stephen Miron, while the Group Chairman is Charles Allen...

LBC 97.3
LBC 97.3
LBC 97.3 is a London-based talk and phone-in radio station. It is one half of the latest incarnation of LBC, the news and speech service which was Britain's first commercial radio station when it went on air in October 1973...

C4C8 48 kbit/s Mono London-based speech station station owned by Global Radio
Global Radio
Global Radio UK Ltd. is a British commercial radio company, the largest in the country following acquisitions of Chrysalis Radio and GCap Media.The company's Chief Executive Officer is Stephen Miron, while the Group Chairman is Charles Allen...

Real Radio North West C38E 128 kbit/s Joint stereo Adult contemporary station owned by GMG Radio
GMG Radio
GMG Radio is the radio division of the Guardian Media Group. The group is based in Laser House, Salford Quays in Greater Manchester. The advertising division is in Old Trafford, Manchester. John Myers was the Chief Executive Officer, his deputy replaced him in April 2009...

105.4 MHz
Real Radio XS
Real Radio XS
106.1 Real Radio XS is a radio station based in Salford, Manchester, broadcasting a variety of peak-time news, rock music and talk output.-History:The station began test transmissions as 106.1 Rock Radio on FM on 10 April 2008...

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
GMG Radio
GMG Radio is the radio division of the Guardian Media Group. The group is based in Laser House, Salford Quays in Greater Manchester. The advertising division is in Old Trafford, Manchester. John Myers was the Chief Executive Officer, his deputy replaced him in April 2009...

100.4 MHz
Transworld Radio CDC0 64 kbit/s Mono German-based religious service, launched 1 April 2010
UCB Inspirational
United Christian Broadcasters
United Christian Broadcasters is an international Christian broadcasting and media group. Through affiliates in twenty five countries, it operates radio and television stations and publishes and broadcasts Bob Gass's free daily devotionals The Word for You Today and word4u2day...

CED0 64 kbit/s Mono Christian music
UCB Gospel
United Christian Broadcasters
United Christian Broadcasters is an international Christian broadcasting and media group. Through affiliates in twenty five countries, it operates radio and television stations and publishes and broadcasts Bob Gass's free daily devotionals The Word for You Today and word4u2day...

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
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...

Closed to allow for new national DAB licence bids, replaced by UCB UK and UCB Inspirational
Century Radio Renamed Real Radio
Real Radio
Real Radio is a network of adult contemporary independent local radio stations in England, Scotland and Wales and is operated by . Each station broadcasts local breakfast through to drive time shows and network programming in the evening and through the night...

 in March 2009 after GMG Radio purchase
CUBE Relaunched as 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...

DNN
DNN
DNN may refer to:*Digital News Network, a rolling news service on Digital Radio in the United Kingdom.*Dalton Municipal Airport, a city-owned public-use airport in Dalton, Georgia .*DotNetNuke, an open source website based on ASP.NET....

Replaced by LBC 97.3
LBC 97.3
LBC 97.3 is a London-based talk and phone-in radio station. It is one half of the latest incarnation of LBC, the news and speech service which was Britain's first commercial radio station when it went on air in October 1973...

Real Radio Digital Stopped broadcasting after GMG Radio bought Century, replaced by Jazz FM
Jazz FM
Jazz FM may refer to:*Jazz FM , a digital jazz radio station in the United Kingdom.*102.2 Jazz FM, a defunct radio station based in London, England.*100.4 Jazz FM, a defunct radio station based in Manchester, England....

UCB UK Moved to Digital One
Digital One
Digital One is a national commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, owned by Arqiva. , the multiplex covers more than 90% of the populationfrom a total of 137 transmitters...

, replaced by UCB Gospel
Jazz FM Moved to Digital One
Digital One
Digital One is a national commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, owned by Arqiva. , the multiplex covers more than 90% of the populationfrom a total of 137 transmitters...

, replaced by Real Radio XS
Real Radio XS
106.1 Real Radio XS is a radio station based in Salford, Manchester, broadcasting a variety of peak-time news, rock music and talk output.-History:The station began test transmissions as 106.1 Rock Radio on FM on 10 April 2008...


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