MXR Severn Estuary is a regional commercial digital radio

Digital audio broadcasting

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 multiplex

Multiplexing

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 in the United Kingdom, which serves the West of England

West of England

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 and South Wales

South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...

, including Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

, Bath, Weston-super-Mare

Weston-super-Mare

Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort, town and civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, which is within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located on the Bristol Channel coast, south west of Bristol, spanning the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury...

, Cardiff

Cardiff

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, Newport

Newport

Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...

, Swansea

Swansea

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, the South Wales Valleys

South Wales Valleys

The South Wales Valleys are a number of industrialised valleys in South Wales, stretching from eastern Carmarthenshire in the west to western Monmouthshire in the east and from the Heads of the Valleys in the north to the lower-lying, pastoral country of the Vale of Glamorgan and the coastal plain...

 and north Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

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Transmitters

MXR Severn Estuary is transmitted on frequency block 12C (227.360 MHz) from the following transmitter sites:

Transmitter	kW	Area
Wenvoe	4	Cardiff & Vale of Glamorgan
Dundry East	1	Bristol
Christchurch	1	Newport & Monmouth
Mendip	0.75	Glastonbury
Kilvey Hill Kilvey Hill Kilvey Hill is a hill in Britain. It rises in south Wales, to the east of Swansea city centre. Kilvey Hill is high and is classed as a Sub Marilyn...	0.5	Swansea & Bridgend
Carmel	0.5	Carmel & Carmarthen
Ebbw Vale	0.2	Ebbw Vale
Bath	0.2	Bath
Abergavenny	0.2	Abergavenny
Aberdare	0.01	Aberdare

Services currently available

The following channels are currently available on the multiplex:

Service	Service ID	Bit rate	Audio channels	Description	Analogue availability
Bay Radio Bay Radio Bay Radio is a radio station located in Malta. With 21.3% of listeners Bay Radio is by far the most popular radio station in Malta.The station broadcasts on 89.7FM, through internet stream, on DAB+ Digital as well as on Melita Digital cable television....	C784	64 kbit/s	Mono	Classic & Current Hits	102.1 MHz (Swansea)
Capital London	C9CC	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	London's CHR Music Service	—
Kiss	C3A5	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	National dance and urban music station	97.2, 101.0 MHz (Bristol)
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...	CFC6	48 kbit/s	Mono LSF	London-based speech service	—
Mountain FM	CEC3	64 kbit/s	Mono	Regional DAB service	—
Nation Radio Nation Radio Nation Radio launched on 16 June 2008 as a regional radio station broadcasting to the South Wales area from Neath.Nation Radio took over the Ofcom broadcasting licence held by Xfm South Wales when GCap Media sold the station to Town and Country Broadcasting for an unspecified fee on 30 May 2008....	C376	64 kbit/s	Mono	South Wales rock music service	106.8 MHz (Cardiff) 107.3 MHz (Swansea)
Real Radio (Wales) Real Radio (Wales) Real Radio Wales is a Regional Radio station owned and operated by GMG Radio and forming part of the Real Radio network. The station broadcasts from studios at Morganstown in Cardiff on various FM frequencies, DAB via the MXR Severn Estuary multiplex and across the UK on digital satellite TV...	C3A3	112 kbit/s	Joint stereo	South Wales regional commercial service	Various FM
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	80 kbit/s	Mono	Classic rock service from Manchester	—
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...	CED0	64 kbit/s	Mono LSF	Gospel music	—
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...	CFD0	64 kbit/s	Mono LSF	Christian Speech & Music	—
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	Modern rock service from London	—
DAB Guide	E1C0009A	8 kbit/s	Data	Hidden service, EPG data	—
UBC Digital	E1C000A2	48 kbit/s	Data	Hidden service	—

• BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales were not required to be broadcast on this platform.

External links

• MXR website