MuxCo, is the name of the Digital Audio Broadcasting

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....

 (DAB) multiplex operator for the county of 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...

, England.

It is a consortium made up of three companies - UKRD, the Local Radio Company and National Grid Wireless all owning a third share. However, it is effectively now just two companies who own the licence as the Local Radio Company is now a subsidiary company of UKRD.

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 January 23, 2008. At the close on April 23, 2008, the regulator had received only one application, from MuxCo (Somerset). They had to wait until May 21, 2008, before they were confirmed as having won the licence.

Only two transmitters are confirmed as carrying the platform initially; Mendip, and Taunton

Taunton

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....

. As required, the local BBC service, BBC Somerset, has 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 Somerset	BBC Local service	Joint Stereo	128 kbit/s	Also on FM - 95.5 & AM - 1566
Heart West Country Heart West Country Heart West Country is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting to Bristol and Somerset. The station began broadcasting on 16 July 2010 as a result of a merger between Heart Bristol , Heart Bath and Heart Somerset .-History:The regional station originally broadcast as three separate stations...	Chart Music	Joint Stereo	112 kbit/s	Also on FM - 96.5 (Taunton), 97.1 Yeovil & 102.6 (Glastonbury)
Star Radio North Somerset Star 107.7 Nova Radio is a United Kingdom radio station based in Weston-super-Mare. The station was launched on 23 October 1999 as 107.7 WFM and later relaunched as Star 107.7, the studios are based on Beaconsfield Road in the centre of Weston-super-Mare.-History:...	Full Local Service	Joint Stereo	112 kbit/s	Also on 107.7 FM.
Quay West Radio Quay West Radio Quay West Radio was the brand of two radio stations broadcasting in Somerset.*Quay West 107.4 broadcast in the Bridgwater and Sedgemoor areas.*Quay West 100.4/102.8 broadcast to West Somerset.-History:...	Local Full Service	mono	96 kbit/s	Currently Off-Air — Was on 100.8/102.4/107.4 FM
Easy Radio	Easy Listening Music	mono	96 kbit/s	Provided by London Media Company (Sunrise)
Mid West Radio	Full Local Service	Joint Stereo	112 kbit/s	Also on FM - 105.6 (Yeovil) & 106.6 (Ilminster & Chard)
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....	Travel Reports	mono	48 kbit/s	Travel Service
UCB UK UCB UCB may stand for:Universities:* The University of California, Berkeley, United States* The University of Colorado at Boulder, United States* University College of Bahrain, Saar, Bahrain* University College Birmingham, England, UK...	Religious	mono	96 kbit/s	Currently on 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... .
Podcast Service	various	mono	16-80 kbit/s	Depending on service.

Transmitter sites

These are the only confirmed transmitter sites at present:

Transmitter	KW	AREA
Mendip	?	Depending on signal strength.
Taunton	?	Depending on signal strength