NOW Berkshire & North Hampshire is the name of the DAB multiplex operator for the Reading & Basingstoke areas. It serves northern portions of Hampshire in the commuter belt and the Unitarian Authorities of Reading, Slough, West Berkshire and Wokingham.

The platform has always been known as NOW Digital which was a wholly owned subsidiary of GWR Group plc. GWR would merge with Capital Radio plc to form GCap Media

GCap Media

GCap Media was a British commercial radio company formed from the merger of the Capital Radio Group and GWR Group. The merger was completed in May 2005. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. On 31 March 2008 the company agreed a takeover by...

 although the platform name remained. 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...

 bought GCap in 2008 and subsequently sold the DAB businesses to transmitter company Arqiva

Arqiva

Arqiva is a telecommunications company which provides infrastructure and broadcast transmission facilities in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. The present company, with headquarters located at Crawley Court in the village of Crawley, Hampshire, was formed by National Grid Wireless...

, the current owner.

When the platform launched, it was originally only on three transmitters. The following year, a fourth was added at Basingstoke.

The service is currently carried on four transmitters and as required, has to carry the local BBC service BBC Radio Berkshire

BBC Radio Berkshire

BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire, as well as parts of North Hampshire, including Basingstoke. Radio Berkshire broadcasts on 94.6 , 95.4 , 104.1 and 104.4 FM from its studios at Caversham Park near Reading. The 104.1 FM signal is the strongest...

.

Current line-up of services

The stations currently carried on NOW Berkshire & North Hampshire are:

Service	Service ID	Bit rate	Audio channels	Description	Analogue availability
BBC Radio Berkshire BBC Radio Berkshire BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire, as well as parts of North Hampshire, including Basingstoke. Radio Berkshire broadcasts on 94.6 , 95.4 , 104.1 and 104.4 FM from its studios at Caversham Park near Reading. The 104.1 FM signal is the strongest...	CD31	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	BBC Local service	94.6 MHz (Henley) 95.4 MHz (Windsor) 104.1 MHz (North Hampshire) 104.4 MHz (Reading)
Capital London	C9CC	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Contemporary pop station	95.8 MHz
Gold	CDD2	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Golden oldies	1431 kHz (Reading) 1485 kHz (Newbury)
Heart Thames Valley Heart Thames Valley Heart Thames Valley is an Independent Local Radio Station serving Berkshire, Oxfordshire, north Hampshire and parts of west Buckinghamshire from studios in Reading, southern England...	C361	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Adult contemporary music	97.0 MHz (Reading) 102.9 MHz (North Hampshire) 103.4 MHz (Henley)
Kiss	C483	128 kbit/s		Dance & R&B music, networked from London	—
NME Radio NME Radio NME Radio is the radio station from NME magazine, that broadcasts in a new commercially oriented alternative music format. It first began broadcasting on 24 June 2008.- History :...	CEC1	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Alternative music	—
Pop-Up Radio	CFCF	64 kbit/s	Mono LSF	Part-time service for short-term and special-event stations	—
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, networked from London	—
EPG Berks/Hants	E1C000BB	8 kbit/s	Data	Hidden service, EPG data	—

Transmitter sites

NOW Berkshire & North Hampshire currently broadcasts on the following sites:

Transmitter	kW	Area
Hannington	1	North West Hampshire (Andover)
Basingstoke	1	North East Hampshire (Basingstoke)
Hemdean	1	Reading & Henley-on-Thames
Coppid Beach	0.25	Wokingham

Former services

The following is a list of services which used to be carried on the multiplex.

Service	What happened
Absolute Classic Rock	Removed in 2010, replaced by NME Radio
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...	Withdrawn in 2009
dabbl Dabbl dabbl, was a user-controlled radio station broadcast on the Internet and on DAB Digital Radio in Cardiff 24 hours a day and in London from 7pm to 6am daily. Its content was chosen by members of Absolute Radio's website VIP Service, who select songs which are then voted for. Songs with the most...	Withdrawn in 2010, replaced by Absolute Radio 90s
Fun Radio Fun Radio Fun Kids is a British children's digital radio station in the United Kingdom and children's website, currently the Sony and Arqiva Digital Radio Station of the year. It is operated by Children's Radio UK Ltd which is owned by Folder Media...	Withdrawn in 2009
Galaxy Galaxy A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists of stars and stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust, and an important but poorly understood component tentatively dubbed dark matter. The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaxias , literally "milky", a...	Removed in November 2010, replaced by Capital London
ourkindofmusic	Withdrawn in 2009, replaced by dabbl Dabbl dabbl, was a user-controlled radio station broadcast on the Internet and on DAB Digital Radio in Cardiff 24 hours a day and in London from 7pm to 6am daily. Its content was chosen by members of Absolute Radio's website VIP Service, who select songs which are then voted for. Songs with the most...  on 4 December 2009
SBN	Service went bankrupt
The Storm	Replaced by 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....  after GWR merger with Capital
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....	Ceased broadcasting 31 August 2011