NOW Cambridge is the local DAB

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 serving Cambridge. The multiplex is transmitted on Block 11C (220.352 MHz) and the Ensemble ID is C1AF. It started broadcasting on 30 September 2004.

Transmitters

The transmitter for the multiplex is at Madingley

Madingley

Madingley is a village near Coton and Dry Drayton on the western outskirts of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.Known as Madingelei in the Domesday Book, the village's name means "Woodland clearing of the family or followers of a man called Mada"....

, a few miles west of Cambridge, close to the A428

A428 road

The A428 road is a major road in central and eastern England. It connects the cities of Coventry and Cambridge by way of the county towns of Northampton and Bedford.-Coventry - Northampton:...

 and M11

M11 motorway

The M11 motorway in England is a major road running approximately north from the North Circular Road in South Woodford in north-east London to the A14, north-west of Cambridge.-Route:...

. At Huntingdon

Huntingdon

Huntingdon is a market town in Cambridgeshire, England. The town was chartered by King John in 1205. It is the traditional county town of Huntingdonshire, and is currently the seat of the Huntingdonshire district council. It is known as the birthplace in 1599 of Oliver Cromwell.-History:Huntingdon...

, it overlaps with the NOW Peterborough

NOW Peterborough

NOW Peterborough is a local commercial digital radio multiplex in the United Kingdom, which serves Peterborough and the surrounding area. NOW Peterborough is transmitted on frequency block 12D 229.072 MHz from trasmitters at Huntingdon , Peterborough and Stamford. It launched in November 2002...

 multiplex to the north.

The Radio Authority awarded the DAB licence to NOW Digital on October 2, 2003. The licence was advertised on May 16, 2003, and by the closing date of August 26, 2003, only one application from NOW Digital had been received.

Facts

The Radio Authority only advertised the licence for the Cambridge-area after an e-mail was sent to the organisation to make them aware that the frequency spectrum was available in Cambridge for a Multiplex's availability to be able to launch.

Stations

Stations currently on the NOW Cambridge multiplex are:

Service	Service ID	Bit rate	Audio channels	Description	Analogue availability
Affinity Radio Affinity Radio Affinity Radio, is a Hot AC local radio station for Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and the surrounding areas. It started broadcasting on DAB Digital radio on 8th April 2011, offering a mix of music from the last four decades and a range of local information. The station also broadcasts online via its...	C5CF	64 kbit/s	Mono	Local hot AC station	—
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire BBC Radio Cambridgeshire BBC Radio Cambridgeshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Cambridgeshire. It originally broadcast from studios on Hills Road close to the train station in Cambridge - which have now moved to a new multi-million pound centre at the Cambridge Business Park on Cowley Road - ...	C43A	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Local BBC radio service	95.7 MHz (Peterborough) 96.0 MHz (Cambridge)
Capital London	C9CC	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Contemporary pop station	—
Gold	C3D2	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Golden oldies	1332 kHz
Heart Cambridgeshire Heart Cambridgeshire Heart Cambridgeshire is an Independent Local Radio Station broadcasting to Cambridgeshire from studios in Peterborough. The station began broadcasting on 2 July 2010 as a result of a merger between Heart Peterborough and Heart Cambridge...	C36A	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Adult contemporary station	97.4, 102.7, 103.0 MHz
Kiss	C3AC	128 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Dance and R&B station, networked from London	105.6 MHz (Cambridge) 107.7 MHz (Peterborough)
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	Special events	—
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	Rock music	—
EPG Cambridge	E1C000BE	8 kbit/s	Data	Hidden service, EPG data	—

External links

• NOW Digital page
• Coverage map
• Madingley transmitter