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Monday, 16th January 2020

Upgrades to Future Digital DAB For Norwich

Between Early December 2019 and earlier this month, Future Digital Norfolk Limited has been working to upgrade its DAB provision capabilities for its DAB / DAB+ multiplex serving the Greater Norwich area.

Since the start of our DAB operations in Norwich, back in the Summer of 2015, our technical facilities have been limited to the provision of a maximum of twenty DAB / DAB+ programme streams. Our recent modifications, including an update to the latest versions of the ‘Open Digital Radio (ODR) Mulltiplex (MUX) operating software, mean that we are now able to provide space for at least a further four DAB+ services. FDN Limited expects to begin adding additional services to the Norwich Multiplex over the coming weeks.

The modifications also mean that we have now added enhanced monitoring capabilities to our operations. These additions will allow us to provide further technical information to our various programme service providers.

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Monday, 01st October 2018

Cyber Gold Coming to the Airwaves of Norwich

Next week, on Tuesday the 09th of October 2018, a new “gold” service – ‘Cyber Gold’ joins the airwaves of Norwich. ‘Cyber Gold’ joins its sister services – ‘Cyber Hot Hits’ and ‘Cyber Rock’ which have been broadcasting across the city since December of last year.

‘Cyber Gold’ is also available on-line and more information about the various Cyber Radio services can be found here, on the group’s website.

Future Digital Norfolk Limited now broadcasts a total of twenty DAB radio services to the Greater Norwich Area, that’s nearly three times as many as are carried on the established local multiplex as used by the BBC. FDN, which works closely with the city’s community radio service, Future Radio, is expecting to apply for a full time DAB operating licence next year.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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Monday, 02nd October 2017

Classic Hits joins the Airwaves of Norwich

Later this week, on Friday the 06th of October 2017, Norwich becomes the first city in the country to be able to listen to the broadcasts of ‘Classic Hits’ a new DAB radio service “playing the greatest songs on earth”. Also available on-line at: ClassicHits.co.uk/, more information about the station can be found here.

Future Digital Norfolk Limited now broadcasts some fifteen DAB radio services to the Greater Norwich Area, that’s about three times as many as are carried on the established multiplex used by the BBC. FDN, which works closely with the city’s community radio station, Future Radio, is also expecting to launch additional services between now and the end of the year.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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Future Digital Norfolk Limited
Celebrates Two Years of DAB Broadcasting

Thursday, 14th September 2017

Today, Future Digital Norfolk Limited, celebrates two years of DAB broadcasting to Norwich. Two years ago, on Monday the 14th of September 2015, the not-for-profit company launched a new DAB Multiplex for the Greater Norwich Area. Originally licensed by the UK broadcast radio regulator, Ofcom for a trial 9 month period, last year its licence was extended into 2018. The company expects to be able to apply for a long-term permanent licence at some point next year.

Originally carrying five services, including the local commercial radio station, ‘99.9 Radio Norwich’ and the city’s community radio service, ‘Future Radio’. Today, over a dozen services are broadcast using our transmission system, with more services set to join the multiplex over the coming months and weeks.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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Antenna Radio joins the FDN
Norwich DAB multiplex

Friday, 25th August 2017
Playing music from the 80s, 90s and 00s, plus the hits of today, Antenna Radio, broadacsting since 2012, joins the FDN airwaves across Norwich from tomorrow, Saturday the 26th of August 2017. More details at the Antenna Radio web-site.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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Classical 1 and Chris Country join the FDN
Norwich DAB multiplex

01st August 2017
Two new radio stations will be joining the airwaves of Norwich on Friday (the 05th of August). The addition of these two services considerably broadens the range of output carried across the FDN DAB multiplex. Classical and country music are two music genres not previously carried by our network.

strong>About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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The BEAT Joins FDN Norwich DAB multiplex

20th July 2017
The BEAT, operated by the same team that provides the popular MKFM service for the Milton Keynes area, launches on the FDN DAB multiplex for the Greater Norwich area this Saturday the 22nd July 2017.Playing “all the hits”, the station will be including bespoke local news, travel, weather and What’s On information for the area from later in the year.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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Weather24/7 Joins FDN Norwich DAB multiplex

05th July 2017
Future Digital Norfolk Limited (FDN) welcomes the arrival of Weather24/7 to it’s DAB multiplex for the Greater Norwich Area. This service provides a rolling weather forecast service for Norwich, based on data provided under licence from the Met Office. The service provides brief details of current and forthcoming weather conditions for the area, including temperature and likelihood of rain.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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Cambridge 105 broadcasts to Norwich!?

01st January 2017
Future Digital Norfolk Limited (FDN) welcomes the arrival of Cambridge 105 Community Radio to it’s DAB multiplex for the Greater Norwich Area. This service, which has been broadcasting to Cambridge for some time, is the first new DAB service to begin broadcasting to Norwich this year. A community radio station reporting on events and activities within the City of Cambridge, it decided to expand coverage to Norwich because of the close historical and current links between the two major cities of the East of England. More information about Cambridge 105 can be found at the C105 web-site.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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Future Digital Norfolk Celebrates First Year
Of Digital Audio Broadcasting To The
Greater Norwich Area

30th September 2016
Future Digital Norfolk Limited (FDN) has just completed its first year of broadcasting providing digital radio services to the Greater Norwich area. After a successful launch in September 2015, FDN has gradually added additional broadcasters to its roster, with more expected over the coming months.

In addition to new services, we have also received permission to improve our coverage of the City of Norwich and the surrounding areas by increasing transmitter power and adding additional transmission facilities to further strengthen our signal.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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Radio Caroline Joins FDN Norwich DAB multiplex

15th November 2015
Pioneer music radio station Radio Caroline is the latest service to join the airwaves of Norwich as part of the Future Digital Norfolk Limited DAB Digital Radio Multiplex.

‘Radio Caroline’, which began broadcasting in 1964 from a ship anchored off the Essex Coast, was a popular AM station across East Anglia right through until 1990 when it was finally taken off air by the authorities. Since then, the station has been broadcasting via satellite from land-based studios, with occasional special transmissions from its former home, the radio ship M.V. Ross Revenge.

Read the full press-release – available here.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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Future Digital Norfolk Launches New Web Site

24th October 2015
Future Digital Norfolk Limited has today launched its new company website at:

www.futuredigital.info/

The website includes details of all the DAB services carried on the new Small Scale DAB multiplex for the Greater Norwich area as well as various background technical information about the Ofcom Small Scale DAB experiment.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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Two New Services, Jazz FM & Solar Radio
on DAB for Norwich This Week.

12th October 2015

Future Digital Norfolk is pleased to welcome Solar Radio and Jazz FM to the Norwich Airwaves. Both stations join our DAB multiplex for the Greater Norwich area this week.

Details of Solar Radio can be found at www.solarradio.com and more information about Jazz FM is available at www.jazzfm.com  These two stations bring the total number of services on the FDN Greater Norwich DAB multiplex to seven.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.  In June 2015 it was awarded a trial DAB licence from Ofcom as part of the regulator’s Small Scale DAB evaluation trials.

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Future Digital Norfolk Launches
New DAB Services for Norwich

12th September 2015

Next week (on Monday the 14th of September) Future Digital Norfolk Limited brings local Community Radio service, ‘Future Radio’ and local Commercial Radio station, ‘Radio Norwich’ to the airwaves of Norwich on a new DAB multiplex for the Greater Norwich area.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.  In June 2015 it was awarded a trial DAB licence from Ofcom as part of the regulator’s Small Scale DAB evaluation trials.

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Ofcom Awards New DAB Licence for Norwich

12th June 2015
On the 24th of February 2015, Ofcom invited applications from groups interested in operating experimental small-scale DAB mulitplexes.  The application round closed on April the 7th and by that date Ofcom had received no fewer than 51 separate applications from a diverse range of groups around the country,

Future Digital Norfolk Limited (FDN) was one of the groups that submitted a licence application in early April.  On Friday the 12th of June, Ofcom published its small-scale DAB licensing decisions, confirming that FDN, with its plans to broadcast to the Greater Norwich area, was one of just ten successful applicants to be permitted to take part in the trials.

With the licensing process now completed, FDN is working to put the required technical and programming infrastructure in place in order to begin broadcasting later in the year.

About Future Digital Norfolk Limited.
Future Digital Norwich Limited is a not-for-profit company set up to provide DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) services for the Greater Norwich area.

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[Thursday 01st May 2015 – Updated as above. Last Updated Saturday 02nd October 2017]