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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ to extend digital radio coverage to Scottish Borders
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ is to extend its DAB digital radio coverage to the Scottish
Borders, it was confirmed today.
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The new transmitter will join up the
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s current digital radio coverage north and south of the border and
bring digital radio to another 40,000 people in the Melrose, Galashiels and Hawick area.
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Speaking at a digital forum in Melrose on Friday, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Chief
Operating Officer, Caroline Thomson, announced the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s plans and said: "For many years, our digital radio coverage in Scotland and England has
been separated. It's good news that we're now able to join up the two
nations."
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The new transmitter will be located at Selkirk and is hoped to be in
service by the start of winter 2007.
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ has also announced its intention to commission a transmitter to
bring DAB digital radio to listeners on the opposite side of the country -
in the towns of Whitehaven and Workington in Cumbria.
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This area has been
selected by the Government to be the location of the switchover flagship
project and will be the first to completely switched over to digital
television in October of this year.
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Although the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s analogue radio services will continue after digital
switchover, the new transmitter will allow listeners in the area to go
completely digital if they choose to: watching digital television and
listening to DAB digital radio.
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It is hoped to bring the transmitter on stream in the late autumn.
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Digital radio listeners will be able to tune in to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s portfolio of
digital-only stations: 1Xtra; Five Live Sports Extra; 6 Music; ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 7; and
the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Asian Network; as well as the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s national radio stations: Radio
1; Radio 2; Radio 3; Radio 4; Radio Five Live; and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service - and enjoy the benefits of DAB and the additional choice it offers.
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Listeners will need a DAB digital radio to receive the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s digital radio
broadcasts.
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For advice on receiving ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ digital radio and to check coverage, listeners
can call the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Digital Helpline on 08700 10 10 10 or visit
bbc.co.uk/digitalradio.
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