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Switch London

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Switchdigital London
Greater London 2
Licensed areaGreater London
Frequency12A (223.936 MHz)
Air date26 June 2000 [1]
OwnerWireless Group
WebsiteSwitchdigital

Switch London is a DAB ensemble operated by Switchdigital; it broadcasts from a variety of sites in and around London (Alexandra Palace, Arkley, Bluebell Hill, BT Tower, Colindale House, Crystal Palace, Guildford, Hampstead, Harrow Weald, Hemel Hempstead, Leatherhead Stoke d'Abernon, Mount Vernon, Otford, Reigate, Richmond Hill, Shepherds Bush, Shooters Hill, Sidcup, Staines, Uxbridge and Zouches Farm). It has been on air since July 2000. It is also referred to as the Greater London 2 multiplex. In their application to the Radio Authority, Switch proposed using Brookmans Park as a transmission site in its SFN, but this has not yet been implemented.[2]

In 2010, the Otford relay site was replaced by the much more powerful Wrotham site in Kent which broadcasts at 5 kW.

Stations carried

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Service DAB Type Service ID Bit rate Audio channels Description Analogue availability
88.3 CENTREFORCE DAB+ C6E3 32 kbit/s Mono House music
Absolute Radio 70s DAB+ C1C2 32 kbit/s Mono 70s Music
AsianFX Radio DAB+ CDDB 32 kbit/s Mono
ADVANTIST RADIO DAB CBDE 80 kbit/s Mono
BBC Radio London DAB CC31 128 kbit/s Joint Stereo BBC local radio service 94.9 MHz (London)
FIX RADIO DAB CDDA 64 kbit/s Mono Music for builders
Hits Radio (London) DAB+ C5E3 32 kbit/s Mono
Jazz FM DAB CDD0 80 kbit/s Mono Easy listening
LBC London News DAB C5C2 64 kbit/s Mono News 1152 kHz
Mi-Soul DAB+ C7CD 32 kbit/s Mono
Nation Radio DAB+ C8D9 32 kbit/s Mono
Radio Maria Eng DAB+ C9EA 32 kbit/s Mono Religious
Smooth Country DAB CDE9 128 kbit/s Mono LSF Country Music
Virgin Groove DAB+ C1EB 32 kbit/s Mono

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