Ofcom has today awarded a new DAB radio multiplex licence covering the Isle of Wight to local community interest company Wight Digital Radio CIC.
Wight Digital Radio is made up of the Island’s long-established commercial station, Isle of Wight Radio and local community radio station Vectis Radio.
IW Radio
Isle of Wight Radio is part of the Total Sense Media Group and enjoys a monthly audience of 60,000 listeners* and has been broadcasting to the Island for 34 years, home to The Toy Appeal and The Child of Wight Awards. Vectis Radio, an Ofcom licenced community radio station launched as an online-only station on 23rd January 2010 and began broadcasting on FM on 4th November 2017.
Vectis Radio
Vectis Radio is home to the 4Ps project, an award-winning initiative to help young people develop their confidence, communication skills and self esteem.
“On the air during 2025”
The team at Wight Digital Radio says,
“We are delighted that Ofcom has chosen to award the DAB licence for the Island to an Island-based organisation. We aim to have our proposed service on the air during 2025 and it will have the capacity to bring more than twenty new and existing radio stations to DAB delivering a choice of creative content to vibrant and loyal radio audience on the Island.”
They continued,
“Whilst we have a number of interested parties eager to provide content for DAB on the Island, we are still happy to talk you through the process of launching a new station, be it a commercial or community station.”
Visit the Wight Digital Radio website for more information.
News shared by Kelvin on behalf of Wight Digital. Ed
