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Listeners in ten areas around the country will benefit from new DAB digital stations. Around 60 stations will begin broadcasting on digital radio for the first time using 'small scale DAB'. The new approach could provide a more affordable way for smaller stations to broadcast on DAB digital radio.

Each trial will allow new digital radio services to broadcast to a local area and will help explore how groups of radio stations can work together. The trials will also inform Ofcom's work on identifying suitable frequencies for broadcasting smaller digital stations and help understand how these services could be licensed.

A Cheshire business is looking to trial six new digital radio channels for Manchester in a move which could also see the return of Steve Penk and his wind-up channel. Chester-based Niocast Digital, led by experienced broadcast media pros David Duffy and John Evington has submitted an application to operate a DAB multiplex in Manchester as part of broadcast regulator Ofcom’s nine-month trial of small-scale digital radio.