Switch London

Switchdigital London
Greater London 2

Licensed area	Greater London
Frequency	12A (223.936 MHz)
Air date	26 June 2000 [1]
Owner	Wireless Group
Website	Switchdigital

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

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

References

1. Radiocentre Commercial Radio Pocket Booklet 2007
2. "Radio Authority awards second local digital multiplex licence for Greater London to Switch Digital"

See also

• DRG London
• CE London
• Switch Scotland