Switch London

Switchdigital London
Greater London 2

Licensed area	Greater London
Frequency	12A (223.936 MHz)
Air date	26 June 2000 [1]
Owner	UTV Radio
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	Service ID	Bit rate	Audio channels	Description	Analogue availability
Absolute Radio 00s	CDC1	64 kbit/s	Mono	Pop music from the 2000s	—
Absolute Radio 70s	C1C2	64 kbit/s	Mono	70s Music	—
BBC London 94.9	CC31	128 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	BBC local radio service	94.9 MHz (London)
French Radio London	C0CF	64 kbit/s	Mono	French talk and music	—
Gold	C8D3	112 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Golden oldies station	1548 kHz (London)
Punjabi Radio	CBCB	112 kbit/s	Joint Stereo	Punjabi station	—
Sout al Khaleej	CFC1	64 kbit/s	Mono	Arabic station	—
Spectrum Radio	CCC0	64 kbit/s	Mono	Multiethnic commercial radio station	558 kHz (London)
UCB Inspirational	CFD0	64 kbit/s	Mono LSF	Christian service	—
Voice of Russia	CCCF	48 kbit/s	Mono LSF	Russian service	—
XFM London	C474	112 kbit/s	Joint stereo	Rock music	104.9 MHz (London)

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