Wigan and St Helens DAB

DAB Digital Radio for Wigan & St Helens

COMMERCIAL RADIO

If you are a commercial radio operator on fm or online this is your opportunity to broadcast on DAB now the largest broadcast platform with a 42.6% of all radio listening source RAJAR Q1 2024. This is your chance to reach the diverse and vibrant market in and around Wigan and St Helens reaching circa 577,000 adults.

AUDIO CONTENT CREATORS

If you've got a new concept in audio this is your chance to showcase it and reach a large audience.

COMMUNITY RADIO

If you're running a community radio station, or would you like to, we can get you on air.

INTERNET RADIO

Why limit your station to just being on the internet. Get your station in cars, at home and in the workplace.

STUDENT RADIO

If you're running a school, college or university radio station, or want to, we can help you reach students right across the area.

HOSPITAL RADIO

With more care in the community this is the opportunity for hospital radio stations to expand their horizons and reach the wider community.

Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester. It lies midway between the two cities of Manchester and Liverpool. The town has a population of 107,732 and the wider borough 330,714.

Wigan is part of the historic county of Lancashire. At its peak it was a major mill town and coal mining centre with 1,000 pit shafts within 5 miles of the town centre. Coal mining ceased in the 1980s.

Wigan Pier, a wharf on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, was made famous by the writer George Orwell. In his book The Road to Wigan Pier, Orwell highlighted the poor working and living conditions of inhabitants in the 1930s. Following the decline of heavy industry, Wigan Pier's warehouses and wharves have become home to a local heritage centre and cultural quarter.

St Helens is a town in Merseyside. Originally in lancashire, it is now the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens (within the new Metropolitan County of Merseyside) and has a population of 183,200.
The town was famous for its heavy industry, particularly its role in the coal mining industry, glassmaking, and chemicals. Today the town is most famous for its Rugby League team St Helens R.F.C. who have won 3 World Club Challenge cups in recent years,

Wigan and St Helen's DAB Ltd is a partnership between the hospital's radio station WWL as well as Niocast Digital. Chris Hurst, Ronald Smith, Darren Ofsarnie and Phil England. The company has been formed to apply for the licence to bring small-scale DAB digital radio to towns of Wigan and St Helens and across the wider Metropolitan Borough

WWL has been providing radio services to the hospitals of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 1973.

Chris Hurst is a is a long standing senior radio executive who runs small scale multiplexes licences in Edinburgh, Cardiff, Liverpool, Wolverhampton, Preston, Nottingham and Warrington. He also operates successful, locally-focused radio stations in Cheshire, regional music genre stations in Manchester and Liverpool and a local DAB multiplex.

Niocast Digital operates small-scale DAB multiplexes in the cities of Edinburgh, Cardiff, Liverpool, Wolverhampton, Preston, Nottingham, Warrington, Widnes & Runcorn and Mid Cheshire. Having also run successful trials in Dublin and Cork, Niocast is one of the most experienced operators of small-scale DAB.

Phil England is an experienced broadcast professional and owner/operator of DAB radio station Zest - which broadcasts across Liverpool and the North West.

Darren Ofsarnie is a local business owner and operator of DAB radio station Juice.

What is DAB?
DAB stands for Digital Audio Broadcasting. DAB opens up new opportunities for broadcasters and a dramatic increase in listener choice. Here in Nottingham we’re planning to create a new ‘ecosystem’ of radio listening that caters for a wide range of tastes, interests, communities and age groups.

Why you should get your radio station on DAB

Radio is as popular as ever in the digital age with 89% of the adult population tuning in each week - that's 50 million people!
77% of the population tune-in to digital radio every week.
73% of digital listening is via DAB.
DAB is eco-friendly, sustainable and socially responsible.
It is more environmentally friendly than analogue AM/FM as it consumes 80% less electricity; requires 75% less capital investment; reduces operating expenditure and maintenance costs by 65%.

A radio ecosystem is an interdependent community of transmission providers, broadcasters, advertisers and listeners - all connected for mutual gain and to maximise individual outcomes".

Join Us!
If you run a radio station, or would like to, and want to find out how we can make it happen then get in touch.
To register your interest please complete the form below and we'll contact you in complete confidence.

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Wigan and St Helens DAB Ltd,

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