<div dir="ltr">Manchester’s digital radio scene was celebrated at a special event attended by figures from BBC, commercial and community radio on Thursday evening.<br><br>"Doing the DAB" at Texture Bar heard that in the last year forty new digital stations have launched in Manchester, including many new-to-air local start-up stations, taking the number of digital stations now available in the Manchester area to seventy six, more than double the number available last year.<br><br>Many of the new stations have been made possible by the launch of the Manchester Ofcom small-scale DAB multiplex, operated by Niocast Digital. The multiplex, also known as a minimux, was launched in September 2015 and is one of ten across the UK that forms part of an extended trial by Ofcom and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.<br><br>The event heard from a number of broadcasters who run stations on the Manchester minimux including Chris Stevens, founder of Chris Country; John Ryan, Chairman at Gaydio and founder of Max 80s; Julian Guest, Director of Unity Radio; and BBC Radio Manchester presenter, Mike Shaft who pioneered Manchester Cathedral Radio.<br><br>You can hear the event in full exclusively on inRadio tonight from 7pm. Listen via TuneIn, website, Apple TV or Android/iPhone apps.<br><br>Source: <a href="http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/12/dab-digital-radio-celebrated-in-manchester/">http://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/12/dab-digital-radio-celebrated-in-manchester/</a><br><br>\\<br><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Community Media Association<br>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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