Bringing small-scale DAB radio to Northumberland

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July 2026

Freemasons' Grant Helps Keep Northumberland's Community Radio on Air

Norman West and Richard Finch in the Radio Northumberland studio (Highlights PR)

"Our transmitter sites are in some of the more rural parts of the county where broadband isn't always available or reliable. This funding has enabled us to install wireless microwave links that connect our transmitters to better broadband services several miles away, making our network much more robust."

Read the full article - Freemasons' Grant Helps Keep Northumberland's Community Radio on Air.

28 March 2025

Community radio stations across Northumberland are celebrating broadcasting to even more people after switching on a brand-new DAB transmitter.

Stewart Allen (Radio Northumberland), Richard Finch (Northumberland Community Digital), Jeff Pattison (Koast Radio), Richard Dale (Lionheart Radio) and Jeff Hope (Manufacturing Director AkzoNobel Decorative Paints UKI)

Read the full article - A DAB of Dulux Adds Life to Northumberland's Airwaves.

We are focused on delivering local radio to the local community. Ofcom has awarded the licence to operate Small Scale DAB in the Morpeth and Alnwick areas to Northumberland Community Digital, and we are now on air, bringing up to 20 new radio stations to South and Mid-Northumberland.

You can read the press release at the Northumberland Gazette website and details of the license award are available at the Ofcom website.