Ofcom has today awarded a new DAB radio multiplex licence covering the Isle of Wight to local
community interest company Wight Digital Radio CIC.

Wight Digital Radio is made up of the island’s long-established commercial station, Isle of Wight
Radio and local community radio station Vectis Radio.

Isle of Wight Radio is part of the Total Sense Media Group and enjoys a monthly audience of
60,000 listeners* and has been broadcasting to the Island for 34 years, home to The Toy Appeal
and The Child of Wight Awards. Vectis Radio, an Ofcom licenced community radio station launched
as an online-only station on 23rd January 2010 and began broadcasting on FM on 4th November
2017. Vectis Radio is home to the 4P’s project, an award-winning initiative to help young people
develop their confidence, communication skills and self esteem.

The team at Wight Digital Radio says, “We are delighted that Ofcom has chosen to award the DAB
licence for the island to an island-based organisation. We aim to have our proposed service on the
air during 2025 and it will have the capacity to bring more than twenty new and existing radio
stations to DAB delivering a choice of creative content to vibrant and loyal radio audience on the
Island.” They continued, “Whilst we have a number of interested parties eager to provide content
for DAB on the island, we are still happy to talk you through the process of launching a new
station, be it a commercial or community station.”

Full contact details are at www.wightdigitalradio.co.uk