Newcomer MuxCo Wrexham and Chester has been awarded its second local DAB multiplex licence, after Herefordshire and Worcestershire, in a double-whammy for established operator Now Digital.

Up until the award of the licences to MuxCo, Now Digital had never been unsuccessful in a licence application.

MuxCo Wrexham and Chester will bring six existing stations to the DAB platform, including BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru.

A new station Easy Radio will be launched alongside pop and rock format Jack FM and a new digital station for Wales, Wales Live. The company could include The Buzz 97.1 on its multiplex if it were to lower bitrates for other stations, however, the heritage station did not feature in MuxCo's original application and any changes to the station line-up would require clearance by the radio regulator.

MuxCo Wrexham and Chester

• BBC Radio Cymru : news, information and music

• BBC Radio Wales : news, information and music

• Marcher Sound : pop and contemporary music

• Dee 106.3 : pop and contemporary music

• Gold - Marcher : classic hits

• Juice FM : contemporary rock and dance music

• Jack FM : variety pop and rock music

• Easy Radio : easy listening music including rock, blues and folk

• Wales Live : current and classic music and talk

MuxCo are proposing a start date of August 2008 for its DAB services, with three transmitters based at Moel-Y-Parc, Wrexham Rhos and St John's Beacon.

Emap has plans to launch a transmitter for the Liverpool multiplex at Moel-Y-Parc in the future.