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==Radio== Mendip broadcasts [[FM broadcasting|FM]] (analogue VHF) radio for [[BBC Radio Somerset]] and the Severn Estuary regional service [[Kiss 101]]. Mendip also transmits high power [[Digital Audio Broadcasting]] (DAB) signals for the [[Digital One]], Sound Digital and [[BBC National DAB]] multiplexes. An additional DAB multiplex, [[MuxCo Somerset]], was awarded a licence in 2008 to broadcast local and national services to Somerset, and began transmission in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=South West England and Wales|url=http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/DAB_SW_map1.pdf|publisher=Frequency Finder|access-date=23 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219112854/http://frequencyfinder.org.uk/DAB_SW_map1.pdf|archive-date=19 February 2009}}</ref> After the closure of the Severn Estuary digital radio multiplex, the equipment from Mendip was reused to improve coverage on the Welsh coastline for the Cardiff & Newport, now South East Wales, multiplex.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |date=January 2015 |title=DAB Coverage Plan: South East Wales Local Multiplex |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/tv-radio-and-on-demand/dab-coverage-plans/south_east_wales_dab_coverage_plan_final_report_jan15.pdf?v=335045 |website=Ofcom}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-09 |title=Technical parameters for broadcast radio transmitters |url=https://www.ofcom.org.uk/spectrum/information/radio-tech-parameters |access-date=2023-04-17 |website=Ofcom |language=en}}</ref>
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