2024
October

License Awarded to BH Community DAB

November

Planning Underway

2025
January

Planning permission applied for

September

Planning permission approved

October

Technical plan finalised – Equipment ordered

November

Build Begins

2026
January

Launch (Now Live)

Community Radio Stations in Bournemouth and Poole; Hope FM and Hot Radio, have teamed up with Hospital Radio Bedside (HRB) and broadcast engineering company, Wide FM,  to run the Small-scale DAB service (SSDAB) broadcasting to Bournemouth and Boscombe.

If you’re interested in your service being carried on this multiplex, please download the ratecard below for further information or email