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The following is the Radio Authority table for the roll-out
of Digital Radio services
in Northern Ireland
| LICENCE AREA | ADVERT DATE | CLOSING DATE | LICENCE AWARD | AWARDED TO | ON-AIR |
| Northern Ireland | 4-4-00 | 25-7-00 | 5-10-00 | SCORE Digital | Aug/Oct 2001 |
SCORE Digital was awarded the Northern Ireland digital radio
licence by the Radio
Authority on 5 October 2000
SCORE Digital is proposing to broadcast a total of nine
programmes from the
autumn of 2001
| Description | Station | Provider |
| Northern Ireland local radio for the over 30's | Downtown | Downtown Radio Ltd |
| Northern Ireland local radio for the under 35's | Cool FM | Downtown Radio Ltd |
| Belfast adult contemporary hits | City Beat | Belfasy City Beat Ltd. |
| Londonderry local radio | Q102.9 | Q102.9 FM Ltd. |
| UK classical music radio | Classic FM | Classic FM plc |
| UK rock music radio | Virgin | Virgin Radio Ltd. |
| UK sport radio | talkSPORT | Talksport Ltd. |
| 50-plus radio | Prime Time | Saga Digital Radio Ltd. |
| Pop country | 3C | Downtown Radio Ltd. |
Space on the multiplex will be reserved for BBC Radio Ulster
