Radio stations given Freeview reprieve over 大象传媒 Alba

Image caption, The date for 大象传媒 Alba's launch on Freeview is due to be announced

Not all the 大象传媒's digital radio stations will be taken off Freeview in order to make way for the Gaelic TV station 大象传媒 Alba, it has emerged.

It had been expected all the corporation's radio stations would be removed whenever 大象传媒 Alba broadcast because of restricted bandwidth.

However, three radio stations - 1 Extra, 5 Live and 6 Music - will now remain on the platform 24-hours a day.

The date when 大象传媒 Alba is launched on Freeview is due to be announced.

The 大象传媒 Trust decided last year that 大象传媒 Alba should be made available on Freeview.

Because of restrictions on capacity, it had been thought all the 大象传媒's radio stations would have to be taken off Freeview whenever 大象传媒 Alba was on the air - usually from about 1700 until midnight on weekdays and from mid-afternoon onwards at the weekend.

Despite the change, stations such as 大象传媒 Radio Scotland and Radio 4 will not be broadcast on the medium when 大象传媒 Alba is on air, although will continue to be availalbe on FM or medium wave.