[vip_students] Re: Dab Radio
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:03:28 -0000
There is also a Web site at www.digitalradioltd.com/ which focuses on the
involvement of commercial radio in DAB. I present below an excerpt from
there, informing us as to the present and near-future state of play and
no-play. I can also assure you that their use of 'neigh' [sic] (instead of
nigh) is as it is! (Horses for courses, by the sound of it.)
The End is Neigh?
For the past few years, RTÉ and a number of commercial stations including
our own All 80s and Mocha R'n'B stations, have been running trial DAB
broadcasts in the Dublin area. This trial ends in a few days with good news
and bad news.
The good news is that RTÉ have aquired a full DAB licence and launch six
full services from Monday. The bad news is that commercial stations such as
ourselves are still waiting for legislation to be passed to enable us to do
the same. While we wait the trial licence has expired so we have to come off
the air.
It is unfortunate the necessary legislation was not in place by the end of
the trial. The trial was a huge success not only technically but enjoyed
hugely positive feedback from the listeners with DAB in the Dublin area. We
expect the new Broadcasting Bill to be passed shortly and our hope is to be
broadcasting on DAB again as soon as next year.
In the meantime we continue to operate with our cable television partners
and of course on-line. To keep up to date on developments on DAB in Ireland,
subscribe to our RSS feed here.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Lonergan" <joelonergan25@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 3:21 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Dab Radio
Hi Paul
There is a website called www.digitalradio.ie
It gives you all the information you need about digital radio in ireland
Regards
Joe
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Mahoney" <pauldmahoney@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 8:49 PM
Subject: [vip_students] Re: Dab Radio
> Hi Flor I just got a dab radio but i find it doesn't work in the midlands.
> It has the ordinary fm stations but as i got it for the dab stations i
> want to know when will i be able to use it for them.
> Paul Mahoney
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 8:22 PM
> Subject: [vip_students] Re: Dab Radio
>
>
>> Thomas,
>>
>> The radio in the music centre will not become 'useless' for some time
>> yet,
>> perhaps 20 years or more. FM radios are too widespread for anyone to
>> seriously think of phasing them out by 2012, the date when digital
>> television becomes standard terrestrial tv.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Connole" <tconnole@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Mr. Paul Traynor" <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 8:07 PM
>> Subject: [vip_students] Dab Radio
>>
>>
>> hi Paul and all,
>> Can someone please give me some information about this Dab Radio? I
>> understand that Rte are going live with some new stations using this
>> format
>> from Monday? I was 40 years old last year and for a present to celebrate
>> my
>> birthday my family bought me a music centre with a radio? What I want to
>> know is how long it will be before the radio in the music centre becomes
>> useless?
>>
>> many thanks Tom Connole
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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