Rathergood Radio has been removed from the North Yorkshire DAB multiplex. The station moved to London last year, with the FM frequencies in Bishop Auckland, Darlington, Durham, and Richmond now broadcasting Vintage Music Radio. This follows a number of other stations leaving the North Yorkshire DAB multiplex, including Coast & Country Radio, and Encore. Currently…Read moreRead more
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Rathergood Radio Leaves North Yorkshire
Entire Radio Station Moves to a New Home
In what could be a first, Rathergood Radio has moved in it’s entirety, and is now broadcasting to the London area on DAB from studios in Reading. To complicate matters, what was Rathergood Radio in County Durham and North Yorkshire has now rebranded to Vintage Music Radio, playing music from the 70s and 80s. Both…Read moreRead more
Other DAB Changes
Some other DAB changes to bring you, from the past couple of weeks. Two services have joined the Cambridge trial small scale multiplex. HCR104fm (Huntington Community Radio) is broadcasting at 48 kbps stereo DAB+, and Visitor Radio is broadcasting at 32 kbps mono DAB+. As both services are using the newer DAB+ format, not all…Read moreRead more
Updates to Previous Posts
A couple of updates to previous stories: Encore Radio is no longer listed on Muxco’s (the North Yorkshire DAB multiplex operator) website, so can be assumed that the station has stopped broadcasting on the North Yorkshire multiplex. The schedule changes at Rathergood Radio are not as major as first reported. Cleo and Craig are still…Read moreRead more
22/07/2018: News Round Up
Here are some of the stories from the past two weeks: Community radio station 88.3 Centreforce has joined DAB in London, broadcasting on the London 2 multiplex, using the newer DAB+ format at 32 kbps. Encore Radio appears to have left the North Yorkshire DAB multiplex. Reports are conflicting with the Frequency Finder website having…Read moreRead more
Another Schedule Change at Rathergood Radio
There has been another schedule change at County Durham and North Yorkshire station Rathergood Radio. Lizzie Crow has the left the station, and has been replaced on Breakfast by Cleo. Craig Andrews and Tall Tim (Tim Denning) remain, but Craig is no longer doing the late show. Lauren Watt has joined the station, but is…Read moreRead more
Rathergood Radio Joins RadioPlayer
North East local radio station Rathergood Radio has joined UK Radioplayer. The station will benefit from being accessible on Radioplayer’s comprehensive range of apps for Apple, Android, Kindle Fire, and Windows Phone apps, plus an on-line player, accessible through web browsers on PCs. More information on Radioplayer can be found on the Radioplayer website at…Read moreRead more
Recent Stories from the Radio World
Apologies for the absence of recent posts, as I have been away on holiday. There has not been a huge amount of stories from the radio world recently, but here are a few updates. The service Upload Radio has left the Surrey North Sussex (Surrey-NSussex) and North Yorkshire DAB multiplexes. This radio station is still…Read moreRead more
Rathergood Radio to Go Advert Free at the Weekend
County Durham, Darlington, and North Yorkshire local radio station Rathergood Radio, are to go advert free on Fridays and Saturdays. Starting in April, adverts will no longer feature between 6pm and midnight.