Over in Ireland, two new station have joined the EireDAB Cork DAB multiplex, taking the total number of stations up to four. The first is a pop up station called Christmas FM. This is broadcasting in original format DAB in joint stereo, at a bit rate of 128 kbps. The second station is the local…Read moreRead more
Digital Radio
Additions to EireDAB Cork
DAB Developments
Following the recent rebranding of Cyber Hot Hits to Cyber Radio (reflecting a more varied playlist), the station labels are being update on the small scale DAB multiplexes that the station broadcasts on. The station has confirmed that the relabeling will take place once the relisting process is complete. On the Bristol (main) multiplex SoulTrain…Read moreRead more
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
Greatest Hits Radio DAB Coverage Plans
Details have been revealed on the locations that will have Bauer’s new sort of but not really national DAB station Greatest Hits Radio. The following areas will lose an existing service and gain a localised version of Greatest Hits Radio: Birmingham (replacing Free Radio 80s) Coventry (replacing Free Radio 80s) Hereford & Worcester (replacing Free…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
Trial Glasgow Reshuffle
There have been several changes to the line up on the Trial Glasgow small scale DAB multiplex. Matryoshka Radio, Mi-Soul, Sunrise Radio and YOUR Radio have switched to using DAB+ meaning that these stations are no longer available to all DAB radios. Gaydio is now broadcasting at 80 kbps in mono, whilst Nation Radio is…Read moreRead more
Bauer to Make Yet More Changes
Bauer are changing their second tier of stations, by launching Greatest Hits Radio. The existing ‘Greatest Hits Network’ will lose local names in England, adopting the Greatest Hits Radio brand name. Scottish stations are to retain their local names. The service will take over the 105.2 FM frequency from Absolute Radio, and will also take…Read moreRead more
More DAB Changes following SDL Expansion
Following the expansion of the Sound Digital DAB multiplex, the UKs second commercial national multiplex, a further two stations have left local multiplexes. Fun Kids has left the Suffolk multiplex. Listeners in Suffolk will now need a DAB+ radio, as Fun Kids on Suffolk used the original format of DAB, but the national version uses…Read moreRead more
Changes on Trial Portsmouth DAB Multiplex
There have been some changes to the stations broadcasting on trial small scale DAB multiplex for Portsmouth. The stations Flash and Mango Vibe have both been re-labelled. Previously both services had a ‘+’ suffix, but this has now been removed. Mango Vibe and Totally Radio have increased their bit rates to 64 kbps, with Weather…Read moreRead more
Changes to Wireless Group Services in Aberdeen
With the Sound Digital national multiplex expansion programme having been recently completed, Talk Radio, Talk Sport 2 and Virgin Radio are leaving the Aberdeen local DAB multiplex. These have been rel-labelled retune 2, retune 3, and retune 1 respectively, and presumably will be carrying on-air announcements to make listeners aware of the required retune. These…Read moreRead more