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RTÉ to apply for digital radio licence

  • 21-06-2006 03:57PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭


    RTÉ has confirmed it is to seek a Digital Audio Broadcasting licence for a digital radio station to serve the east coast.

    According to a statement released by RTE today this follows a successful six-month trial of DAB digital radio. This technology produces a clearer sound quality for the listener.

    After this is established RTÉ said it was committed to a national DAB roll-out.
    Sounds nice. Would DAB allow more stations to be made?
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    the_syco wrote:
    Sounds nice. Would DAB allow more stations to be made?
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    I don't think so... from what I remember you can only fit so many stations on to a single multiplex.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    I don't think so... from what I remember you can only fit so many stations on to a single multiplex.
    Found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_broadcasting#The_Difference_Between_DAB_and_FM


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    the_syco wrote:
    Ah... yes... so you can only fit 6 stations of a decent quality.

    It wouldn't make much difference though... most modern pop music is so compressed that the majority of commercial style music stations won't sound all that different.

    Lyric should sound great on DAB though.

    I do know that Ireland was slow to move on getting DAB frequencies allocated to it, so Northern Ireland got in before us.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,308 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Ah. :( I was hoping that it'd allow for a metal radio station to squeeze in, if somehow many stations became available.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Do any of the current crop of FM stations do any metal programming at all? I know my station does an hour and a half on Saturday evening...


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  • Moderators, Regional North West Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,200 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Maybe the Alice Cooper show on Today FM? Saturdays at 6pm.

    I listened for about 10 minutes last week, though all I heard was G N' R and Motley Crue.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,421 ✭✭✭projectmayhem


    Do any of the current crop of FM stations do any metal programming at all? I know my station does an hour and a half on Saturday evening...

    not that i'm aware of, unless it's in the depths of night. and if there is one, it's probably not varied. i enjoyed the metal show on phantom (thursday nights i recall)... twas very varied.. so was the saturday show (the dogg house or something to that effect), which played metal, punk and anything in-between


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