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RTE Radio in Wales Vs picking up BBC radio in the ROI.

  • 21-08-2017 7:40pm
    #1
    LordSutch
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    Following on from my post in the Spirit radio thread regarding the broadcast of Spirit on the two "BBC" FM frequencies, I'm just wondering if the same thing could happen in reverse to the RTE radio signal in Wales?

    Currently you can get off the car ferry in Holyhead or Fishguard and listen to a very powerful RTE radio signal for many miles driving into Wales, so I'm just wondering if would be possible for local radio stations in Wales to use those RTE frequencies for their own broadcasts, in the same way as Spirit radio took over the two BBC radio 2 frequencies here here on the S.East coast of Ireland?

    Curious.


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  • #2
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,877 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    LordSutch wrote: »
    Following on from my post in the Spirit radio thread regarding the broadcast of Spirit on the two "BBC" FM frequencies, I'm just wondering if the same thing could happen in reverse to the RTE radio signal in Wales?

    Currently you can get off the car ferry in Holyhead or Fishguard and listen to a very powerful RTE radio signal for many miles driving into Wales, so I'm just wondering if would be possible for local radio stations in Wales to use those RTE frequencies for their own broadcasts, in the same way as Spirit radio took over the two BBC radio 2 frequencies here here on the S.East coast of Ireland?

    Curious.

    I'd say the regulators in the UK have enough to be doing without trying to co-ordinate FM frequency usage with Ireland. And Holland and France and any other countries which enjoy over spill reception. Every single frequency is used multiple times. RTE is not trying to broadcast to the UK on FM and UK stations are not trying to broadcast to Ireland.

    http://www.frequencyfinder.org.uk/FM_Stations.pdf

    http://www.frequencyfinder.org.uk/


  • #3
    marno21
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    LordSutch wrote: »
    Following on from my post in the Spirit radio thread regarding the broadcast of Spirit on the two "BBC" FM frequencies, I'm just wondering if the same thing could happen in reverse to the RTE radio signal in Wales?

    Currently you can get off the car ferry in Holyhead or Fishguard and listen to a very powerful RTE radio signal for many miles driving into Wales, so I'm just wondering if would be possible for local radio stations in Wales to use those RTE frequencies for their own broadcasts, in the same way as Spirit radio took over the two BBC radio 2 frequencies here here on the S.East coast of Ireland?

    Curious.

    In an area of West Wales where RTE is strong, it would be foolish to re-use RTE frequencies because it would limit the local stations coverage simply because the RTE signal would be too strong

    This isn't an issue with Spirit because they have so few listeners. In fact more people would listen to BBC Radio 2 on 90.1 than would listen to Spirit.


  • #4
    dxhound2005
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    BBC Radio 2 on 90.1 is coming from Divis near Belfast. There is no way they are trying to reach Bray, Waterford or Wexford so I don't see why an Irish station would not be entitled to use that frequency.


  • #5
    marno21
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    I'm aware of that, but if BBC Radio 2 were stronger it would be foolish to use 90.1 because they would simply become entangled and limit the Irish stations' coverage.

    Try using 89.6 in Pembrokeshire and the same will happen.


  • #6
    LordSutch
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    dxhound2005 wrote: »
    BBC Radio 2 on 90.1 is coming from Divis near Belfast. There is no way they are trying to reach Bray, Waterford or Wexford so I don't see why an Irish station would not be entitled to use that frequency.

    I guess we were spoilt for all those years. I first became aware of BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2 in about 1976 when I really got into pop/ prog/ rock/ punk and the charts! So from then until about fours ago (37 years approx) I, like many others enjoyed Radio 2 in their cars and on their Hi Fi - Walkmans etc ..... Then Spirit Radio arrived :(

    Nowadays I plug my smart phone into the car stereo & use my Vodafone credit to listen to the Beeb, which isn't ideal, but its a means to an end.
    Home listeninging isn't a problem either since WiFi arrived, but FM is a dead loss nowadays for anything other than local stations..


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