Infoanon wrote: » It is illegal to advertise on a pirate station under the 88 act.
TallGlass wrote: » In fairness, if Coca Cola wanted to run ads on a pirate it's up to them. As far as I am aware there is no law against it. They would need to do there due diligence on how it would maybe affect there brand. As much as I hate to say it pirate radio is a 'criminal activity' so to speak. The guys with the big brands wouldn't want the hassle of if something went wrong with the station and been involved. By that same token, some of the legal stations may refuse to take sponsorship as a two fingers to a product running on a pirate and at the same time a legal (highly unlikely mind you). Plus the big brands would be looking for things like rate cards, JNLR figures. They won't part with cash without knowinf they are getting good reach for there brand with there cash. Off the top of my head, Hyundai did run ads on Non Stop 90s.
castle2012 wrote: » After all the money they spent on studios, transmitter s etc. The have one jingle (hot fm). Which they play over and over. There djs are using jingles from old stations they used to work with and just adding hot fm to the end of it. Surly it can't be that expensive to buy some new jingles
hustlergraham wrote: » Yup jingles are cheap enough. So many pros and cons between all the pirates I suppose. The ones who are rolling in cash it seems, haven't a clue how to do things right. All this sponsorship bullsh*t from Now FM. Seriously, give me a break. Looking on social media, some people think Now & Hot are the best thing since Krispy Kreme! Only two pirates preset on my radio... Trax & Phever.
Nrgfm wrote: » Haven’t been logged in much of late but always try to keep an eye on what’s happening, Big improvement from Now Fm this evening, I heard from a friend they were having Tx issues the last week or so and were awaiting some new kit to arrive looks like Santa delivered. Best of luck to them hope it all goes well, I know back in NRG days we had our fair share of teething and frequency issues but when we got there we were sorted hopefully the same will apply to the Now lads,
hustlergraham wrote: » It is old indeed and most audio processing software today has RDS built in to it, but Airomate still works fine. Keep in mind, Hot FM are not technical at all. They may have just did a Google search and that came up.
pirateradiohed wrote: » Can anyone explain why there’s always a mishmash of Beat/WLR on 88.0 in Dungarvan? It must have RDS in common with WLR because if left on it always switches automatically to WLR’s strongest freq
Sir Dosser wrote: » To answer my own post, it sounds like some new songs have been added!
Sir Dosser wrote: » Listened to NOW FM the last few mornings and evenings on the way to and from work and find it very repetitive. Think the songs are actually in the same order too. Does anyone know if they plan to widen their playlist? The choices are good but hearing them too often.
LiveRadio.ie wrote: » Are you kidding me? Airomate? This software not updated since 2007. Latest supported OS windows xp. Middle ages.
JDxtra wrote: » Airomate is only €30. Everyone who uses it should buy a copy, it won't break the bank.
castle2012 wrote: » Hot fm have fixed their tech issues. reception has much improved. Station now has rds and in stereo. Also can be picked up as far as drogheda
Aliveireland wrote: » Just took out the UK digital TV aerial and Freevied from South West is booming in all over the place.https://youtu.be/ETz9Ox7pUXc
Antenna wrote: » Yes exceptional conditions, amongst others I was receiving a relatively good signal from Heart South Wales on 105.4 (from near Cardiff) on car radio around 5PM. Didn't quite manage RDS but clear mono reception. (PS: it was surprising RDS did not appear, possibly their RDS subcarrier is set a bit low)
Antenna wrote: » Yes exceptional conditions, amongst others I was receiving a relatively good signal from Heart South Wales on 105.4 (from near Cardiff) on car radio around 5PM. Didn't quite manage RDS but clear mono reception. THe French Classical music network was just about audible on 89.4, from Brest
Aliveireland wrote: » Amazing DAB and FM DX conditions today in Wexford. All DAB from South Wales booming in even Wenvoe from just outside Cardiff at a distance of 250 KM. Also North Hessary Plymouth at 274 KM. Sometimes FM from these points is receivable but in my experience very rarely DAB. And in FM a couple of unidentified French stations and Kiss FM from Mendip Pen hill in Somerset on 101FM at 300KM. If anybody is interested in that sort of thing!
