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DAB Radio in the city

  • 24-06-2019 5:40pm
    #1
    Digital Society
    Registered Users Posts: 972 ✭✭✭


    Just bought a car DAB radio and its saying theres no stations which is odd.

    Can anyone tell me what stations i should get and what frequency they are on?

    Probably not installed properly.


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  • #2
    shockwave
    Registered Users Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭shockwave


    I could be wrong but i dont think there are any stations available in Waterford


  • #3
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    Digital Society wrote: »
    Just bought a car DAB radio and its saying theres no stations which is odd.

    Can anyone tell me what stations i should get and what frequency they are on?

    Probably not installed properly.

    As above. There is no DAB in Waterford.


  • #4
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    DAB (Dead and Buried) will never reach Waterford, or indeed anywhere it doesn't already exist. It's the betamax of radio.


  • #5
    Digital Society
    Registered Users Posts: 972 ✭✭✭Digital Society


    Great...


  • #6
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Surely you'd check before buying something like that? :)


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  • #7
    kayaksurfbum
    Registered Users Posts: 700 ✭✭✭kayaksurfbum


    DAB stopped about 7 years ago.

    I used to listen to it all the time in Waterford.

    It's just a useless button on my stereo now!


  • #8
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    Pretty sure DAB is now only broadcast in Dublin Limerick and Cork. They gave up on it a couple of years ago in trailing it in other places.


  • #9
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    kayaksurfbum wrote: »
    DAB stopped about 7 years ago.

    I used to listen to it all the time in Waterford.

    It's just a useless button on my stereo now!

    That was a trail relay by Total Broadcast Solutions with a view to a licence but nothing came of it.


  • #10
    zurbfoundation
    Registered Users Posts: 816 ✭✭✭zurbfoundation


    Massive in the UK, about 50% of radio accessed is thru digital. They will probably switch over completly in the future and do away with AM/FM


  • #11
    alta stare
    Registered Users Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭alta stare


    zurbfoundation wrote: »
    Massive in the UK, about 50% of radio accessed is thru digital. They will probably switch over completly in the future and do away with AM/FM

    Then we will follow suit 15 years later. :D

    There is hardly any appetite here to change over so i doubt we will see any moment for a long time.


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  • #12
    zurbfoundation
    Registered Users Posts: 816 ✭✭✭zurbfoundation


    Doubt it, seems we are backing a different horse - internet radio probably be more of a thing here what with running fibre to the door of every shanty in the land regardless of the cost.


  • #13
    91wx763
    Registered Users Posts: 522 ✭✭✭91wx763


    The previous DAB thread, featuring the man from Total Broadcast Consultants is here https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057776519 see page 5.


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