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radioguru02 · 18-11-2019 06:07PM

Any free frequencies in the West Waterford area? Can't think of any that won't get interference from Cork somewhere or other.

Mr. MooYagi · 18-11-2019 11:18PM

What's the story with Phever on 94.3? On or off this evening,? Cant check where I am. Out and about today and got that BlackRock school temp station. Dublin bandscan anyone? Thanks

Losty Dublin · 19-11-2019 01:36AM

For a while on Friday evening I heard a station on 107.8 playing pop/dance music that was getting wiped out under a lot of other stations. No word of it by the end of the weekend, possibly a good thing.

Infoanon · 19-11-2019 02:01AM

Losty Dublin wrote: »

For a while on Friday evening I heard a station on 107.8 playing pop/dance music that was getting wiped out under a lot of other stations. No word of it by the end of the weekend, possibly a good thing.

107.8 (& 107.3) have both been licenced for use in Dublin - a number of college temps have used 107.8

Losty Dublin · 19-11-2019 02:49AM

Infoanon wrote: »

107.8 (& 107.3) have both been licenced for use in Dublin - a number of college temps have used 107.8

Nothing noted on the BAI website for this end of the band. It's hardly a late addition?

FanadMan · 19-11-2019 03:22AM

JDxtra wrote: »

TuneIn have been battling against the record labels for a while now. Recently the courts in the UK ruled they broke copyright infringement by allowing listeners in the UK access to non-UK stations.

Great platform, but its going to get its hands tied.

I'm an occasional snooper on this page and this ^ is something that caught my eye and maybe you'd be able to help or explain.

I'm a big fan of Planet Rock. They are on DAB in the UK and also online. I can add their station on TuneIn but it won't play. Can't install their app on my phone either - "not available in your location".

But.....and this is a big but. How the hell can I go to channel 0110 on my Sky box and listen to them? Plus, if I go to their website and register with a NI postcode, it works?

JDxtra · 19-11-2019 11:01AM

Dipole Keith wrote: »

I see XMAS fm have a black carrier on 99.4 from Monaghan, strong enough on the outskirts of Dublin so this will limit Fresh 99 on 99.5’s coverage for the month

Also the usual Bray relay on 99.5. Ful list...

Dublin City and County - 105.2MHz
Cork City, part County - 106.7MHz
Limerick City - 105.5MHz
Kilkenny City - 104.3MHz
Wicklow Town - 106.6MHz
Wex, W'ford, KK, Tipp - 103.8MHz
Galway City - 87.7MHz
Part Kildare - 88.1MHz
Bray area - 99.5MHz
Longford - 101.6MHz
Cavan - 99.4MHz
Kerry - 105MHz
Clare - 105.2MHz
Donegal - 105.7MHz
Sligo - 95MHz
Waterford - 105.9MHz

JDxtra · 19-11-2019 11:11AM

FanadMan wrote: »

I'm an occasional snooper on this page and this ^ is something that caught my eye and maybe you'd be able to help or explain.

I'm a big fan of Planet Rock. They are on DAB in the UK and also online. I can add their station on TuneIn but it won't play. Can't install their app on my phone either - "not available in your location".

But.....and this is a big but. How the hell can I go to channel 0110 on my Sky box and listen to them? Plus, if I go to their website and register with a NI postcode, it works?

Satellite signals can't be blocked, and radio stations are not usually encrypted - so you can listen to it no problem via satellite. Not sure if it's restricted on TuneIn or actually removed. You can listen directly to their stream on a computer or mobile, it's in AAC format so you'll need the right player (like VLC media player). The link for Planet Rock is https://stream-mz.planetradio.co.uk/planetrock.aac.

Declan A Walsh · 19-11-2019 11:15AM

JDxtra wrote: »

Also the usual Bray relay on 99.5. Ful list...

Dublin City and County - 105.2MHz
Cork City, part County - 106.7MHz
Limerick City - 105.5MHz
Kilkenny City - 104.3MHz
Wicklow Town - 106.6MHz
Wex, W'ford, KK, Tipp - 103.8MHz
Galway City - 87.7MHz
Part Kildare - 88.1MHz
Bray area - 99.5MHz
Longford - 101.6MHz
Cavan - 99.4MHz
Kerry - 105MHz
Clare - 105.2MHz
Donegal - 105.7MHz
Sligo - 95MHz
Waterford - 105.9MHz

It's practically nationwide. Is this the most locations that Christmas FM have had to date? Where in Ireland would it still be difficult to pick up, after allowing for spillover from neighbouring areas?

marno21 · 19-11-2019 11:16AM

JDxtra wrote: »

Also the usual Bray relay on 99.5. Ful list...

Dublin City and County - 105.2MHz
Cork City, part County - 106.7MHz
Limerick City - 105.5MHz
Kilkenny City - 104.3MHz
Wicklow Town - 106.6MHz
Wex, W'ford, KK, Tipp - 103.8MHz
Galway City - 87.7MHz
Part Kildare - 88.1MHz
Bray area - 99.5MHz
Longford - 101.6MHz
Cavan - 99.4MHz
Kerry - 105MHz
Clare - 105.2MHz
Donegal - 105.7MHz
Sligo - 95MHz
Waterford - 105.9MHz

Waterford a new addition for 2019. Up to 16 relays now - it’s very impressive.

Infoanon · 19-11-2019 11:16AM

FanadMan wrote: »

I'm an occasional snooper on this page and this ^ is something that caught my eye and maybe you'd be able to help or explain.

I'm a big fan of Planet Rock. They are on DAB in the UK and also online. I can add their station on TuneIn but it won't play. Can't install their app on my phone either - "not available in your location".

But.....and this is a big but. How the hell can I go to channel 0110 on my Sky box and listen to them? Plus, if I go to their website and register with a NI postcode, it works?

It's not geo blocked on Sky and even if it was you could tune via other channels similar to eg BBC6. The Sky signal on spot beams is receivable only it the UK and Ireland.

As an aside a 3rd new service has been added to the Sky EPG radio section this year - Hearts 90 (Scala and Virgin were added earlier in the year )

radioguru02 · 19-11-2019 08:42PM

Is Flirt’s carrier still on air? Picked it up a few weeks ago in Kildare

JDxtra · 19-11-2019 08:53PM

pirateradiohed wrote: »

Is Flirt’s carrier still on air? Picked it up a few weeks ago in Kildare

Haven't heard Flirt (106.6-ish?) in quite some time.

radioguru02 · 19-11-2019 08:57PM

marno21 wrote: »

Waterford a new addition for 2019. Up to 16 relays now - it’s very impressive.

Marno I reckon you’re the person to ask: what frequencies would you consider to be clear in the Dungarvan/West Waterford areas

Mr. MooYagi · 19-11-2019 09:32PM

Bandscan anyone?

JDxtra · 19-11-2019 09:39PM

Mr. MooYagi wrote: »

Bandscan anyone?

On FM...

87.6 Chill FM
88.8 Easy
99.5 Fresh
102.5 Kiss
105.7 RetroNow
107.1 Extreme

On DAB...

Atlantis
Coast FM Tenerife
Coast 2 Coast
Hit Music Radio
Nineties / Nineties +
NRG FM Cork
Smash Radio
Soul City
Sovereign Gold
Spektrum Radio
Storm North East
Trance Pulse
Trax
Wild Country
Zenith Rock

Infoanon · 19-11-2019 10:39PM

105.7 The Vault covering Dublin South in particular, RetroNow is citywest / Lucan

end of the road · 19-11-2019 10:55PM

JDxtra wrote: »

On FM...

87.6 Chill FM
88.8 Easy
99.5 Fresh
102.5 Kiss
105.7 RetroNow
107.1 Extreme

On DAB...

Atlantis
Coast FM Tenerife
Coast 2 Coast
Hit Music Radio
Nineties / Nineties +
NRG FM Cork
Smash Radio
Soul City
Sovereign Gold
Spektrum Radio
Storm North East
Trance Pulse
Trax
Wild Country
Zenith Rock

presumably 90s/90s + is nonstop 90s?

JDxtra · 19-11-2019 11:06PM

end of the road wrote: »

presumably 90s/90s + is nonstop 90s?

Correct. Two different DAB broadcast formats, likely testing both to see which suits them best.

ITV2 · 20-11-2019 11:20AM

JDxtra wrote: »

Correct. Two different DAB broadcast formats, likely testing both to see which suits them best.

Funny enough my Pure radio wont play NINETIES, but will play NINETIES+, odd?

kazoo106 · 20-11-2019 04:53PM

Possibly because DAB+ will deal with a weak signal slightly better

Mr. MooYagi · 20-11-2019 05:51PM

Freedab signal not strong in most of dublin when I be in my car. No signal today in Howrh and on some of town. Is it still on,?

JDxtra · 22-11-2019 08:27PM

Heard some DJs testing live today on Extreme FM in Dublin.

end of the road · 22-11-2019 08:34PM

JDxtra wrote: »

Heard some DJs testing live today on Extreme FM in Dublin.

there was a dj testing last night as well, station launch is tomorrow at either 9 or 10 am.

Fmradiofan · 23-11-2019 02:46PM

Live shows all day today on extreme 107.1 sounds great!!

Oscarziggy · 23-11-2019 04:41PM

Very strong signal with test tone on 6210 khz

castle2012 · 25-11-2019 02:24PM

In Drogheda extreme 107.1 not coming in which is strange as 107.1 has always been clear from Dublin. Retro sounded good and Tonik radio back in the day. They must not have a great site.
105.2kiss coming in perfectly up here

Infoanon · 25-11-2019 03:38PM

The 90s network is on air today, in the past transmissions were only Friday to Sunday

JDxtra · 26-11-2019 03:54PM

Now getting Xmas on 88.1, 99.4 and 105.2 in my area. Presume the others are on air now or coming soon.

Declan A Walsh · 26-11-2019 04:08PM

JDxtra wrote: »

.....................................

Dublin City and County - 105.2MHz
Cork City, part County - 106.7MHz
Limerick City - 105.5MHz
Kilkenny City - 104.3MHz
Wicklow Town - 106.6MHz
Wex, W'ford, KK, Tipp - 103.8MHz
Galway City - 87.7MHz
Part Kildare - 88.1MHz
Bray area - 99.5MHz
Longford - 101.6MHz
Cavan (this covers Monaghan as well) - 99.4MHz
Kerry - 105MHz
Clare - 105.2MHz
Donegal - 105.7MHz
Sligo - 95MHz
Waterford - 105.9MHz

Please see list above for Christmas FM frequencies around the country. I added the bit in bold and italics for Monaghan, as there has already been a blank carrier there.

This must be the largest geographical spread to date that Christmas FM has had on FM radio. What areas of the country can Christmas FM still not be picked up on FM radio, bearing in mind that some adjacent areas can pick it up?

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