BANDSCAN THREAD

radioguru02 · 02-02-2019 10:53am

So is Now back on? Also, am I correct in saying there’s 2 oldies stations on in Dublin ATM, Retro and Energy101?

JDxtra · 02-02-2019 12:35pm

Yes, Now is back. Heard live DJs last night and this morning.

end of the road · 02-02-2019 1:50pm

JDxtra wrote: »

Yes, Now is back. Heard live DJs last night and this morning.

91.6 or 88.1?

JDxtra · 02-02-2019 2:00pm

end of the road wrote: »

91.6 or 88.1?

88.1

JDxtra · 02-02-2019 2:12pm

Dublin today...

87.6 - Chill FM
88.1 - Now FM
91.0 - Hot FM
92.0 - Relay of Energy 101
93.2 - Relay of Energy 101
94.3 - Phever
101.2 - Energy 101
107.1 - Trax

MrPops · 02-02-2019 3:12pm

JDxtra wrote: »

Dublin today...

87.6 - Chill FM
88.1 - Now FM
91.0 - Hot FM
92.0 - Relay of Energy 101
93.2 - Relay of Energy 101
94.3 - Phever
101.2 - Energy 101
107.1 - Trax

92.0 / 93.2 are a waste of 2 frequencies.

Infoanon · 02-02-2019 3:15pm

MrPops wrote: »

JDxtra wrote: »

Dublin today...

87.6 - Chill FM
88.1 - Now FM
91.0 - Hot FM
92.0 - Relay of Energy 101
93.2 - Relay of Energy 101
94.3 - Phever
101.2 - Energy 101
107.1 - Trax

92.0 / 93.2 are a waste of 2 frequencies.

How ?
Unfortunately none of the 3 frequencies can give city/county wide coverage so it makes a lot of sense to combine and have live programming all day long something which none of the stations could achieve as independent stations.

Also on 1395AM btw

paulwilson · 02-02-2019 5:57pm

MrPops wrote: »

92.0 / 93.2 are a waste of 2 frequencies.

Were is the waste on 93.2 ??????????
We get enough city wide covarge I am happy getting the coverage that I get with easyradio its not dance radio is something difrent on the air also I have survived for 18 years on and off so I must be doing something right with the station im not on rock solid which I think you would need to be to get city and country coverage but guess what I am not up their no pirate can get compleat cver across dublin or country covarage grow up and cop on

DopeTech · 02-02-2019 6:00pm

Easy 93.2 gone AGAIN so, does it ever have a run longer than a few weeks?

paulwilson · 02-02-2019 6:29pm

Sir Dosser wrote: »

Easy 93.2 gone AGAIN so, does it ever have a run longer than a few weeks?

YOU MAKE ME SMILE WERE DOES IT SAY THE STATION IS GONE AGAIN I DONT SEE ANY WERE THAT I SAID IT WAS GONE STILL ON 93.2FM WELL THATS WHAT THE RDS IS DISPLAYING I AM HELPING OUT A FRIEND IN GETTING HIM INTO OUTHER AREAS OF THE CITY THE HE CANT GET FROM HIS SITE I THINK ITS CALLED A RELAY WHICH IS WHAT IM DOING FOR TODAY ONLY, BACK TO THE USUAL PROGRAMING LATTER TONIGHT BUT THANKS FOR UR CONCERN

YOURS PAUL WILSON EASYRADIO 93.2FM DUBLIN

Energy101 · 02-02-2019 7:55pm

Energy 101 is old-school radio; we play requests, our presenters express their personalities with music picked by themselves (all live,no voice tracking and no playlisting or automation).

We're extremely grateful to several individuals and groups who are relaying Energy 101 across FM, Medium Wave, Shortwave, and Online today, this allows us to reach an audience and we hope people are enjoying what we're doing. We think it's worth trying anyway.

MrPops · 02-02-2019 8:48pm

Get a higher power tx better site and use one frequency for citywide coverage. At the moment you are hogging 3 FM with the same output.

MrPops · 02-02-2019 8:53pm

Infoanon wrote: »

MrPops wrote: »

JDxtra wrote: »

Dublin today...

87.6 - Chill FM
88.1 - Now FM
91.0 - Hot FM
92.0 - Relay of Energy 101
93.2 - Relay of Energy 101
94.3 - Phever
101.2 - Energy 101
107.1 - Trax

92.0 / 93.2 are a waste of 2 frequencies.

How ?
Unfortunately none of the 3 frequencies can give city/county wide coverage so it makes a lot of sense to combine and have live programming all day long something which none of the stations could achieve as independent stations.

Also on 1395AM btw

92.0 and 93.2 can give citywide coverage using the right site and tx power. It's been done in the past.

Relaying the same output across all 3 is hogging for the sake of it.

Energy101 · 02-02-2019 9:14pm

MrPops wrote: »

92.0 and 93.2 can give citywide coverage using the right site and tx power. It's been done in the past.

Relaying the same output across all 3 is hogging for the sake of it.

Could you let us know where this site with citywide coverage is? And the 'right tx power'? Thanks.

MrPops · 02-02-2019 9:55pm

Energy101 wrote: »

MrPops wrote: »

92.0 and 93.2 can give citywide coverage using the right site and tx power. It's been done in the past.

Relaying the same output across all 3 is hogging for the sake of it.

Could you let us know where this site with citywide coverage is? And the 'right tx power'? Thanks.

Freedom 92fm used 1kw from kiltipper and covered dub. No 3 freq mess there.

Infoanon · 02-02-2019 10:07pm

MrPops wrote: »

Energy101 wrote: »

MrPops wrote: »

92.0 and 93.2 can give citywide coverage using the right site and tx power. It's been done in the past.

Relaying the same output across all 3 is hogging for the sake of it.

Could you let us know where this site with citywide coverage is? And the 'right tx power'? Thanks.

Freedom 92fm used 1kw from kiltipper and covered dub. No 3 freq mess there.

Times have changed - as for hogging frequencies - there are frequencies available if required for use by others

MrPops · 02-02-2019 10:10pm

Infoanon wrote: »

MrPops wrote: »

Energy101 wrote: »

MrPops wrote: »

92.0 and 93.2 can give citywide coverage using the right site and tx power. It's been done in the past.

Relaying the same output across all 3 is hogging for the sake of it.

Could you let us know where this site with citywide coverage is? And the 'right tx power'? Thanks.

Freedom 92fm used 1kw from kiltipper and covered dub. No 3 freq mess there.

Times have changed - as for hogging frequencies - there are frequencies available if required for use by others

Name them?

radioguru02 · 02-02-2019 11:51pm

Energy101 wrote: »

Energy 101 is old-school radio; we play requests, our presenters express their personalities with music picked by themselves (all live,no voice tracking and no playlisting or automation).

We're extremely grateful to several individuals and groups who are relaying Energy 101 across FM, Medium Wave, Shortwave, and Online today, this allows us to reach an audience and we hope people are enjoying what we're doing. We think it's worth trying anyway.

Where online?

turbocab · 03-02-2019 9:59am

MrPops wrote: »

Freedom 92fm used 1kw from kiltipper and covered dub. No 3 freq mess there.

kiltipper does not cover south east county at all from stillorgan southwards

Infoanon · 03-02-2019 4:19pm

turbocab wrote: »

kiltipper does not cover south east county at all from stillorgan southwards

Novas 24kw had black spots.....sure even FM104 and 98FM etc need filler in txs and their from 3 Rock...

Enjoy while we can these transmissions and the separate Easy / Retro / Energy AM outputs

TallGlass · 03-02-2019 4:23pm

Regardless of hogging.

Your using three frequencies illegally. Simple as that.

ComReg might just about turn a blind eye to one, but IMO you are going to bring unneeded attention on yourselves.

Just an observation, it doesn't bother me one way or another if you use 1 or 100!

Best of luck.

str2011 · 04-02-2019 9:36pm

Can I ask you a question has anyone ever won a holiday to Benidorm or fk trying to make money

SWR meter · 04-02-2019 9:58pm

Frank is a scam artist. Do not believe the what he posts online or what he talks about on air. It's all exaggerated or fabricated.

Whoever heard of a competition with no end date? It's only designed to get people on Facebook to share. There is no free holiday. Wait and see some friend of the station or a fake user account "win".

Who would honestly go on a Frank Kennedy vacation anyways?

end of the road · 04-02-2019 10:07pm

some reviews here of fk it and the bar they seem to use (or maybe own) i'm not sure.

https://www.tripadvisor.ie/Attraction_Review-g187525-d5906125-Reviews-Benidorm_Just_FK_It_BAR_Millers-Benidorm_Costa_Blanca_Province_of_Alicante_Valenc.html#REVIEWS

str2011 wrote: »

Can I ask you a question has anyone ever won a holiday to Benidorm or fk trying to make money

DopeTech · 07-02-2019 6:25pm

iRadio was off air this morning between 6-8. Couldn't hear them at all on 104.7 in Dublin but could get a faint signal from 105.0 Not sure what site was down. I wonder was it planned or emergency works?

Sunnyboy10 · 08-02-2019 4:37pm

Listening to 99.5 fm Dance 1 Fresh fm or what ever they call it : very poor signal and audio, will they ever get it right, it's been like that a very long time maybe a year and a half or so.

end of the road · 08-02-2019 5:26pm

hopefully at some stage they may have a live schedule as well.

KildareP · 08-02-2019 5:30pm

Sir Dosser wrote: »

iRadio was off air this morning between 6-8. Couldn't hear them at all on 104.7 in Dublin but could get a faint signal from 105.0 Not sure what site was down. I wonder was it planned or emergency works?

104.7 is Saggart (Slievethoul) I think?

The audio has sounded dreadful since late last year from it.

marno21 · 08-02-2019 5:46pm

KildareP wrote: »

104.7 is Saggart (Slievethoul) I think?

The audio has sounded dreadful since late last year from it.

Indeed. 104.7 is Saggart, I believe it's directional towards Kildare/Meath and blocked towards Dublin city. 105.0 is Mount Oriel

SWR meter · 09-02-2019 11:46pm

Now fm every 2nd track has audio on one channel only

Live dj on so could be problem with setup.

SWR meter · 09-02-2019 11:50pm

Why dont Hot fm and Now fm improve streaming audio as both sound flat and levels vary hugely

Hot fm must be using windows media player for automation or something else very basic. Gaps between audio or poor crossfading.

Infoanon · 10-02-2019 11:06am

SWR meter wrote: »

Hot fm must be using windows media player for automation or something else very basic. Gaps between audio or poor crossfading.

Listening to the RTE Gold relay on RTE Radio 1 on Friday morning and the same gapping and non existent cross fading was occurring - poor show from all involved

JDxtra · 10-02-2019 11:39am

Infoanon wrote: »

Listening to the RTE Gold relay on RTE Radio 1 on Friday morning and the same gapping and non existent cross fading was occurring - poor show from all involved

Oh dear, that's bad form on the part of RTE - especially from Gold, which should be one of the better digital stations. No excuses at all.

Antenna · 11-02-2019 9:20pm

Beat 102-103 on 102.2 currently off the air...

(UPDATE, back on the air, just checked (9PM) since I posted the above )

Sunnyboy10 · 13-02-2019 7:20pm

end of the road wrote: »

hopefully at some stage they may have a live schedule as well.

That 99.5 never had dj’s and I don’t think they ever will, it sounds to me like a one man operation that’s has been running very poorly for a very long time

SWR meter · 14-02-2019 1:08pm

Sunnyboy10 wrote: »

That 99.5 never had dj’s and I don’t think they ever will, it sounds to me like a one man operation that’s has been running very poorly for a very long time

Terrible signal and sound today if you cant get it right after years its time to call it a day and start a new hobbie

Sunnyboy10 · 15-02-2019 6:04pm

SWR meter wrote: »

Terrible signal and sound today if you cant get it right after years its time to call it a day and start a new hobbie

Just tuning up and down the band and heard 99.5fm summer radio dance 1 or fresh FM or what ever they call it, moved to 99.4 FM with a horrible signal and audio modulation that is like mumbo jumbo an absolute disgrace,

Infoanon · 16-02-2019 1:54am

Sunnyboy10 wrote: »

SWR meter wrote: »

Terrible signal and sound today if you cant get it right after years its time to call it a day and start a new hobbie

Just tuning up and down the band and heard 99.5fm summer radio dance 1 or fresh FM or what ever they call it, moved to 99.4 FM with a horrible signal and audio modulation that is like mumbo jumbo an absolute disgrace,

Lovely signal and good quality audio on 99.4 on the South West side of the city - no RDS - Fresh normally stronger on the South East

TallGlass · 16-02-2019 1:39pm

Might be just a local hobby thing?

SWR meter · 16-02-2019 3:45pm

Infoanon wrote: »

Lovely signal and good quality audio on 99.4 on the South West side of the city - no RDS - Fresh normally stronger on the South East

Maybe that was something else because fresh fm audio very hollow today signal ok though

SWR meter · 16-02-2019 3:46pm

Now fm dublin have audio problems on fm signal. noticed low sounding audio yesterday then today its loud and breaking up

TallGlass · 19-02-2019 1:52pm

SWR meter wrote: »

Now fm dublin have audio problems on fm signal. noticed low sounding audio yesterday then today its loud and breaking up

I'm actually starting to wonder if HOT and NOW are from the same site or something, they both seem to have bad audio/reception problems at the same time.

Sunnyboy10 · 19-02-2019 11:24pm

TallGlass wrote: »

I'm actually starting to wonder if HOT and NOW are from the same site or something, they both seem to have bad audio/reception problems at the same time.

The majority of those so called dance pirates have no concept of what is a proper radio signal and audio. An embarrassment that’s all I can say.

Max Power 2010 · 20-02-2019 5:24pm

Sunnyboy10 wrote: »

The majority of those so called dance pirates have no concept of what is a proper radio signal and audio. An embarrassment that’s all I can say.

Agreed, i believe both stations are using versions or Breakaway BreakwayOne or Stereo Tool which if set up correctly can sound pretty good.

Now seem to be trying to sound loud and wide, appears there is alot of tweaking going on and wrong, perhaps stick to the presets for the moment, or use a low power tx at home to tweak.

Hot have been very succesful in introducing a washing machine into the mpx out, pack it up lads, or lad to be more precise.

SWR meter · 20-02-2019 6:45pm

Max Power 2010 wrote: »

Agreed, i believe both stations are using versions or Breakaway BreakwayOne or Stereo Tool which if set up correctly can sound pretty good.

Now seem to be trying to sound loud and wide, appears there is alot of tweaking going on and wrong, perhaps stick to the presets for the moment, or use a low power tx at home to tweak.

Hot have been very succesful in introducing a washing machine into the mpx out, pack it up lads, or lad to be more precise.

Now fm audio on fm is pushed hard and too wide it sounds hollow and is not an easy listen,

Hot fm were using trial versions as I heard the breakaway advert a few times. When they are live its very poor quality link or just crap mp3 downloads

I know Now fm use crap mp3 downloads because track information says www my free mp3 net

Neither have processing on internet streams which is a problem when they are trying to push for online listeners, Volume output is up and down like a yo yo

Problems for new comers are ok. Its when stations been on for 6 or 7 months or longer they should accept feedback and look to improve

end of the road · 20-02-2019 6:47pm

SWR meter wrote: »

Now fm audio on fm is pushed hard and too wide it sounds hollow and is not an easy listen,

Hot fm were using trial versions as I heard the breakaway advert a few times. When they are live its very poor quality link or just crap mp3 downloads

I know for sure Now fm use crap mp3 downloads because track information says www my free mp3 net

Neither have no processing on internet streams which is a problem when they are trying to push for online listeners. Volume output is up and down like a yo yo.

Problems for new comers are ok. Problems for stations been on for 6 or 7 months or longer is not acceptable and they should accept feedback and fix it

on now fm's stream, if you see track names and www my free mp3 net etc then that means the server is broadcasting their online auto dj as the stream from the studio has gone down for whatever reason. auto dj is software offered by server hosts where songs can be uploaded to it an the software can play them. some even offer scheduling etc.

20-02-2019 6:56pm

Apologies if this is in the wrong thread. I'm looking to find a station which plays indie/ classic hits music during the weekday - something along the lines of the John Creedon Show, with a bit of BBC Radio 2, perhaps. A broad but tasteful variety of music, some familiar, some new.

What kind of Irish station should I tune into?

dxhound2005 · 20-02-2019 8:55pm

Would Sunshine fit the bill?

https://onlineradiobox.com/ie/sunshine/playlist/

Declan A Walsh · 22-02-2019 12:56am

After my self-imposed silence on Boards, I thought I should mention some band scans that I did recently!

Firstly, on the evening of Saturday 16th February, I picked up dance pirate RetroNow on 105.7 travelling on the M50 driving southbound near Blanchardstown. The reception was very strong in the area. I don’t believe I had ever actually heard it firsthand before. It cannot be picked up on the southside. Speaking of which….

On the evening of Wednesday 20th February (yesterday), I managed to come upon Phever around Leopardstown and with live programming. I presume it was on 94.3 – could not see the frequency at the time. It’s a long time since I heard live programming on that station, or indeed any music – often picked up silence!

Also yesterday, I picked up TheBeach on 105.7 – the same frequency for RetroNow in west Dublin. The signal was very strong between Leopardstown and Sandyford Hall, near Stepaside. I could still pick it up somewhat weaker when I drove over to Ballinteer Road near the M50. Interestingly, when I went over towards Ballinteer itself, the signal practically dropped completely. This was a station I first heard last new year’s eve and last heard (before this date) on January 1st of this year – I referred to it on this thread during those dates. I don’t know if it had been on since. I don’t believe it has been on much if at all as it would have got some mention here at some stage. Incidentally, the music being played initially was kind of a cross between chilled out jazz music and dance music. Later, it was a bit more pop-oriented.

I have heard Fresh FM recently on 99.4, sometimes identifying itself as Dance One. What I noticed both yesterday and this evening was the changing RDS displays such as SUMMER…FOR…BIG…BOOST. The reception has been very strong around Leopardstown, Ballinteer and Dundrum.

Finally, this evening I heard Retro FM briefly around the Ballinteer and Marley area on 92.0. The signal was fairly strong. It was the first time in a while that I heard it without it being part of a joint broadcast with other stations and frequencies.

Infoanon · 22-02-2019 2:19pm

Now and Phever off air this morning

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