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radioguru02 · 17-11-2019 3:14pm

Infoanon wrote: »

Oldies station (The Vault I presume ) and a dance station battling it put on 105.7 at the moment. ....there are other frequencies. ..

Vault and Beach maybe?

Sunnyboy11 · 17-11-2019 6:27pm

TXRX wrote: »

Drama much? I'm sure the people behind the broadcast are well aware of the temporary licence and are working around it, from your previous posts you praise the said station, now you bash them, whats that all about? Sad.

There is nothing sad TXRX it is fact. I’m a big supporter of Phever with their brand of music and I personally would not like to see their broadcasting coming to an abrupt end because of what they are doing at present, as I quoted in an earlier I was only giving my opinion it’s nothing personal against Phever. I only hope that common sense will prevail.

Infoanon · 17-11-2019 9:29pm

The Vault and The Beach are the station afaik.

The dance station on 105.7 is RetroNow.

Also Easy Radio may have 2 sprogs - 88.2 and 89, 4

Declan A Walsh · 17-11-2019 9:52pm

Infoanon wrote: »

The Vault and The Beach are the station afaik.

The dance station on 105.7 is RetroNow.

Also Easy Radio may have 2 sprogs - 88.2 and 89, 4

Two sprogs? Those frequencies are a bit dodgy, surely.

radioguru02 · 17-11-2019 10:44pm

What are Fresh FM broadcasting these days?

Dipole Keith · 17-11-2019 11:25pm

Infoanon wrote: »

The Vault and The Beach are the station afaik.

The dance station on 105.7 is RetroNow.

Also Easy Radio may have 2 sprogs - 88.2 and 89, 4

Sprogs or harmonics, That’s the sign of a badly tuned or old transmitter, Not good having them coming from the Dublin mountains & so close to RTE.

paulwilson · 18-11-2019 12:57am

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Two sprogs? Those frequencies are a bit dodgy, surely.

Care to elaborate Declan sprogs harmonics and were was this received .
can reassure you it was not easy radio you were getting .
The transmitter we use is a very relatively new tx and is properly tuned as it is tuned via LCD display unit once set on a freq it locks.
I .took a drive close to tx site tuned to above freq rte radio 1 and the other saint itas hospital radio also arranged for our engineer to check on his scope and no the tx is clean hope this clarifies the above Theorys not having a go at anyone on here just to clarifie the above.

Declan A Walsh · 18-11-2019 10:34am

paulwilson wrote: »

Care to elaborate Declan sprogs harmonics and were was this received .
can reassure you it was not easy radio you were getting .
The transmitter we use is a very relatively new tx and is properly tuned as it is tuned via LCD display unit once set on a freq it locks.
I .took a drive close to tx site tuned to above freq rte radio 1 and the other saint itas hospital radio also arranged for our engineer to check on his scope and no the tx is clean hope this clarifies the above Theorys not having a go at anyone on here just to clarifie the above.

It wasn't me that was picking them up. I was just asking about them and the frequencies concerned, in response to another post. I did not mention Easy either!

Dipole Keith · 18-11-2019 1:23pm

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

paulwilson · 18-11-2019 2:41pm

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

It wasn't me that was picking them up. I was just asking about them and the frequencies concerned, in response to another post. I did not mention Easy either!

Sorry Declan I never intended to voice anything at you.
i just quoted from ur post apologise.
just letting anyone no that commented on post in relation to easy radio so called sprogs or harmonics the facts not aimed at you at all

radioguru02 · 18-11-2019 6:07pm

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 1:36am

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 2:01am

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 2:49am

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 3:22am

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 8:42pm

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

JDxtra · 19-11-2019 8:53pm

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 8:57pm

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 9:32pm

Bandscan anyone?

JDxtra · 19-11-2019 9:39pm

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 4:53pm

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

Mr. MooYagi · 20-11-2019 5:51pm

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 8:27pm

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

end of the road · 22-11-2019 8:34pm

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 2:46pm

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

Oscarziggy · 23-11-2019 4:41pm

Very strong signal with test tone on 6210 khz

castle2012 · 25-11-2019 2:24pm

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 3:38pm

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

JDxtra · 26-11-2019 3:54pm

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 4:08pm

JDxtra wrote: »

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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?

kazoo106 · 26-11-2019 9:35pm

99.4 is mainly for all of Meath, very eastern Cavan, the bottom 2/3 of Louth and South Monaghan, specifically around Carrickmacross, It would be very weak even just north Castleblayney and from experience 101.6 would probably be better around Cavan town. This is due to topography of the Coraweelis site location.

marno21 · 26-11-2019 11:46pm

Xmas now on air with tests from Knockmoyle near Tralee on 105.0 and in Cork on 106.7. Cork site is definitely on low power as it's noisy on the Western Road. Cork RDS also still reads "RIRA".

No sign of the 105.9 Waterford relay on any of their web presences. However, the Clare site which began on air in 2017 was only announced after the initial start of broadcasting.

16 sites for a temp is highly impressive.

Losty Dublin · 27-11-2019 2:50am

Picking up Chill on 87.6 but at times there is a station which is either almost under it on 87.5 or close to itis causing a lot of interference. It is definitely not a harmonic or a leak nor is it a superheterodyne as it's hammering out hard dance as distinct to the more soul and ambience led output of Chill.

JDxtra · 27-11-2019 9:22am

Losty Dublin wrote: »

Picking up Chill on 87.6 but at times there is a station which is either almost under it on 87.5 or close to itis causing a lot of interference. It is definitely not a harmonic or a leak nor is it a superheterodyne as it's hammering out hard dance as distinct to the more soul and ambience led output of Chill.

Yes, heard that too last week. It didn't travel well which suggests a low down site.

Infoanon · 27-11-2019 2:25pm

JDxtra wrote: »

Yes, heard that too last week. It didn't travel well which suggests a low down site.

Any chance it's the No.1 relay ?, it's no longer on 105.7 and the location where I picked up 87.5 is where no. 1 would have been available in the past.

JDxtra · 27-11-2019 2:41pm

Infoanon wrote: »

Any chance it's the No.1 relay ?, it's no longer on 105.7 and the location where I picked up 87.5 is where no. 1 would have been available in the past.

It was high BPM hard house/trance and no RDS came up, so I'd say it was not the No. 1 relay.

radioguru02 · 27-11-2019 4:46pm

JDxtra wrote: »

It was high BPM hard house/trance and no RDS came up, so I'd say it was not the No. 1 relay.

Mad guess and probably a long shot, but any chance it's Flirt FM from Laois? They've used frequencies aruond that areabefore and cover serious ground.

JDxtra · 27-11-2019 4:56pm

pirateradiohed wrote: »

Mad guess and probably a long shot, but any chance it's Flirt FM from Laois? They've used frequencies aruond that areabefore and cover serious ground.

It seemed local, I picked it up in Clondalkin and it disappeared as I left area.

radioguru02 · 27-11-2019 6:48pm

JDxtra wrote: »

It seemed local, I picked it up in Clondalkin and it disappeared as I left area.

Ah OK
Hope they find a new freq or something, Chill is a good station and covers a small area as it is without being interfered with

One More Toy · 27-11-2019 6:50pm

pirateradiohed wrote: »

Ah OK
Hope they find a new freq or something, Chill is a good station and covers a small area as it is without being interfered with

What freq is chill on?

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