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castle2012 · 23-06-2018 9:25pm

Rock Solid wrote: »

It's just a pc at Tx site remote control by Team Viewer so FK can link to it via the Web and FB. Studio and link to be set up.

Intresting if my memory serves me right. Back when FK sold up hot. The then new owners who operated Hot fm, Club fm and energy fm while and then closed. I wonder what the guys he sold to think about FK relaunching hot?

Rock Solid · 24-06-2018 8:55am

The Hot Fm owners sold the station to FK which had several Transmitters. He also bought Energy 94 from a different group of owners, then he also set up Vibe Fm on 99.1 which played mainly rap music automated. When he left the country quickly he sold most of the gear, Alot of the transmission gear was leased, but he still has some tx gear I'm the country. Several previous owners are not pleased with the return of Hot and I don't think he intends to return too Ireland in any rush.

ITV2 · 24-06-2018 11:33am

88.1 fm Easy Radio now on test with good audio in West Dublin.

Infoanon · 24-06-2018 6:32pm

Rock Solid wrote: »

The Hot Fm owners sold the station to FK which had several Transmitters. He also bought Energy 94 from a different group of owners, then he also set up Vibe Fm on 99.1 which played mainly rap music automated. When he left the country quickly he sold most of the gear, Alot of the transmission gear was leased, but he still has some tx gear I'm the country. Several previous owners are not pleased with the return of Hot and I don't think he intends to return too Ireland in any rush.

Iirc shortly after the sale 3 TXS (plus Phantoms 88.1) where lost in the black Tuesday raids.

Hot is a lot more commercial this time around imho and there is only one likely outcome. ..

RXTX · 24-06-2018 9:52pm

for the purposes of giving a fair opinion and to give it a chance i listened to a show hot fm for the last one hour

mother of god what has been unleashed upon dublin here. it needs to go back in a box and be shipped back to benidrom ibiza magaluff or wherever asap

this is not a mission from god as claimed it is radio hell

frank was on and he is completely egotistical and mentions his own name and how great he is constantly. keeps samlping his voice and playing it. between this and the constant plugging of an event it just cannot be listened to.some lite promotions sure would be ok but this is nonstop plugging of frank and an event

this is the worst thing to happen in radio land for a long time lets pray to that god of his that it ends soon

hustlergraham · 24-06-2018 10:11pm

RXTX wrote: »

for the purposes of giving a fair opinion and to give it a chance i listened to a show hot fm for the last one hour

mother of god what has been unleashed upon dublin here. it needs to go back in a box and be shipped back to benidrom ibiza magaluff or wherever asap

this is not a mission from god as claimed it is radio hell

frank was on and he is completely egotistical and mentions his own name and how great he is constantly. keeps samlping his voice and playing it. between this and the constant plugging of an event it just cannot be listened to.some lite promotions sure would be ok but this is nonstop plugging of frank and an event

this is the worst thing to happen in radio land for a long time lets pray to that god of his that it ends soon

100% spot on, totally agree. It's radio hell. He thinks he's the best in the business... world class, mission from god. It's funny to listen to though. From what I can remember it was never that bad before, old Hot from the early 00's. Maybe it was? He was always cheesy though. Was the audio routed through the FB video feed again? They have about as much technical knowledge as my granny does!

Sooner they get off the band the better.

end of the road · 24-06-2018 10:15pm

Rock Solid wrote: »

I don't think he intends to return too Ireland in any rush.

apparently he has made 1 or 2 brief visits. that's based on claims he has made though so we should probably take them with a pinch of salt.

hustlergraham · 24-06-2018 10:22pm

end of the road wrote: »

apparently he has made 1 or 2 brief visits. that's based on claims he has made though so we should probably take them with a pinch of salt.

He has been here alright, in the last few weeks. Seen him in a few photos with his Irish sidekick.

end of the road · 24-06-2018 10:23pm

hustlergraham wrote: »

100% spot on, totally agree. It's radio hell. He thinks he's the best in the business... world class, mission from god. It's funny to listen to though. From what I can remember it was never that bad before, old Hot from the early 00's. Maybe it was? He was always cheesy though.

yeah if i remember rightly, he was more or less the same back then as he is now. no mission from god nonsense or using the effects on the mixer on his voice though.

castle2012 · 24-06-2018 11:14pm

I listened to 94.3fm on the way home this evening. Firstly he was on but it seemed to be a repeat of a show from a few weeks ago, cause he mentioned not been on air tomorrow night (Sunday he said) as he's in ibiza. Secondly he did nothing but talk about himself over every tune. Absolutely horrible. I don't remember it been like that back in the day.

Rock Solid · 25-06-2018 12:57am

I totally agree with all the comments above. The worst DJ I've ever heard, he must be in his mid 50s at this stage and has gotten worse since Hot in the past. I don't think there's any event planned, he just wants his own shows going out and adverts it's automated and new music and adverts uploaded to the pc every so often. The Jammer hasn't been active last few days.

DopeTech · 25-06-2018 12:34pm

ITV2 wrote: »

88.1 fm Easy Radio now on test with good audio in West Dublin.

BBC r2 coming in fairly clearly on 88.1 in West Dublin.

JDxtra · 25-06-2018 3:57pm

Jammer is active on 94.3 again this afternoon.

BBC R2 on 88.1 is common in weather conditions like this.

Rock Solid · 25-06-2018 5:56pm

JDxtra wrote: »

Jammer is active on 94.3 again this afternoon.

BBC R2 on 88.1 is common in weather conditions like this.

Where is Superstar DJ today ?

Infoanon · 25-06-2018 6:18pm

BBC Radio 1 clear on 98.3 (Camlough ),98.9 (Cardiff);99.4 (Wales),99.5 (Scotland )and 99.7 (Divis) in Clondalkin / Tallaght / Templeogue at the moment - excellent audio quality

Rock Solid · 25-06-2018 6:23pm

Seems to be two jamming tonight.

castle2012 · 25-06-2018 7:22pm

Rock Solid wrote: »

Seems to be two jamming tonight.

Is it the same as last week? Bob Marley and then the Mr men music

Infoanon · 25-06-2018 7:31pm

castle2012 wrote: »

Is it the same as last week? Bob Marley and then the Mr men music

Tone only

JDxtra · 25-06-2018 7:38pm

I heard Bob.

Infoanon · 25-06-2018 8:26pm

JDxtra wrote: »

I heard Bob.

Interesting - in Liffey Valley car park after 7pm it was definitely a tone - yet to hear Bob. .. .....

Infoanon · 25-06-2018 8:56pm

Easy back on 88.1 tonight - getting wiped in Rathfarnham / Rathgar etc by BBC 2 audible in Liffey Valley / Clondalkin / Walkinstown

Playlist still featuring those dodgy Ronan Keating covers and 70s non radio hits - so much room for improvement alas can't be too commercial either

Infoanon · 25-06-2018 10:26pm

Hot wiped out for the last 15 minutes plus with a continuous tone - Rathgar to City Centre - constant tone modulated signal

DopeTech · 26-06-2018 8:11am

Silence on 94.3 this morning.

Rock Solid · 26-06-2018 1:23pm

Sir Dosser wrote: »

Silence on 94.3 this morning.

Maybe the pc crashed ! Even a pc couldn't take that rubbish.

castle2012 · 26-06-2018 1:23pm

Sir Dosser wrote: »

Silence on 94.3 this morning.

Back on now. I'm sure the jammer will be back to

radioguru02 · 26-06-2018 2:18pm

Has no one made Hot aware of this going on? Haven’t they noticed?

hustlergraham · 26-06-2018 2:25pm

pirateradiohed wrote: »

Has no one made Hot aware of this going on? Haven’t they noticed?

From what I hear, yes they know. But again, they have no technical radio knowledge at all. Even when they move frequency I doubt the jamming will stop to be honest.

TallGlass · 26-06-2018 11:17pm

At least regulation stops this stuff with legal stations, not saying they would or should.

So if we don't like a certain show on a station or station just jam it? It's all a bit communist if you ask me.

If I had a station on air at the moment as a pirate, I would be taking it off air till this carry on blows over.

ComReg go to court to a judge for a warrant, they are not going to go with one, they'll go with a few and make a day out of it clearing house. Saves time and money for them.

I'd urge the jammer/s to just stop or for Hot to stop, it's going to end in disaster not just for the station, but for all the other pirate stations who have nothing to do with what ever is going on and have put effort into getting themselves up and running, or at leased sort this problem off air without taking every other pirate down.

castle2012 · 26-06-2018 11:34pm

TallGlass wrote: »

At least regulation stops this stuff with legal stations, not saying they would or should.

So if we don't like a certain show on a station or station just jam it? It's all a bit communist if you ask me.

If I had a station on air at the moment as a pirate, I would be taking it off air till this carry on blows over.

ComReg go to court to a judge for a warrant, they are not going to go with one, they'll go with a few and make a day out of it clearing house. Saves time and money for them.

I'd urge the jammer/s to just stop or for Hot to stop, it's going to end in disaster not just for the station, but for all the other pirate stations who have nothing to do with what ever is going on and have put effort into getting themselves up and running, or at leased sort this problem off air without taking every other pirate down.

I totally agree with you. While it's hard to listen to some djs on air they shouldn't be blocked. I believe the lack of listeners will take them off anyway . I think jamming others will ultimately this will destroy pirate radio in Ireland. As with anything retaliating will happen

end of the road · 27-06-2018 12:22am

castle2012 wrote: »

I think jamming others will ultimately this will destroy pirate radio in Ireland.

no it won't.

Infoanon · 27-06-2018 1:02am

TallGlass wrote: »

At least regulation stops this stuff with legal stations, not saying they would or should.

Not so.....allegedly

TallGlass · 27-06-2018 1:15am

Infoanon wrote: »

Not so.....allegedly

I mean on a whole, as in RTE, UTV, actually having a board meeting saying they'll purposely block a station. Maybe an employee freaked out about a board meeting and why the station is performing poorly, might prompt such a reaction.

Instead of telling the person telling the truth, that the music is mainly ****e and the playlist and licence conditions are shocking, they say nothing. How are the BCI meant to know there are issues, no one from what I can see is reporting them. Although I hope Phantom/TX FM going under was a wake up call for them.

As an example the news/talk quota is mental, we have a station for News and Talk, has anyone actually done a survey into how the age group of there licence actually wants what the licence stipulates? Honestly, I know a bit about radio, but when it comes to the BCI, I seem to miss out on these surveys, about what needs to change. Another example, I had more input about what new bus colours I would like to see in Dublin.

Off on a tangent there sorry!

marno21 · 27-06-2018 1:48am

BBC Radio stations from North Hessary Tor in Cornwall were making their usual appearance here during fine weather.

Poster on Digital Spy has an impressive list of stations received in Lancashire including NEAR FM and 4FM from Nowen Hill in Cork.

One that interested me was UCB Ireland on 87.6. Is this relay still active in Wicklow? Must be going at least 15 years now.

Infoanon · 27-06-2018 9:02am

TallGlass wrote: »

How are the BCI meant to know there are issues, no one from what I can see is reporting them. Although I hope Phantom/TX FM going under was a wake up call for them.

BAI licences stations where the applicants promise the world and are happy to sign up to very stringent conditions - news / music content etc
The amount of stations that are loss making and need continued investment is a sure sign to the BAI that all is not well in Irish broadcasting.

BUT a)these stations knew the rules b)deep pockets are keeping them afloat apart from TX

The BAI has reduced the news requirements and have been flexible to an extent in allowing format change - they have also not advertised for any new licences eg in Dublin where the TX licence was not re advertised and there are multiple free frequencies.

Simon Maher and others have been very vocal about the need for a new business model and approach from the BAI to facilitate new services but while the deep pockets continue to provide funding and the current incumbents cry foul over any potential new services little or nothing is going to change.

This against a backdrop of falling listenership and listeners switching to alternative ie streaming sources of radio listening

coylemj · 27-06-2018 4:40pm

marno21 wrote: »

BBC Radio stations from North Hessary Tor in Cornwall were making their usual appearance here during fine weather.

Poster on Digital Spy has an impressive list of stations received in Lancashire including NEAR FM and 4FM from Nowen Hill in Cork.

+1 picked up Manx FM today on 97.2 from Douglas (Carnane) at a not very elevated position - Blackrock, Dublin near the bottom of Carysfort Ave. Later got BBC R2 on 88.7 from Blaenplwyf on Cardigan Bay in Wales and Q Radio on 101.1 from Kilkeel in NI.

Did an autotune on my DAB radio last night and the station list included all of the BBC stations though none was usable.

castle2012 · 27-06-2018 5:34pm

Gorse fire on Dublin Mountain s. I wonder will any radio transmitters be affected

hustlergraham · 27-06-2018 5:42pm

castle2012 wrote: »

Gorse fire on Dublin Mountain s. I wonder will any radio transmitters be affected

Hot may get burned lol... couldn't resist :P

Rock Solid · 27-06-2018 7:09pm

I think the Jammer is gone as FK is in Dublin now. There busy setting up the studio.

castle2012 · 27-06-2018 7:29pm

Rock Solid wrote: »

I think the Jammer is gone as FK is in Dublin now. There busy setting up the studio.

Yes fully live shows from tonight apparently

end of the road · 27-06-2018 7:56pm

yup, live now at the moment

castle2012 · 27-06-2018 9:15pm

end of the road wrote: »

yup, live now at the moment

Have to say nice to listen to music not been talked over. Brings me back to my youth.

Infoanon · 27-06-2018 10:04pm

Manx on 97.2
3FM on 105.0
Energy on 105.2

Crystal clear in Rathgar especially Manx

hustlergraham · 28-06-2018 2:51pm

RDS reading Testing on 94.1 in Dublin

castle2012 · 28-06-2018 4:43pm

hustlergraham wrote: »

RDS reading Testing on 94.1 in Dublin

What type of music?

radioguru02 · 28-06-2018 4:47pm

At least now Hot’s shows are in stereo now that FK’s over here

hustlergraham · 28-06-2018 5:04pm

castle2012 wrote: »

What type of music?

None, just blank

Antenna · 28-06-2018 5:29pm

pirateradiohed wrote: »

At least now Hot’s shows are in stereo now that FK’s over here

If they had a Mono FM transmission up to now I'd imagine it was to reduce the impact of the jamming (as it would do).

Infoanon · 28-06-2018 5:47pm

pirateradiohed wrote: »

At least now Hot’s shows are in stereo now that FK’s over here

Where they not already in stereo ?

Sounds like there's additional processing to 'widen' the stereo effect

JDxtra · 28-06-2018 6:41pm

Carrier over 94.3 now. Seems very strong, at least out west. Anybody else getting it?

TallGlass · 28-06-2018 7:46pm

Was a bit modulated here in North Dublin earlier, all other stations where off air also.

Hope stations are providing extra cooling for the TX's during this heat, they'll get very hot without it!

Popped on NS90s online, really good and sounded great!

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