Far away masts not greener

A recent study from Sweeden shows link between brain tumours and rural phone use where output power of phone and base station are highest.—A difference in the power output level from mobile phones between urban and rural areas has recently been shown. This is caused by adaptive power control (APC) in the cellular telephone and…

here come the capitalists

Internet-casting also upends the significance of the archive. For conventional companies, archives are an expensive problem: they need curating, maintenance, storage space, and no-one can ever judge what will be significant in the future. They are expensive luxuries.In the internet distribution model, archives become ever more accessible, and valuable.(BBC NEWS | Business | Peter Day)…

DRM Votes To Extend its System to 120 MHz

(10/05/2005 Paris, France) The members of the Digital Radio Mondiale TM consortium today voted to begin the process of extending the DRM TM on-air system into the broadcasting bands up to 120 MHz. This landmark decision will enhance the range of non-proprietary, digital radio solutions offered worldwide by the DRM consortium and the World DAB…

William Martin Murphy tactics revisited

GAMA managers have taken 230 striking workers off their payroll and are trying to starve them into submission. The workers, who held a protest march yesterday afternoon to the Turkish firm?s headquarters in Santry, Dublin, said they have not received food yesterday and were also being threatened with eviction from their accommodation. Socialist Party leader…

Radio in the iPOD Age: report

On Saturday afternoon I attended the ÉIST – Great Radio Debate “Radio in the iPOD Age” speakers wereCelene Craig, Deputy Chief Executive and Secretary Broadcasting Commission of IrelandAndrea Martin, Media LawyerWillie O’ Reilly, Chief Executive Today fmKieran Mc Geary, Chief Executive Beat 102 103Fiona Stack, Editor Newstalk 106 The event was poorly attended (15 people)…