next week on the wxtc.net podcast Brian Greene speaks to Enda O’Kane about DRM digital radio from Ireland. eta for cast 12:00 18/09/2006. see a DRM radio on sale here. In a new development, RTÉ will also transmit the All Ireland finals on DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale – AM digital radio) to most of Europe.…
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ruth scott jacobs award
http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=%22jacobs+award%22+%2B+%22ruth+scott%22&btnG=Search will ruth scott every get a jacobs award? I hope so, first things first, I cant listen to her show on the radio, It drives me mad. Its not that she’s all that bad,, and there are somethings about pop radio DJing she still gets muddled on, crashing & reading, but Im no expert.…
pirate radio – friends in low places
The late Liam Lawlor & Jim Tunney were involved in controversy surrounding the setting up of Radio Fianna Fail in June 1981 for the election. At the time, news papers like the northside news (now people) ran half page adverts by pirate radio stations saying vote FF! I kid you not. Then 1988 came and…
RTE to broadcast DRM to Europe?
according to http://www.rte.ie/radio1/thetubridyshow/1052921.html “In a new development, RTÉ will also transmit the finals (all ireland football & hurling) on DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale – AM digital radio) to most of Europe.” did this happen for Hurling on Sunday last? has there been a test. sitting with DRM radio and waiting. any news welcome via comments.
ComReg says low power FM is license exempt
Siliconrepublic.com reports “The regulator has stipulated that low-power radio transmitter devices that operate in the broadcast band 87.5MHz to 108MHz are exempt for license.” wasn’t it odd that major telco can site a huge feckin mobile phone mast in a school yard or Wireless 2.4G broadband was exempt but 107.7FM was not…. hoist the jolly…
Time to re float the Voice of Peace
Pop pirate ship Voice of Peace broadcast from international waters to the middle east from ’73 – ’93 when it was intentionally sank after the signing of the Oslo Peace Accord [nov ’93]. While I never heard the Voice of Peace on air, I was kept update of all its troubles by various anorak radio…
BeBo Bands is live
bebo and the ‘big one’, its out and its called BeBo bands. first thoughts, less that 1% of the bebo community will be a band… 50% + will play the tunes, so to me the focus is more on the end user in 2.0, so not focus on the band but the beboer DJ. small…
book on one – rte radio 1
I heard someting similar on Radio 4 – well worth a listen. Monday 10 July – Friday 14 July STRANGELAND by Tracey Emin. Read by Tracy Harper Producer: Aidan Stanley. (First broadcast 24th February 2006) 11.10pm
Irelands Long Wave Giant
this is a whistle stop tour of 252; given more time it would be a story; given financials it could be a cracker. Chris Cary spins off Nova LW as XIDY ‘radio nova’ 252 LW (jan 1986) Panic sets in. RTE & RTL (50/50) form Radio Tara at a cost of £6million (aug 1986) Pat…