so longwave has more reach?

RTÉ claim Longwave has more reach that medium wave. LW travels further than MW during the day, but not at night. But more reach? Reach means getting onto more radios. As MW radio ownership in so much greater than LW radio ownership (based on manufacturing figures researched here) Medium wave will always have greater reach…

killing MW to save DAB

in reply to Wave of protest engulfs RTÉ to the persons who commented and doubted the validity of the British Journalists claim on NI reception of RTE. The 600,000 people in the Greater Belfast area knew MW was the only way to hear radio 1 on a portable radio. RTE knew this and were forced…

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Closing Down Medium Wave 567Khz – A Grave Error

the following text has been passed to me by the very respected broadcast engineer Enda O’Kane who campaigns for the research group Irish Overseas Broadcasting as part of efforts to improve Ireland’s radio links with Ireland’s emigrants. On March 24th, RTE’s national medium wave service will be switched off. Starting 1932 Radio Athlone from the…

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RTE 567khz to be axed

RTE press release on MW cut off dated today http://url.ie/8ag UK Irish / Maritime community Note: LW252 carries considerably further than MW RTÉ plans to axe Radio 1’s medium wave 567Khz service on 24 March 2008. expect a big backlash. 1278khz 2FM had none. no mention of DRM and the trials that RTE did on…

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robi DAB radio review

dónal (Workers Playtime) writes So over all the robi [radio for the iPod] gets 7 out of 10, and DAB gets 2 out of 10. James Connolly (first clandestine radio operator [in Ireland]) said to the citizen army “hold on to your riflesâ€? I think in this case he’d be advising us to hold on…

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Little Robots [Rpt]

[first posted Feb 2006] I saw this in the guggenheim last week and had to to buy it; buy the postcard not the installation! Nam June Paik – Family Robot – Grandmother left Grandfather right [1986] single channel video sculptures with vintage television and radio castings and monitors; colour silent.

Long Wave Home

I was in Cardiff for a week! and to keep in touch with my irish news addiction i tuned to 252LW RTE. Usually for the 6am or 6.30 news….  just to see if Enda Kenny staged a Coup or if that guy from Westlife was made President yet. (Bono can wait) I used a trusty…

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they came, they saw, they felled

caught live on community radio Near FM, john haughton is on air as Fingal County Council subbies fell the trees of Stapolin, he takes me live on air before the sig tune fades and the sound of shredding begins. Hear the MP3 below. Thanks to Near FM for the recording.