back in March we posted that RTE were installing a DRM transmitter to replace the old 252LW. While RTE has no firm plans for DRM they are about to test DRM anyway. Our radio friend Enda O’Kane writes DRM will be carried on RTE’s longwave 252kHz transmitter. Nightly commencing 08/08/07 until 15/08/07 from 0100hrs to…
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radio must logo
big up 2 wally 4 da logo/holder. station update. found a outdated licence on the windows media server so WM9 tests are halted trying VLS to VLC now and shoutcast is up 8+1 days. tonight i hope to mix some live tunes in projekt klassicnovaska after the KGB top 40
is DAB obsolete? formatizing the death of the radio
on digitalradio.ie FAQ the question is asked Q: Will mobile phone technology make DAB digital radio obsolete? [my answer] the real answer is No DAB is obsolete because it was invented in 1981-85 and first broadcast in 1998. In early 90’s I was in talks with a marketing company called Covenberg and they were trying…
wxtc live tonight for a few hours
on stream test have a listen to http://radio.wxtc.net:8000/listen.pls
DRM into the heart of Europe
Broadcasting radio into the heart of Europe would provide a useful information source for Irish people in Europe, says Éan member Enda O’Kane in an article that has appeared in Business Travel magazine. He notes: DRM is now used worldwide by 32 broadcasters and more than 40 hours of English language programmes are broadcast across…
pop does eat itself
mark ramsey on radio on pollster frank luntz on the music industry says “Big Radio is free”, Luntz said “Much of the illegal music downloading that takes place isn’t done just because the music is free but rather because stealing music costs “the suits” money.” bhg says Big Radio is not free. Not one decision…
Bloomsday & I’m in a Martello Tower
funny old day. out Friday night on a gig, 40th in Cellbridge, home late up late. soon as I woke the AM noise issue hit me again.. I got dressed yanked the sw radio out of the mains and went mobile again , a good 50 meters from the front of the house in the…
RTE on DAB six new stations
over on the podcasting news ireland blog i wonder if the six choices on offer are best I set myself a task to think of 6 stations rte should air on digital. remember digital has the space for the niches not the masses. 1. RTE Polska – 150K plus Polish community 2. RTE United –…
music in a podcast
ABC national radio has an intro disclaimer on the start of a music podcast [rss] that explains that songs ARE shortened to meet copyright demands but the intro goes on to explain that at a url provided has the whole show which can be heard with full songs ‘on demand’. At a recent IIA event…