RTE test DRM from 2am to 8am

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 found a outdated licence on the windows media server so WM9 tests are halted trying VLS to VLC now and shoutcast is up 8+1 days.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

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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…

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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…

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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 –…

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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…