Sorry chaps, but it looks like analogue radio has drawn the short straw -
if this article is anything to go by:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/3872969.stm

Yes the analogue radio switch off date it to be set, but I would not worry it
will be 10 years or more I guess. Just think of the millions of car that do not
have a DAB radio. The analogue TV switch of was announced years ago and if I
recall it's not untill 2010 at the earliest.


"Mike Coatham" wrote in message
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Sorry chaps, but it looks like analogue radio has drawn the short straw -
if this article is anything to go by:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/3872969.stm




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On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 11:49:03 +0100, Ian Bell
wrote:

Whiteflyer wrote:

Yes the analogue radio switch off date it to be set, but I would not worry
it will be 10 years or more I guess. Just think of the millions of car
that do not have a DAB radio. The analogue TV switch of was announced
years ago and if I recall it's not untill 2010 at the earliest.


And what happens to all the local radio stations? there is not enough
bandwidth on the digital system for them.

Ian

There will be if they open up "L" band.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

What are they going to do with the freed-up FM bandwidth?


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In article , Andrew Walls
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What are they going to do with the freed-up FM bandwidth?



Well the government thinks it will be able to sell it all of like they
did with the 3G mobile phone licences, and it always seems that they
have mobile Telco applications in mind. However since 3G hasn't been the
commercial success some thought it would be, and band 2 isn't the best
frequency for mobile apps and theres still a lot of unused spectrum that
is available that, I think they are on the wrong track.

So they may sell it off to DAB service providers, and or they may push
for L band to be used as Don suggests, trouble is that this will cost
the broadcasters a lorra dosh and their simply isn't the advert revenue
to pay for it all, the radio industry knows this but the regulators
don't

Still, I'll put money on that analogue radio will be around for many
years to come yet, and the ministry of disinformation will wake up to
the uneconomic error of their ways.....
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Tony Sayer

Whiteflyer wrote:

Yes the analogue radio switch off date it to be set, but I would not worry
it will be 10 years or more I guess. Just think of the millions of car
that do not have a DAB radio. The analogue TV switch of was announced
years ago and if I recall it's not untill 2010 at the earliest.


And what happens to all the local radio stations? there is not enough
bandwidth on the digital system for them.

Ian

most cars dont have CD player as standard yet
"Whiteflyer" wrote in message
...
Yes the analogue radio switch off date it to be set, but I would not worry
it
will be 10 years or more I guess. Just think of the millions of car that
do not
have a DAB radio. The analogue TV switch of was announced years ago and if
I
recall it's not untill 2010 at the earliest.


"Mike Coatham" wrote in message
...
Sorry chaps, but it looks like analogue radio has drawn the short
straw -
if this article is anything to go by:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/entertainment/3872969.stm




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Hi,

In message , Andrew Walls
writes
What are they going to do with the freed-up FM bandwidth?

Maybe they'll have another one of those farcical auctions, like they did
with 3G. Then I won't know whether to laugh or cry, all over again.

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Regards,
Glenn Booth

Those auctions were not farcical from the governments point of view , they made
billons out of it, and I guess it has kept our taxes down a little too.
If the mobile phone companies did not / do not know what people real want and
buy G3 for a very inflated price that is there hard luck.

whiteflyer

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Hi,

In message , Andrew Walls
writes
What are they going to do with the freed-up FM bandwidth?

Maybe they'll have another one of those farcical auctions, like they did with
3G. Then I won't know whether to laugh or cry, all over again.

--
Regards,
Glenn Booth


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