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Petition to stop FM being switched off
There's a 10 Downing St petition to stop FM/AM being switched off:
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AM-FM-Radio/ Please sign. Thanks. -- Steve - www.savefm.org - stop the BBC bullies switching off FM www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - digital radio news & info "It is the sheer volume of online audio content available via internet-connected devices which terrifies the UK radio industry. I believe that broadband-delivered radio will explode in the years to come, offering very local, unregulated content, as well as opening a window to the radio stations of the world." - from the Myers Report |
Petition to stop FM being switched off
"DAB sounds worse than FM" wrote in message ... There's a 10 Downing St petition to stop FM/AM being switched off: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AM-FM-Radio/ Please sign. Thanks. Done! (And I see someone else 'from here' has also! ;-) |
Petition to stop FM being switched off
In article , Brian Gaff
scribeth thus Although I feel most of the report including this proposal comes from cloud cuckoo land, I've signed anyway as there are a lot of stupid people about and the colour of the Government is almost certain to alter next year. I simply cannot imagine the commercial interests wanting to lose the fm outlets at the moment with such a muddled and maybe if idea of what is to be in its place. I know a lot of people still listen to AM due to poor reception of both dab and fm in cars and for news and sport who needs either? What they do not want, despite some industry spokesman who like most government advisers know sod all about the subject, is that they don't want to have to carry on transmitting on FM and DAB as its bloody expensive especially with a monopoly transmission provider (Arqiva) who have them by the short and curlies, let alone any other issues... Horses for courses. I mean who will the government sell such relatively small frequency ranges to for goodness sake? God alone knows .... Brian -- Tony Sayer |
Petition to stop FM being switched off
"tony sayer" wrote in message ... In article , Brian Gaff scribeth thus Although I feel most of the report including this proposal comes from cloud cuckoo land, I've signed anyway as there are a lot of stupid people about and the colour of the Government is almost certain to alter next year. I simply cannot imagine the commercial interests wanting to lose the fm outlets at the moment with such a muddled and maybe if idea of what is to be in its place. I know a lot of people still listen to AM due to poor reception of both dab and fm in cars and for news and sport who needs either? What they do not want, despite some industry spokesman who like most government advisers know sod all about the subject, is that they don't want to have to carry on transmitting on FM and DAB as its bloody expensive especially with a monopoly transmission provider (Arqiva) who have them by the short and curlies, let alone any other issues... Horses for courses. I mean who will the government sell such relatively small frequency ranges to for goodness sake? God alone knows .... What stops them farming it out entirely to the private sector (like everything else) - would that be doable? Would there be any takers? |
Petition to stop FM being switched off
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:07:16 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote: "tony sayer" wrote in message ... In article , Brian Gaff scribeth thus Although I feel most of the report including this proposal comes from cloud cuckoo land, I've signed anyway as there are a lot of stupid people about and the colour of the Government is almost certain to alter next year. I simply cannot imagine the commercial interests wanting to lose the fm outlets at the moment with such a muddled and maybe if idea of what is to be in its place. I know a lot of people still listen to AM due to poor reception of both dab and fm in cars and for news and sport who needs either? What they do not want, despite some industry spokesman who like most government advisers know sod all about the subject, is that they don't want to have to carry on transmitting on FM and DAB as its bloody expensive especially with a monopoly transmission provider (Arqiva) who have them by the short and curlies, let alone any other issues... Horses for courses. I mean who will the government sell such relatively small frequency ranges to for goodness sake? God alone knows .... What stops them farming it out entirely to the private sector (like everything else) - would that be doable? Would there be any takers? The problem is finding the right application for it. Stuff around 100MHz is absolutely ideal for broadcasting. It gets in and out of nooks and crannies nicely, it is dead easy to produce huge amounts of power, and the horizon shuts it off very cleanly, allowing regional broadcasting. Anything less than that would really be to waste a huge asset. In fact an ideal use would be a National FM service. I wonder if they have thought of that? d |
Petition to stop FM being switched off
In article ,
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote: There's a 10 Downing St petition to stop FM/AM being switched off: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/AM-FM-Radio/ Please sign. Thanks. The only good thing about FM being switched off is you might finally get a life and find something worthwhile to do. -- *Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
Petition to stop FM being switched off
"Don Pearce" wrote in message news:4a4394d0.1075833718@localhost... On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:07:16 +0100, "Keith G" wrote: "tony sayer" wrote in message ... In article , Brian Gaff scribeth thus Although I feel most of the report including this proposal comes from cloud cuckoo land, I've signed anyway as there are a lot of stupid people about and the colour of the Government is almost certain to alter next year. I simply cannot imagine the commercial interests wanting to lose the fm outlets at the moment with such a muddled and maybe if idea of what is to be in its place. I know a lot of people still listen to AM due to poor reception of both dab and fm in cars and for news and sport who needs either? What they do not want, despite some industry spokesman who like most government advisers know sod all about the subject, is that they don't want to have to carry on transmitting on FM and DAB as its bloody expensive especially with a monopoly transmission provider (Arqiva) who have them by the short and curlies, let alone any other issues... Horses for courses. I mean who will the government sell such relatively small frequency ranges to for goodness sake? God alone knows .... What stops them farming it out entirely to the private sector (like everything else) - would that be doable? Would there be any takers? The problem is finding the right application for it. Stuff around 100MHz is absolutely ideal for broadcasting. It gets in and out of nooks and crannies nicely, it is dead easy to produce huge amounts of power, and the horizon shuts it off very cleanly, allowing regional broadcasting. Anything less than that would really be to waste a huge asset. In fact an ideal use would be a National FM service. I wonder if they have thought of that? I was thinking more of privatised and licenced regional services along the lines of the early American broadcasting stations - run by 'locals' with more 'local flavour' and relevancy for the inevitable advertising. There's some interesting observations here, if nothing really new: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=994279 Interesting to see the early mention of pirate stations; it's been in my mind for a while that they would be in clover if/when the 'switch off' happened - to mop up some of the 'newly-redundant FM hardware', if nothing else! |
Petition to stop FM being switched off
On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:53:53 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote: "Don Pearce" wrote in message news:4a4394d0.1075833718@localhost... On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:07:16 +0100, "Keith G" wrote: "tony sayer" wrote in message ... In article , Brian Gaff scribeth thus Although I feel most of the report including this proposal comes from cloud cuckoo land, I've signed anyway as there are a lot of stupid people about and the colour of the Government is almost certain to alter next year. I simply cannot imagine the commercial interests wanting to lose the fm outlets at the moment with such a muddled and maybe if idea of what is to be in its place. I know a lot of people still listen to AM due to poor reception of both dab and fm in cars and for news and sport who needs either? What they do not want, despite some industry spokesman who like most government advisers know sod all about the subject, is that they don't want to have to carry on transmitting on FM and DAB as its bloody expensive especially with a monopoly transmission provider (Arqiva) who have them by the short and curlies, let alone any other issues... Horses for courses. I mean who will the government sell such relatively small frequency ranges to for goodness sake? God alone knows .... What stops them farming it out entirely to the private sector (like everything else) - would that be doable? Would there be any takers? The problem is finding the right application for it. Stuff around 100MHz is absolutely ideal for broadcasting. It gets in and out of nooks and crannies nicely, it is dead easy to produce huge amounts of power, and the horizon shuts it off very cleanly, allowing regional broadcasting. Anything less than that would really be to waste a huge asset. In fact an ideal use would be a National FM service. I wonder if they have thought of that? I was thinking more of privatised and licenced regional services along the lines of the early American broadcasting stations - run by 'locals' with more 'local flavour' and relevancy for the inevitable advertising. There's some interesting observations here, if nothing really new: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=994279 Interesting to see the early mention of pirate stations; it's been in my mind for a while that they would be in clover if/when the 'switch off' happened - to mop up some of the 'newly-redundant FM hardware', if nothing else! I wonder if they can survive in anything other than legacy mode once the mainstream is entirely digital. At first there will be plenty of old FM radios to give them an audience (although you might argue that the typical current FM radio owner won't be their target audience), but they will die out as they are no longer made. I'm not sure I would want to start a new service based on obsolete technology. And of course they couldn't use digital, because there aren't any digital radios that cover this band - and won't be for a national niche. It has to be an international market. d |
Petition to stop FM being switched off
"Don Pearce" wrote in message news:4a449ded.1078166234@localhost... On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:53:53 +0100, "Keith G" wrote: "Don Pearce" wrote in message news:4a4394d0.1075833718@localhost... On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:07:16 +0100, "Keith G" wrote: "tony sayer" wrote in message ... In article , Brian Gaff scribeth thus Although I feel most of the report including this proposal comes from cloud cuckoo land, I've signed anyway as there are a lot of stupid people about and the colour of the Government is almost certain to alter next year. I simply cannot imagine the commercial interests wanting to lose the fm outlets at the moment with such a muddled and maybe if idea of what is to be in its place. I know a lot of people still listen to AM due to poor reception of both dab and fm in cars and for news and sport who needs either? What they do not want, despite some industry spokesman who like most government advisers know sod all about the subject, is that they don't want to have to carry on transmitting on FM and DAB as its bloody expensive especially with a monopoly transmission provider (Arqiva) who have them by the short and curlies, let alone any other issues... Horses for courses. I mean who will the government sell such relatively small frequency ranges to for goodness sake? God alone knows .... What stops them farming it out entirely to the private sector (like everything else) - would that be doable? Would there be any takers? The problem is finding the right application for it. Stuff around 100MHz is absolutely ideal for broadcasting. It gets in and out of nooks and crannies nicely, it is dead easy to produce huge amounts of power, and the horizon shuts it off very cleanly, allowing regional broadcasting. Anything less than that would really be to waste a huge asset. In fact an ideal use would be a National FM service. I wonder if they have thought of that? I was thinking more of privatised and licenced regional services along the lines of the early American broadcasting stations - run by 'locals' with more 'local flavour' and relevancy for the inevitable advertising. There's some interesting observations here, if nothing really new: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=994279 Interesting to see the early mention of pirate stations; it's been in my mind for a while that they would be in clover if/when the 'switch off' happened - to mop up some of the 'newly-redundant FM hardware', if nothing else! I wonder if they can survive in anything other than legacy mode once the mainstream is entirely digital. At first there will be plenty of old FM radios to give them an audience (although you might argue that the typical current FM radio owner won't be their target audience), but they will die out as they are no longer made. I'm not sure I would want to start a new service based on obsolete technology. I wasn't thinking so much of the receivers - although there'll be mountains of them in the landfill come the day, especially when you factor in all the car radios, but also of the transmitting gear. I don't know what's involved to broadcast 'to the horizon' as you say, but what with local businesses trying to compete with the Internet and the 'ethnic diversity' of certain regions, I still see at least decades of usefulness in a network of truly 'local FM' stations. Or am I just whistling in the breeze? Reminds me that I bought a block of Chiltern Radio shares when they were floated (we had an office in Luton at the time) but sold them at a small profit a year later when I realised I didn't want to get into all that. I wonder what they would be worth now? - A fraction of, I suspect, as I gather the station has been ruined! |
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