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AM & FM Radio Just Ain't Dead... Yet!

davideduardo

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From England and reported in The Independent:

Radio stations will be allowed to continue broadcasting via analogue for another decade, the government has said, after several FM and AM commercial radio licences were set to expire from early 2022.

Under new government plans, Ofcom will be able to renew analogue licences for a further 10-year period so long as stations also broadcast on digital radio.

Nearly 60 per cent of all radio listening is now via digital devices, but analogue stations are still used by millions of listeners on FM and AM radio services every day, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ewal-ofcom-classic-fm-talksport-a9599071.html

So the government has realized that digital is not able to assume a 100% role. From conversations with associates in the UK, in rural areas, smaller towns and in zones with irregular terrain, digital is "minimally serviceable" at present despite huge government expenditures. One opinion is that the politicians and bureaucrats in London can hear digital just fine, but the rest of the UK has spotty or deficient service.
 
DavidEduardo said:
So the government has realized that digital is not able to assume a 100% role. From conversations with associates in the UK, in rural areas, smaller towns and in zones with irregular terrain, digital is "minimally serviceable" at present despite huge government expenditures. One opinion is that the politicians and bureaucrats in London can hear digital just fine, but the rest of the UK has spotty or deficient service.
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It reminds me of what I've been hearing from Australians concerning the formerly much-used SW service to the Outback, which their government curtailed, deciding instead to spend money on DAB in the capital cities.
 
boombox4 said:
It reminds me of what I've been hearing from Australians concerning the formerly much-used SW service to the Outback, which their government curtailed, deciding instead to spend money on DAB in the capital cities.
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Yeah, one of my Australian friends who contributes to my website said that a Melbourne based politician who apparently never traveled other than to commute to Canberra said "they can listen to the web service". In the Outback? Right!
 
DavidEduardo said:
Yeah, one of my Australian friends who contributes to my website said that a Melbourne based politician who apparently never traveled other than to commute to Canberra said "they can listen to the web service". In the Outback? Right!
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I've heard that a couple of the LEO Cube Sats companies are going through an initial test phase which will include the Outback regions of Australia. Guess they figure if they can deliver reliable Internet to a place like that, they can anywhere.
 
DavidEduardo said:
From England and reported in The Independent:

Radio stations will be allowed to continue broadcasting via analogue for another decade, the government has said, after several FM and AM commercial radio licences were set to expire from early 2022.

Under new government plans, Ofcom will be able to renew analogue licences for a further 10-year period so long as stations also broadcast on digital radio.

Nearly 60 per cent of all radio listening is now via digital devices, but analogue stations are still used by millions of listeners on FM and AM radio services every day, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...ewal-ofcom-classic-fm-talksport-a9599071.html

So the government has realized that digital is not able to assume a 100% role. From conversations with associates in the UK, in rural areas, smaller towns and in zones with irregular terrain, digital is "minimally serviceable" at present despite huge government expenditures. One opinion is that the politicians and bureaucrats in London can hear digital just fine, but the rest of the UK has spotty or deficient service.
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Is this just for england or Us as well.
 
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