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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 11:15:14 GMT
Analogue radios could be consigned to the dustbin of history after figures showed that the majority of all UK radio listening was via digital devices for the first time. The radio industry passed a milestone, with digital listening reaching a new record share of 50.9%, up from 47.2% a year ago, according to Rajar which will trigger a Government review into whether the analogue FM radio signal should be switched off altogether.
I am sure the government will be tempted to do it to free up airwaves to be sold off to make more money to make up for the missing £350 million. I listen to the radio on my computer or Fire tablet, so I won't really miss it if it goes, but I agree with the BBC who are saying that it would be premature to switch off the FM signal. It could cut off drivers with analogue car radios and disenfranchise older listeners.
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Post by captainmouse on Jun 11, 2018 11:17:27 GMT
Well I have 3 dab devices and I will be sticking with fm I am one of the rural users who get's no mobile signal rubbish digital tv and dog slow internet so surprise surprise naff dab signal.
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Post by technicolour on Jun 11, 2018 19:54:01 GMT
Non dab listener question - have they solved the time delay where Big Ben strikes a few seconds after you hear it on FM (for example)?
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Post by monic on Jun 11, 2018 22:13:45 GMT
No the time delay is terrible, I prefer my fm radio , dab is a minimum of 45 seconds behind, I have dab in the bedroom and fm in the kitchen,
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Post by cakewalk on Jun 12, 2018 7:14:54 GMT
I think it's a bit too soon to be thinking about turning off FM radio. I haven't bought a dab radio yet, and the one we use at work isn't dab. I think my car's is but that's all.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2018 8:24:44 GMT
50.9% is still only fractionally above half; it's not like it's a significant majority. Too early to switch off.
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Post by marion on Jun 12, 2018 9:22:16 GMT
I have two of each and am happy with both. However, when I first bought a DAB radio to replace a small one I carried from room to room I could not believe how quickly the batteries went. They were 4xC batteries so expensive, and they only lasted about two weeks. Now at the time I was only listening to a morning show before going off to work, The Archers, and a couple of hours or so at the weekend. I took the first one back as I assumed it was faulty but the replacement was just the same. Then I googled it and discovered it is a "thing". So now I have DABs plugged in in the kitchen and bedroom and a couple of small FMs for the bathroom and spare room which is short of sockets!
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Post by spinninghead on Jun 21, 2018 10:34:41 GMT
I'm not sure what the latest cars have, but mine (12 years old, and still in good nick) has FM. I'd be right annoyed if the beeb decided to ditch its FM broadcasts.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 10:40:13 GMT
Sadly, it isn't down to the BBC. It is down to the government, though I am sure that they will try to make it look as though it is all down to broadcasters.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2018 17:48:23 GMT
Non dab listener question - have they solved the time delay where Big Ben strikes a few seconds after you hear it on FM (for example)? I once emailed the local gardening, to tell them if I missed their answer on our dab radio, if I sprinted into the kitchen I could hear it there. I got an honorable mention! |
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