The BBC is to expand its UK digital radio network with nine new transmitters in England and Wales within the next year. The latest phase of the BBC’s digital radio expansion plan will bring around 1.2 million people into national DAB coverage in Wales, Cornwall, Cumbria, Norfolk, Kent and Humberside. The exact date of the [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2005’
Danmarks Radio under pressure to retain foreign language news
Danish public broadcaster Danmarks Radio (DR) is being pressurised by the government to scrap plans to close its foreign language news services. A few weeks ago, DR said it was going to close down DR International, which produces news in English, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Somali, and southern-Slavic languages. The decision was part of a plan [...]
Court says Dutch government must pay back 19m euro to commercial stations
A court in Rotterdam has ruled that the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affiars must pay back a total of 19 million euro to five commercial radio stations, which paid too much money for their FM licences awarded in June 2003. The stations affected are Radio 538, RTL FM, Yorin, Q Music (formerly Noordzee FM) and [...]
No DRM transmissions from Sackville until further notice
We have been advised that our DRM transmission at 2130-2200 UTC on 9800 kHz via Sackville in Canada is off the air due to a technical problem. The transmitter needs a spare part from the manufacturer, and this could take up to several weeks. This affects all DRM transmissions from the Sackville site. Further information [...]
BBC FM reception in Midlothian boosted by new transmitter
Listeners to the BBC’s FM radio services in and around Penicuik in Scotland are enjoying better reception thanks to a new BBC transmitting station. The transmitter, which has been built near the Midlothian town, is bringing improved reception to more than 5,000 people in the area. Reception has previously been difficult because Penicuik is screened [...]
Bangladesh may allow private radio stations
The Bangladesh government has said it is considering liberalising radio broadcasting by allowing private companies to set up radio stations in the country. The New Nation quoted the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Moudud Ahmed, as saying such a step could play a vital role in removing social problems and helping the country’s [...]
Dutch Sky Radio celebrates 17th birthday tomorrow
Sky Radio, which is suffering a falling audience share and is reportedly up for sale, has issued an upbeat press release to coincide with its 17th birthday tomorrow. According to Sky Radio, it was the first non-stop music station in the world when it launched on 30 September 1988. It grew into the most listened-to [...]
UK regulator accused of interfering in Ramadan radio broadcasts
Text of report in English by Iranian news agency IRNA website
London, 29 September: Local Ramadan radio stations begin their annual broadcasts across Britain next week amid fears of being charged with breaching a new code of standards introduced by the communications regulator, Ofcom, in July.
According to Muslim News, applicants for a record 82 [...]
Radio 10 Gold wins Marconi Award for best Dutch radio station
It was announced today at the annual Broadcasting Congress in Bussum that Radio 10 Gold has won the Marconi Award for the best radio station in the Netherlands 2004-2005. The Marconi Awards are the most prestigious radio awards in the country. The jury observed that despite being a mediumwave station (1008 kHz), Radio 10 Gold [...]
Russians take right-wing Flemish programme off the air
The controversial weekly shortwave radio programme Zwart of Wit (Black or White) produced by Flemish MP Jurgen Verstrepen of the right-wing political party Vlaams Belang has been taken off the air by the Russian government. The programme was originally intended to be broadcast in DRM mode, but transmission providers in Germany and the UK refused [...]
BBC World Service and BBC Arabic exclusively on CANALSAT
Listeners throughout France can access the BBC’s news gathering operation in English and in Arabic through CANALSAT thanks to a new partnership with the radio and online division BBC World Service. From Monday 3 October, audiences can hear a range of quality programmes including news, documentaries and analysis, 24 hours a day seven days a [...]
Princess Royal ’switches on’ BBC FM in East Timor
HRH The Princess Royal switched on the new BBC 105.9 FM in Dili, East Timor today. The ceremony marked the start of a long term partnership between the BBC and East Timor’s national broadcaster Radio-Televisão Timor Leste (RTTL) who own and maintain the FM site. Listeners in the capital, Dili, can now hear BBC programmes [...]
Dutch public broadcasters working on “worst case scenarios”
Harm Bruins Slot, Chairman of the Board of Management of Dutch public broadcasting, told the annual Broadcasting Congress in Bussum this morning that he and colleagues are working on “worst case scenarios” based on the government’s proposals to cut funding. One of the options being studied is reducing the TV network from three to two [...]
Radio Sweden’s DRM tests postponed until further notice
Radio Sweden’s DRM tests via RCI Sackville are postponed until further notice. The transmissions might be resumed later, on a new frequency and on another antenna. The broadcasts, beamed to Europe on 13650 kHz at 1815-1845 UTC with Radio Sweden in English, have given disappointing results according to reports on the DRM Software Forum.
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United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans to continue
Ken Beck, Entercom’s VP/programming for news/talk and sports, has told the Billboard Radio Monitor that the United Radio Broadcasters of New Orleans (URBONO) will remain “all emergency all the time for the foreseeable future.” Some of Entercom’s own FM stations in New Orleans may soon start producing their own output, depending on how quickly they [...]
