Newsbot Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 More than 30,000 people on the Isle of Man can now receive digital radio as a transmitter is installed. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7144939.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcCann Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 Pfft. I've been getting DAB in Onchan for ages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 doesn't quite have the ring of 'Athlone, Paris, London, Hilversum, Moscow etc.' like the proper steam radios though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 So, I turned mine on this morning and got 'static'. Useless and I'm only in Ramsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcCann Posted December 14, 2007 Share Posted December 14, 2007 You can get freeview in Ramsey though. Out of the two choices I know which I would rather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Ayres Posted December 15, 2007 Share Posted December 15, 2007 Good point, I must agree, a far better thing. Plus, we're getting digital first as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onchanguy Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 You can get freeview in Ramsey though. Out of the two choices I know which I would rather DAB for me any time. Bought a DAB tuner a while ago and got a sporadic signal. Now getting crystal clear BBC channels. Woo-hoooo..... When the independent DAB channels start broadcasting I'll be as happy as a pig in muck. No surprise that none of the three Manx radio stations are planning to go on to DAB. Presumably they will get off their lazy ar$es and go digital just before the next innovation in technology comes along. Mind you, it's not surprising. Manx Radio were offering a DAB radio in a competition yesterday. If they are not going to go digital then this is just encouraging listeners to stop listening to Manx Radio and start listening to other channels. Another 10 out of 10 for that one, Manx Radio..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cret Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Anyone know how well it works in Port Erin? If at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 No surprise that none of the three Manx radio stations are planning to go on to DAB. Presumably they will get off their lazy ar$es and go digital just before the next innovation in technology comes along. Far from being lazy, I think you'll find that neither Manx Radio, 3FM or Energy can afford the infrastructure to build a DAB network for the Isle of Man - even if they were just to cherry pick serving Douglas, like the BBC has. As I understand it (and I'm not involved) Government has been asked to put in a DAB network so that all three local broadcasters can offer a local digital service. Last I heard, CoMin had decided to wait another 6 months before making a decision. You can apologise about the lazy ar$es comment any time you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broadcaster Posted December 16, 2007 Share Posted December 16, 2007 Onchanguy, I also look forward to an apology for your comments about the local radio stations, unless of course you are offering to fund the Dab transmitter network. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 even if they were just to cherry pick serving Douglas, like the BBC has. DAB has been available in many parts of the island for a few years. Much of the west and north for example - and almost everywhere on high ground. So it isn't "cherry picking", is it ? It's about them expanding coverage so that more people can get DAB coverage. Which is what many people will want. Or maybe I've misunderstood your comment. It seems like you're suggesting some nefarious motive. Where as it seems to me that they're doing good. Making something which people want available to more people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Peters Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 The point I'm trying to make is that as I understand it, proper all-island DAB coverage will take much more transmission infrastructure than the BBC has installed, and that the cheaper option for the Manx broadcasters to (say) co-fund something that only worked in Douglas would exclude over half of their listeners. So Asian listeners outside Douglas (for example) won't be getting the benefits of DAB (I think the Asian network is one of the few BBC services that wasn't already freely available on analogue). DAB might have been available for a few years on high ground and in the west and north. But that's just spill from transmitters serving other markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 (I think the Asian network is one of the few BBC services that wasn't already freely available on analogue). 1 XTRA, 6 Music + BBC7 were not already available via analogue either. Woo hoo hoo eh? Radio 7 is quite nice if you like (stuff like) endless Hancock. But it hardly justifies being a channel in itself. The BBC 'listen again' feature and podcasts are much more useful. Via - the - internet is the way ahead for the delivery of additional pre programmed channels, on demand and time - shifted content. Same with TV for that matter: a handful of additional pre programmed channels doesn't offer many significant advantages. DAB just seems like another way of doing what was already being done more or less adequately. I think that the IOM govt is right to wait and see. I hope that they keep putting it off until it becomes obvious the DAB is no longer really needed, already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 DAB just seems like another way of doing what was already being done more or less adequately. I think that the IOM govt is right to wait and see. I hope that they keep putting it off until it becomes obvious the DAB is no longer really needed, already. Onchanguy: manx radio is digital already, online. I agree, dab is a bit shit sadly, you're better off with FM generally. I'd rather manx radio put more dosh into greater bandwidth online than investing in DAB, currently MR's bitrate is way too low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombay Bad Boy Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Even if we've not got the hardware yet, we're on the map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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