[cma-l] DAB Switchover

[Tony Bailey]

You have to wonder at the motivation that placed BBC local radio on 
inadequate (commercial) DAB multiplexes that round here seem to have 
significantly smaller footprints than the existing FM carriers.

Tony Bailey


Ian Hickling wrote:
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> I think the most relevant part of the article is this:
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> "......many stations in the local commercial radio sector cannot and will not ever be available on DAB because:
> • The economics of DAB transmission make it too costly
> • The unavailability of any local DAB multiplex in some areas
> • The unavailability of space for stations on some local DAB multiplexes
> • The industry grand plan to amalgamate existing local multiplexes into regional multiplexes makes DAB transmission, for small local radio stations, more irrelevant and more costly......"
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