[cma-l] RDS etc joys.....

Eddie Stuart eddie at kcr.fm
Thu Jan 15 19:42:08 GMT 2015 

Probably could have, but all of the kit was owned by Bauer Media!!!

On the plus side, we didn't have to pay for anything outwith the studio!

Eddie

On 15/01/15 18:12, James Cridland wrote:
> You can have dynamically-switching PI codes, incidentally. Global Radio does this, and that would fix the issue you had.
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> Listen to Heart along the M4 corridor and it'll happily switch you between all the Hearts (ex London) - UNLESS they are in an ad break or news, when you won't be switched, since the content is different.
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> The same goes for DAB, too... http://www.mediauk.com/article/34516/dab-service-following-test-routes-now-live
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> On Thu Jan 15 2015 at 5:17:10 PM Eddie Stuart <eddie at kcr.fm <mailto:eddie at kcr.fm>> wrote:
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>     That's always been the problem that KCR had - along with others, until October 2014 we were a Community evenings only Opt-Out from commercial MFR using their frequency in our area.
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>     Day time, you drive across the North of Scotland and stay on MFR just like Radio 2 does. Evenings and as you drove, the content changed as your radio thought that we were all MFR.
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>     Of course, our largest population centre, Elgin, had to be right on the border between 97.4 & 102.8, so radios constantly switched back & forth between MFR in Inverness and us.
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>     MFR have been very good to us, but Oh the joy of our own frequency and the disappearance of this problem!!
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>     Eddie
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>     On 15/01/15 13:19, Associated Broadcast Consultants wrote:
>>     Re: RDS PI codes.
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>>     It is used often by stations when carrying the same content.  I can imagine with stations not carrying the same content it could become troublesome in fringe areas - with the radio ping-ponging between stations. Probably understandable if you are travelling, but intolerable if you lived or worked in one of those areas!
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>>     -- 
>>     Glyn Roylance - Principal Consultant
>>     Associated Broadcast Consultants <http://www.a-bc.co.uk/>
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>>     On 15 January 2015 at 10:39, Martin Steers <martin at martinsteers.co.uk <mailto:martin at martinsteers.co.uk>> wrote:
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>>         Ian,
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>>         its interesting about the PI code, I remember having this discussion about 2 / 3 years ago about the idea of changing CR PI codes so that you had this flow between stations.. It was muted that it might be an idea but more faff than its worth, and also that there is not enough overlap or coverage to make it effective.. As CR stations grow it might be an idea for the future.
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>>         Martin
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>>         On 15 January 2015 at 07:40, Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com <mailto:transplanfm at hotmail.com>> wrote:
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>>             We could get to something akin to this.
>>             A modern RDS-equipped receiver interprets parts of your PI code to associate you with other similar stations.
>>             This will allow a receiver tuned to your station to switch automatically to another CR station when its signal achieves a higher level than yours for a preset amount of time on a journey.
>>             This may or may not be something you would like to consider - depending on how well you get on with your neighbours!
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>>             Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 19:09:00 +0000
>>             Subject: Re: [cma-l] Station imaging
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>>             Dear All
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>>             I know it would never happen …. Well, I don’t think it would, but wouldn’t it be absolutely fantastic if we ALL had the same imaging. Obviously the wording in the sweepers / jingles / stabs etc would be different but the sound / music / style the same. You could drive anywhere in the Country and tune into the local Community Radio Station …. The most you here the ident you automatically know it is Community Radio.
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>>             At the end of the day, we are a fraternity, we are a family …………. I’d be up for it
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>>             Am I now off with the fairies heading for Noddyland or perhaps completely gone doolally ? …….. I am currently in a rocking chair sat on the front patio with a sock on my head, two knitting needles in my ears and a piece of straw hanging out of my mouth J
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>>             Nick
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>>             Hi
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>>             Can anyone suggest a good imaging production company they have used in the past. I am aware of the 'usual suspects' so trying to find someone who is innovative and different?
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