[cma-l] DAB Radio

Fri May 15 19:26:19 BST 2015

Glyn - genuinely, what sort of a bitter, miserable comment is this from
someone who should know better?

Ray: I don't blame you for wanting to go onto DAB: FM listening is now in
the minority in London, and most listeners are listening on DAB, DTV and
online.

However, your options aren't too great. Your close proximity to London
means a lack of local non-London multiplexes that cover your area. London
multiplexes do officially cover Slough, but you are looking for quite a sum
of cash to get on those - around £70-80,000 per annum I understand. http://
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The Reading multiplex is supposed to cover Slough, but currently doesn't.
It will though. Its owned by Arqiva, and doesn't currently look full. It
should be more affordable. Here's where it will cover: http://
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and where it currently goes:
http://www.localdigitalradio.co.uk/ReadingTX.png

The Surrey and Sussex multiplex, owned by Muxco, does cover Slough (though
not officially). http://www.muxco.com/?attachment_id=610 - Muxco are known
for their assistance to community radio stations (Pulse in Somerset is
already on, I believe) and they're also more willing to try new things in
terms of studio links and other things. The Surrey and Sussex MUX is huge,
and goes into great swathes of London. You could even see if you could get
on with them using DAB+, which works with all recent DAB sets and might be
more cost-effective still: unsure whether that is allowed yet, though.

DAB is, however you look at it, going to be the cost of someone's full-time
salary to broadcast. It strikes me that your audience is underserved in
many parts of the Reading and/or Surrey/Sussex multiplex areas, though, and
offering significant new choice to these listeners could significantly
change your business.

I hope that's of some help, and sorry that some so-called experts have
wasted your time here.

James

On Fri, 15 May 2015 17:54 Associated Broadcast Consultants <info at a-bc.co.uk>
wrote:

> Step 1 - Find a large, very large bag of money
> Step 2 - Talk to the incumbent DAB multiplex operator,
>
> or
>
> Step 1 - Win the lottery
> Step 2 - Talk to the incumbent DAB multiplex operator,
>
> We can only hope the SSD trial is a success and they start licensing
> permanent SSD services.
>
>
> --
> Glyn Roylance - Principal Consultant
> Associated Broadcast Consultants <http://www.a-bc.co.uk/>
>
>
>
> On 15 May 2015 at 16:28, Ray C <rayc1066 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> We missed the deadline for the DAB Trials, we are now exploring other
>> ways to get our service on to DAB radio, can anyone assist us in way of
>> advice on how to go about this?
>>
>> DO we approach multiplex operators directly and negotiate rates? What is
>> the process?
>>
>> If anyone can shed some light on this would be most grateful.
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>> Ray
>> Asian Star 101.6FM
>>
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