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</head><body><p>Brian, regarding smartphones, what you say is undoubtedly true in areas with comprehensive 3G coverage, but for those of us living 50 miles or more from the nearest (isolated) patches of 3G coverage, and hundreds of miles from blanket coverage, the most practical way to listen to local radio on a phone is by using the good 'ole FM tuner included in most phones!</p><p><br></p><p> We do have one other method for listening on the move - we make the station also availalable via simple voice dial-up (sorry, touch-button-up!). The audio quality is truly awful, but it is fine for station management to check that the wheels are still on the rails when out and about away from base in our vast 2G-only wilderness (check it out - 0330 998 1114 - we also have a local rate number in the US).</p><p><br></p><p>Alex<br></p><p>Two Lochs Radio<br></p><blockquote type="cite">On 09 September 2015 at 19:29 Brian Wesley <contact@coastalfm.co.uk> wrote:<br><br><div dir="ltr">DAB vs FM? There is the third way (as mentioned) on-line. PC, Laptop, Tablet and now many people have smart phones. No need to go out and buy a DAB radio and there's plenty of ways to hook up your smart phone to your car stereo.<div><br></div><div>Like Phil says DAB may be fine for large urban area but out here on the remote Lincolnshire Coast, like rural wiltshire, maybe not.</div><div><br></div><div>On-line may not be true to the definition of 'radio' but then again when did anyone last 'dial' a phone.</div><div><br></div><div>Brian Wesley</div><div>Coastal FM</div><div><br></div><div>(Yes, I know it's Coastal "FM", we still live in hope.)</div></div></blockquote></body></html>