Irish DAB Commercial National fired up - Radio

KianD · 16-03-2007, 18:32

The (original, we have 1 more now with RRC06) allocation for the Irish DAB Commercial National has been fired up now on 12A. Currently carrying blank tags for TodayFM (who are currently on the RTE National mux), NewsTak 106-108, 98FM, Q102, FM104 and Phantom 105.2. Effectively, its most of the Dublin ILRs - the only ones with the money to go on DAB at the moment I'd suspect.

The RTE mux is carrying extra carriers just carrying music or news loops at the moment, and considering they're meant to be launching 'extra channels' this month, I suspect TodayFM will be punted off to reclaim some bandwidth - they're running LyricFM below what they used to atm.

Mr. X · 16-03-2007, 18:34

Just out of interest, what is the multiplex labelled as?

Interesting that specialist, independent stations like Phantom have decided it's worth their while going on DAB...

KianD · 16-03-2007, 18:35

DAB Ireland Mux2. The RTE National on 12C is DAB Ireland Mux1.

KianD · 16-03-2007, 18:42

BTW, in case anyones wondering = "National" means 2 masts at the moment. The networks not rolled out (for either RTE or commercial), but the lopsidedness of the country means about half the people here can get DAB (and DTT) from just two transmitters. The other half are going to need another 40 at least....

hanssolo · 17-03-2007, 05:30

Seems a shame RTE and the Irish Commercial stations could not have waited a bit and used DAB+ as lots of listeners will buy existimg non upgradable DAB sets and make it harder to migrate later

Rodney · 18-03-2007, 00:08

I would have thought that LMFM would have appeared on the Northeast Mux from Clermont as this covers their license area and I'm sure they wouldn't be too keen on letting the competition in.

markfarn · 18-03-2007, 00:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by hanssolo

Seems a shame RTE and the Irish Commercial stations could not have waited a bit and used DAB+ as lots of listeners will buy existimg non upgradable DAB sets and make it harder to migrate later

Yeh seems a little short sighted - being as the current receiver base must be almost zero and copatible sets should be just around the corner from release.

KianD · 18-03-2007, 18:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rodney

I would have thought that LMFM would have appeared on the Northeast Mux from Clermont as this covers their license area and I'm sure they wouldn't be too keen on letting the competition in.

Muxes are national here for the moment - no regional. CC is likely carrying or going to carry this mux also.

DAB here launched 14 months ago, so there are receivers deployed/on sale, and 14 months ago DAB+ receivers were "around the corner". It'll still likely be a year or two until they actually hit the market - and the ones that do won't have Irish compatible plugs on them :P

Mr. X · 18-03-2007, 19:04

What's an Irish compatible plug? One with a plastic live pin?

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16-03-2007, 18:32	#1
KianD Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dublin Services: Irish DTT & DAB, motorised 1M, Technomate + other decoders, Sky+ Posts: 4,741	Irish DAB Commercial National fired up The (original, we have 1 more now with RRC06) allocation for the Irish DAB Commercial National has been fired up now on 12A. Currently carrying blank tags for TodayFM (who are currently on the RTE National mux), NewsTak 106-108, 98FM, Q102, FM104 and Phantom 105.2. Effectively, its most of the Dublin ILRs - the only ones with the money to go on DAB at the moment I'd suspect. The RTE mux is carrying extra carriers just carrying music or news loops at the moment, and considering they're meant to be launching 'extra channels' this month, I suspect TodayFM will be punted off to reclaim some bandwidth - they're running LyricFM below what they used to atm.

16-03-2007, 18:34	#2
Mr. X Banned User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: On top of a hill Services: analogue, BT Broadband, 3 Mobile Posts: 3,608	Just out of interest, what is the multiplex labelled as? Interesting that specialist, independent stations like Phantom have decided it's worth their while going on DAB...

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KianD Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dublin Services: Irish DTT & DAB, motorised 1M, Technomate + other decoders, Sky+ Posts: 4,741	DAB Ireland Mux2. The RTE National on 12C is DAB Ireland Mux1.

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KianD Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Dublin Services: Irish DTT & DAB, motorised 1M, Technomate + other decoders, Sky+ Posts: 4,741	BTW, in case anyones wondering = "National" means 2 masts at the moment. The networks not rolled out (for either RTE or commercial), but the lopsidedness of the country means about half the people here can get DAB (and DTT) from just two transmitters. The other half are going to need another 40 at least....

17-03-2007, 05:30	#5
hanssolo Forum Member Join Date: May 2004 Gender: Male Location: Surrey Services: AOL unlimited broadband and talk, Sky and freeview TV, DAB/FM/AM radio Posts: 4,419	Seems a shame RTE and the Irish Commercial stations could not have waited a bit and used DAB+ as lots of listeners will buy existimg non upgradable DAB sets and make it harder to migrate later

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Rodney Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Craigavon, Northern Ireland Services: Sky Digital and ADSL24 Posts: 1,906	I would have thought that LMFM would have appeared on the Northeast Mux from Clermont as this covers their license area and I'm sure they wouldn't be too keen on letting the competition in.

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Mr. X Banned User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: On top of a hill Services: analogue, BT Broadband, 3 Mobile Posts: 3,608	What's an Irish compatible plug? One with a plastic live pin? </cheap shot>