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Digital radio listeners in
Liverpool have improved DAB digital radio coverage
LIVERPOOL'S DAB radio coverage has been
improved, when 2 new digital radio transmitters went live. The Lord Mayor of
Liverpool, Councillor Tony Concepcion, pressed the big green retune switch at
9.30am, in the Lady Mayoress' Parlour, Liverpool Town Hall, on Wednesday, 20
April 2016, mark this historic moment. Also with the Lord Mayor was Ford Ennals,
Digital Radio UK; Chris Rick, Radio City Network; Vicki Allison, Radio City;
Andy Ball, BBC Radio Merseyside; Graham Sarath, Capital Liverpool, who are all
in the photo kindly sent to us via Digital Radio UK.
The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Tony Concepcion, said:- "The
Liverpool community is served by a great variety of local DAB radio stations.
I'm delighted that now even more listeners in Liverpool will be able to hear
these important and well loved stations on digital radio."
The new digital transmitters being switched on sadly meant local radio users had
to retune in order to continue to listen to all of the current 11 local BBC and
commercial stations available on DAB. These stations are:- BBC Radio Merseyside,
Radio City, Radio City 2, Radio City 3, Radio City Talk, Smooth North West,
Capital Liverpool, Heart North West, Heat, Kisstory and Absolute 90's. But
it is not a hard thing to do, unlike with analogue, as it just takes a push of a
button! Listeners simply press the auto tune or auto scan button on their
DAB digital radio or go into the radio's menu and press auto tune. More
information can be found
online.
Interestingly even though, in the UK, the DVB-T system (Digital
Video Broadcasting; Terrestrial) was mostly successful, when the analogue
terrestrial television system was switched off in 2012, it's still unlikely that
radio will be as easy to do. The push is now on in the UK, as our Government has
proposed a new deadline of 2020 to go all DAB or they will then look at
abandoning the idea altogether. Oddly as the EU vote looms, Norway who are not
members of the European Union (EU) have announced the end of analogue radio in
Norway. They plan to be the 1st country to turn off 1 of 5 FM transmitters, on
11 January 2017! But many are pointing out that radio is going more and more
online, so will radio as we know it stay by the time the UK goes fully DAB? Your
views please, to:-
News24@SouthportReporter.com.
Fact File:- Did you know that DAB stands for Digital Audio Broadcasting?
► The old frequency was - VHF Block
11B, at 218.640 MHz, that was turned off late on Tuesday, 19 April 2016.
► The new frequency since Wednesday, 20 April 206, is
marked as VHF Block 10C, at 213.360 MHz.
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