Revisiting DAB - and maybe FM

[Stunsworth]

Good news, but there’s nothing to stop the government pulling the plug on FM.

[teamsaint]

That to me is excellent news as although I do listen on certain sets around the house on Digital to R5L and R Cornwall, my main sources from my ageing Hi-fi systems rely on my trusty FM tuners, on which my R3 listening and any recording to MD is done.

Round here, they cover the Super Saints on FM, portsmouth on digital, and Boscombe on, well, not sure (AM ?) something different anyway.

Make of that what you will.

( Actually, I think the pompey on digital thing is a hangover from when they were in the PL and we were in the Championship, and presumably they got preferred treatment.)

[Anastasius]

That BC article is spouting nonsense. One big advantage of DAB radio is that there is space for more stations

It's not an 'advantage'. Survey after survey has shown that the majority are happy listening to the main BBC channels.

[teamsaint]

That BC article is spouting nonsense. One big advantage of DAB radio is that there is space for more stations

It's not an 'advantage'. Survey after survey has shown that the majority are happy listening to the main BBC channels.

Majority ?

which survery ?

and so what ?

You could say that a Majority only want books by Jamie and Nigel, so why do we bother publishing less popular titles .

One of the advantages of digital printing is that you can keep very niche books in print, if you are on the ball. Which is an advantage for the publisher, author, distributor and reader.