ez guys, sorry to sound like an incompetent & misinformed idiot. But what is the diff between a Community License and say, a regular license? Is it just the area they can broadcast in/reach?
Mister Sloane answered this near the top of this page.
ez guys, sorry to sound like an incompetent & misinformed idiot. But what is the diff between a Community License and say, a regular license? Is it just the area they can broadcast in/reach?
okay thanks!, just wondering though, does that mean it will finally become stereo aswell if it is granted a community license?
How is the digital switchover going to affect the smaller pirates? Are there still lots of smaller pirates or not? There used to be loads at the height of jungle, 2-step and grime. Is this still the case? Just wondering, because it really interests me, I love radio pirates! But I've been out of the loop for a few years.
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ez guys, sorry to sound like an incompetent & misinformed idiot. But what is the diff between a Community License and say, a regular license? Is it just the area they can broadcast in/reach?
All the UK's national radio stations and many local services will stop broadcasting on analogue by the end of 2015, according to ambitious switch-off targets unveiled by the government today.
The Digital Britain report, published today, said announced a "Digital Radio Upgrade" that would see services on national and local digital audio broadcasting (DAB) multiplexes stop broadcasting on analogue.
Vacated FM spectrum will be filled by a new tier of ultra-local radio consisting of small local commercial and community stations. Radio stations currently broadcasting on medium wave will upgrade to DAB.
Will goin legit impact on DJs who play tunes with uncleared samples?
The license petition is very uninformative, it doesn't say anything about what license? I doubt a community one would do for them because legally it's only supposed to be a 5km radius although that can often go further e.g. resonancefm
I've just found OFcom invitation which says there 4 new licenses being issued. When the community licenses were handed out initially in '04 there were at least 20 other community groups who didn't get a license. Rinse would have to compete with them and it's unlikely they'd be chosen.
A lot of them haven't been online that long have they, Rinse included. I remember it used to be someone running a server with a load of radio cards that may or may not be tuned in properly.I was never a fan of pirates going online - thought it destroyed the locale-specific mystique and creative force.
Dunno, but I remember as far back as 2005 (chills!) mcs giving shout outs to listeners from Australia and such, and I didn't really like that. Too wide!
And believe me, it still is very much hermetic despite its global access. All those genres and DJs are still not anywhere as big in any other place in the world as they are in LDN.