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BBC 6Music: Common sense prevails

 
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:23 am    Post subject: BBC 6Music: Common sense prevails Reply with quote

Well, at last the BBC Trust has done something sensible by slapping down the corporation's senior management in its proposal to close 6Music.

Wonders never cease!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10507286.stm
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's good news indeed, but spare a thought for BBC Asia's listeners, that's still facing the axe.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:44 am    Post subject: Re: BBC 6Music: Common sense prevails Reply with quote

ColinB wrote:
Well, at last the BBC Trust has done something sensible by slapping down the corporation's senior management in its proposal to close 6Music.

Wonders never cease!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10507286.stm
Sorry Colin ...didn't see this before I posted about it in the radio section. Embarassed
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lord Evan Elpuss wrote:
That's good news indeed, but spare a thought for BBC Asia's listeners, that's still facing the axe.
Yes, that is a shame.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is very good news and also agree about the aisian network although i never tuned in.The trust has said that more should be done for the aisian population re radio
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What is now required is a vast improvement in the engineering standards of DAB in order that more people can receive 6Music properly. At the moment, the reception quality of 6Music is dire across much of the UK.

DAB uses compressed, high-frequency transmissions that are not only highly directional but can't reliably penetrate building structures. We shouldn't be forced over from analogue FM (in the case of stations like BBC Radios 1-4 and local services) to DAB until these issues have been fully resolved.

Will the piggies learn to fly first, one wonders?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not only that but also until all parts of the UK can recieve DAB. At present there are still some parts where it's unavailable.
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lord Evan Elpuss wrote:
Not only that but also until all parts of the UK can recieve DAB. At present there are still some parts where it's unavailable.


That's what I was implying when I wrote "At the moment, the reception quality of 6Music is dire across much of the UK".

But, yes, you're right. It's an appalling situation that has been driven by political expediency (a government wanting to free up airspace in order to maximise the potential for the sale of bandwidth to the highest bidder) and which is unacceptable.
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