so expect this to not affect the regular FM radio music log stations but my expections with this is that the DAB+ stations will be back on air within a couple of days maybe sooner
Agreed. They could Kix off the country station for one of those. 97.5 from Queanbeyan covers Canberra just fine. Buddha is a poor choice given that we already have SBS Chill. And I could also do without Snow FM, though this is a shrewd choice by Capital Radio to provide (s)hit with some competition.
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Though I wonder how many Canberrans know about SNOW on DAB (or on FM even).
Not many I suspect.
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This is not how any of it works.
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Yeah I knew I was going to get that wrong because the engineering process around the radio industry is not easy to explain so I apologize for that but please explain anything that I forgot with that
As a SCA Content employee I get to read lots of rubbish. Mostly comments on Radio Today. 
There’s a lot of it here too.
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and again i knew I was going to get that wrong so I am sorry about that but you’re right with the rubbish comment lol
and also I just edited some of my original post so it makes sense so my apologies for getting that wrong we all make mistakes from time to time
Just focusing away from my engineering blunder earlier just something else to point out kinderling kids radio is now gone from digital radio completely my personal guess is that ARN may program to air a disco skewed DAB+ station and title it KIIS disco
It will be interesting to see what ARN do next. Increase the bit rates of their other DAB+ channels, or launch a new station, or lease the spectrum to another organisation, similar to what Nova have done with Radio Maria in Sydney and Melbourne.
Do any of the Canberra stations operate error protection other than the usual EEP-3A?
Surely you’d go the full hog and call it DB Music complete with Rhythm of the City jingles…the imaging has been pre-prepared!
NB: There is a later 100 3DB Rhythym of the City logo, but I think for a DAB station losing the “3” might be more effective if the station is also to be streamed on other DAB multiplexes.
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Exactly and also there is a market for a disco skewed music log format but I think ARN would brand that type of a DAB+ radio music log station that ARN would program to air under the KIIS branding
Without discussing the merits of the KIIS brand, I wonder whether the legal settlement with the Melbourne narrowcast dance music station KISS FM would permit ARN to launch a disco / dance station with KIIS branding in Melbourne.
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Pure Gold Disco has a mad sound to it.
Imagine if they had Disco Fridays on their playlist!?
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Only radio enthusiasts care about DAB. It’s a giant waste of time and money, it hasn’t caught on and won’t catch on.
The future is FM and streaming. The government would be best long term to look at converting all metro stations to FM, have a proper re-allocation on FM. Leave AM radio for regional and long distance radio and shutter DAB. Streaming is becoming easier, cheaper and more widespread. Almost all new cars have Apple Car Play or Android, making it way easier with apps. And FM is still a great and clear way to listen to radio in most places in the country.
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If ARN were to ever launch a Disco station, I think you’d be far more likely to see it under the Pure Gold branding umbrella rather than the KIIS one.
Also, I reckon they may have given up the 32kbps previously used by Kinderling. As far as I can tell, ARN would’ve had to pay extra for those extra bits along with the 16kbps they’re currently using in addition to their allocated 256kbps on 9B.
Unfortunately, I think DAB+ in Australia will eventually go the way it has in Ireland. Ie, off air.
When the strongest argument for the continuation of digital terrestrial radio in this country is the ability to give broadcasters cheaper royalties for online stations, the future isn’t exactly looking optimistic. Really…with the bitrates as low as they are now, it can’t be long before some networks (particularly the FM ones) seriously consider whether to cease the DAB+ simulcasts of analogue stations!
While I agree with the idea of converting all AM stations in metropolitan markets to FM at some point in the future, how you can fit all existing AM stations on the FM band in and around metropolitan markets (particularly the three largest East Coast population centres where spectrum is most scarce) without having adverse affects on community radio?
I think any FM services from ABC Local Radio in the capital cities would only compliment the existing AM services, rather than replace them completely. 702, 774, etc. will either be on-air until the world ends or all radio becomes online-only, I think.
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Reallocations, shorter spacing. There are ways to fit the services in there. AM could remain for emergency, long distance/rural and perhaps even niche broadcasters.
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They bought an extra 64 kbps at auction at the end of 2009. This brought their total allocation in Sydney to 320 kbps.
Not sure who’s argument this is? 2.3 million people are listening to digital radio in Australia which proves it has been successful. New formats are popping up all the time. All stations are streaming on the RadioApp, or on the iHeartRadio, ABC Listen or LiSTNR apps. Streaming is a smart move by the radio industry to give consumers more listening options, particularly those living in regional areas that cannot access DAB+.
This is more a problem of demand and supply. There is simply not enough capacity available to have all stations broadcasting at 64kbs or higher. For example SCA have 13 stations. When more capacity is added then I think a lot of the stations will be broadcast at higher bit rates which will help to improve sound quality and reception issues.
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This will never happen. The ABA in 2001 completed the FM radio allocations and there are no more frequencies available in the metros for new high-powered services. The only way there will be more commercial services converting from AM to FM in the metros, is if some community radio stations relinquish their FM frequencies and broadcast in DAB+ only. It won’t happen.
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