According to the infographic below that appeared on RadioToday EON Sports Radio will be on air from July in all markets!
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Good to see the local station get the #1 spot!
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EON Sports Radio to launch Wednesday 20th July according to their webpage.
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would EON use their own multiplex, or lease it from someone else. As I see they will carry the 7 Rio Live pop up channel for the Olympic Games, would it be leased from SCA?
Well ARN, Nova Ent and SCA all have space nationally, so it could be any of them. EONâs ownership would point to SCA, given that the other EON owned stations on the Sunshine Coast are still seemingly operated by SCA, and take their content/branding.
That said, SCA are the most stretched on bandwidth - they already canât get all their stations on air nationally, so I canât see them dropping other ones. Unless itâs simply that Kinderling only had a year long deal, and would be dropped for EON?
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would EON use their own multiplex, or lease it from someone else.
[/quote]They will have to lease it from someone else as they donât own their own DAB+ bandwidth.
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Sunshine Coast are still seemingly operated by SCA, and take their content/branding
[/quote]Operated fairly independently of SCA, but yes, do take just about all of their national programming.
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That said, SCA are the most stretched on bandwidth - they already canât get all their stations on air nationally, so I canât see them dropping other ones.
[/quote]SCA already dropped The Range in Melbourne to make way for Kinderling, so I see no reason why they wouldnât drop another station to make way for EON - especially since they would get money for it and SCAâs own DAB+ station arenât monetised yet.
That said, the additional income could justify the purchase of the additional equipment required to make use of their unused bandwidth on the âotherâ multiplex in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
Nova and ARN are also just as equally stretch on bandwidth - both having no space let in some cities.
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Unless itâs simply that Kinderling only had a year long deal, and would be dropped for EON?
[/quote]I doubt this would be the case. Kinderling has been a huge success so they would be unlikely to let it disappear from DAB+.
I too would agree that SCA are the most likely provider of bandwidth.
There are a few promo articles on the website for one of the EON Sports programs, The Punters Show, that state EON will be using the ARN digital platform. Who knows if itâs right?
http://www.puntersshow.com.au/news/latest-news/punters-show-saturday-morning-radio
The Canberra and Darwin trials have been extended until 30 June 2017.
The answer is probably obvious, but why donât they just make DAB+ in Canberra and Darwin permanent already?
@Moe may have the answer, but I believe that there is a legislative reason why they keep extend the trial
Correct, just as there is no legislative provision for regional areas yet since report into digital was released last year.
I donât listen to Easy on DAB+ much, but from what I hear, as well as looking at their playlist on their RadioApp site (at least when viewed through an iPad/iPhone), they seem to sound a bit more contemporary than Smooth. They also play a few more older hits (ie. 60s, 70s & 80s) that Smooth donât play.
EON Sport Radio test loop on air in Sydney on the 9B Multiplex at 24kbps.
Is it just where I live but is it harder to pick up the ABC & SBS digital stations? I ask this because I got a digital radio last week and was able to pick up all the commercial digital stations quite easily but found it much harder to pick up ABC & SBS stations.
I live in an area with full DAB reception and can listen to the commercial stations fine without dropout. However, the reception for ABC & SBS stations is extremely patchy for some reason.
Also on air in Melbourne on 9B Multiplex at 24kbps.
This supports previous information that ARN would be the provider of bandwidth.
24kbps monoâŚI think that very well might be the lowest bitrate station thatâs been on Sydney DAB+ so far!
Wondering which city you live in? The commercial stations and ABC/SBS transmit from different TV towers in most places. Itâs possible that youâre in the shadow of the ABC/SBS signal where you live. Is it the same when you move away from your home?
Incorrect. The DAB signals all come from the same towers.
In some areas though, for example western Sydney, the ABC/SBS is running at a lower power since they have not invested in rebroadcasting their signal from all the sites that the commercial stations have. In these sites the ABC/SBS still has to transmit to prevent interference, but it does so at a much lower power.
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Who pays for this?
In Melbourne, national broadcasters are on the BA tower, commercials on the TXA. The only main site Iâm aware of where all three multiplexes arenât co-sited.