Hopefully Triple J Illawarra’s RDS comes back too.
I wonder when Classic / Triple J Newcastle will get RDS?
2 Likes
Who knows 
With RT on their DAB+ service, why would they not consider it if their FM transmitters were capable of it or if funds were available to slowly roll it out?
I recall years ago hearing a story about some stodgy ABC FM purist complaining that
that RDS affected the purity of ABC Classic music & I think the RDS was stopped for a period of time. I don’t know where they were located, but that story goes back a while. Probably his receiving setup wasn’t the best or tuner wasn’t tuned well enough?
It would be the next logical place for it.
If someone tracks recent ABC FM transmitter replacements, then maybe
someone could make some guesses…???
2 Likes
Oh what a load of bullshit these audio purist nutcases go on with
With FM audio generally been hard limited to 15khz and RDS not beginning until up in the 50ish KHz they should go back to their CD’s where they have 22.05khz audio response 
7 Likes
Out around Dural in my travels, and in a good signal area for 95.7 Classic fm Illawarra. I can confirm that the AF to 92.9 Sydney no longer works with the different PI code used between Sydney and the Illawarra
Also 95.7 is using a higher RDS sub carrier for their RDS compared to Sydney. On 95.7 the RDS decodes even with a weak signal , whereas you need a strong clean signal for the full RDS decode of Classic fm Sydney.
I have not checked if Sydney and the Illawarra are still in sync, but now that is not required with the AF no longer working.
2 Likes
98.5 FM Perth new PS and a new RT message. Not sure if this is a permanent change or temporary for the stations 35 year anniversary.
2 Likes
Looks like a rebrand for 98five:
It’s like these “Christian” stations take a crash cause on how to look anything but religious.
2 Likes
Just came across an incorrect RDS song issue on Coast FM Gosford that @RFBurns may like to know about.
The Faith No More version of “Easy” was on a few minutes ago but the RDS credited the original version’s artist The Commodores.
Not sure if the issue is isolated to that song or whether it’s a systemic issue in relation of how it gathers the artist info?
1 Like
I’ll look into that, the RDS gets it’s song title/artist info straight out of Zetta, that’s what the track will be labelled as in the music library.
1 Like
Thanks! I’m assuming it’s most likely isolated to that song then, i haven’t seen it before.
1 Like
I’d imagine so
1 Like
@Radiohead I know you’re pretty good with songs & artists, but I have to ask, are you 100% that the Easy version played on Coast FM this afternoon was Faith No More version?
I haven’t checked the actual audio yet, I’ll check tonight on the logger too, but the Content Director checked & Zetta music log says it was the Commodores version that was played & the song is labelled correctly in the music library, the Faith No More version is in the music library under a different category to the one that was logged as being played by Zetta. The RDS log did show it as by the Commodores.
After missing for a few weeks, 96Five Brisbane’s RDS is back
2 Likes
Hi thanks for checking and following up.
I thought it was the Faith No More version, but i just had another listen to the Commodores version, and they do sound a bit more similar than i first thought. So i may have been mistaken possibly.
1 Like
Was the ‘EEWW’ drawn out and obvious (Faith No More) or understated (Commodores)? 
2 Likes
This is one of the worst examples of dynamic PS I’ve seen from 3MBS Melbourne:
If anyone here volunteers at or know someone who does, can you get them to fix this?
My OCD hates the fact that the preset title is incorrect.
4 Likes
Yuck! Simply Horrid.
Have you tried contacting them? Like an email to station?
2 Likes
Was down in the (rather picturesque) Tweed Valley over the weekend and noticed 100.9 ZZZ FM appears to have dynamic radiotext now. Messages alternated from the usual ZZZ FM Playing More Hits message with weather updates for Casino, Lismore and Byron Bay, as well as artist and title info. Seemed to work really well.
4 Likes
I OCD hates i98’s RDS the name as it has a space at the front, so it “ i98” so it sits wrong.
2 Likes
I think 2EC down at Batemans Bay has 2 or 3 spaces at the front so that it sits somewhat in the middle of the 8 character name field.
2 Likes
Here’s an RDS Spy snapshot of 91.7 6MM - The Wave Mandurah, WA below.
A couple of things to note.
1. The PI code has reverted back to 00A1.
I thought it originally had a PI code of 00A1 & then later changed to
PI of: 6917?
2. There’s a problem with the CT with regard to UTC offset. The UTC offset hasn’t been defined or has not been set correctly re display in RDS Spy.
@Informer do you have any info or feedback on this?
I am wondering if there’s some redundancy in 6MM’s transmitters or stereo RDS encoders? Perhaps one encoder has been established with PI code of 00A1 & the other with PI code of 6917?
3 Likes