RTE 567khz to be axed
RTE press release on MW cut off dated today http://url.ie/8ag UK Irish / Maritime community Note: LW252 carries considerably further than MW
RTÉ plans to axe Radio 1’s medium wave 567Khz service on 24 March 2008. expect a big backlash. 1278khz 2FM had none.
no mention of DRM and the trials that RTE did on DRM. This looks like they increased the licence fee but after 82 years think that the fuel bill is too high. DRM has a fuel saving of over 75% on AM alone.
March 25th 2008 new AM pirate radio service to start broadcasting on 567Khz. you heARD it here first
according to my calcs rte with 50% listenership and 85% national daily radio listenership of all radio in Ireland and 10% of radio 1 listeners not on FM (RTE figure) and Ireland population = ~4M it will only affect 170,000 radio sets.
October 31st, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Given that RTE Radio 1 is no longer broadcasting on 567KHZ AM, is the frequency to be used by another radio station?
October 31st, 2008 at 9:30 pm
if the question is, Can it be used by another station the answer is YES. RTÉ NL would lease it AFAIK, they did plan to lease it to UCB according to a UCB national AM service licence application they gave to the BCI. UCB failed in winning the licence and the winner is not using RTÉ NL or 567khz or Tullamore site and are not yet on air. What RTÉ NL do & don’t do is up to them, these are just my learned thoughts on the prospect of re use. The power allowance and DRM on this frequency could server Antrim to Ankara.