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15/05/12 - 12:09
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They won't find that extra revenue from advertisers by "going stereo" so it makes commercial sense to stick to the present 80k, which satisfies most DAB listeners (as they have mono portables).

Most indeed, but remember the outcry when Absolute 80s dropped to mono for a few weeks. TIML soon relented and acquired some space from BFBS to restore stereo for that station. (That space is then used for Absolute Radio Xtra's concerts in the summer)
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15/05/12 - 14:42
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Of course. But from the listener's perspective there is also a cost in "going stereo" as we will either need to listen on a smartphone, which incurs data costs for most people, or buy new equipment to listen to the online or satellite feeds on our home hi-fis. So there is a disincentive to listen to Jazz FM if doing so involves either reduced quality or higher cost.

Or by a personal DAB radio and listen for free. It's about time the DAB enabled version of the Samsung Galaxy was made available in the UK. Then you'll get the best of both worlds!
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15/05/12 - 14:49
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Or by a personal DAB radio and listen for free.

But only in mono, which doesn't sound so good on headphones.
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15/05/12 - 15:58
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There seems to be quite a online campaign building to get Amazing Radio back on UK airwaves on Facebook and Twitter...

https://twitter.com/#!/SaveAmazingDAB

And a online petition you can sign...

http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/saveamazingdab
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radiogeek1 wrote: »
There seems to be quite a online campaign building to get Amazing Radio back on UK airwaves on Facebook and Twitter...

https://twitter.com/#!/SaveAmazingDAB

And a online petition you can sign...

http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/saveamazingdab

Amazing Radio 4 hours ago on Twitter:
We're still broadcasting online & on mobile apps. We're just not on DAB now. We hope to be back & we're blown away by your support. Thanks.

A response from Arqiva added to this blog:
http://itsallhappeningmusic.blog.com/save-amazing-radio-on-dab/
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15/05/12 - 21:57
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Admiral as it was to have Amazing radio on national Dab, to me it never really seemed to belong on national dab as it stands at the moment, maybe if it was dab+ with more slots on offer at cheaper rates yes, you could have a much wider spectrum of stations on there, but it isnt, there are only a few slots and national carriage costs are high, amazing as well as premier are a bit of a hang over from when D1 was left empty by the axing of all the gcap stations and the closure of the mobile tv stuff, desperate to fill the network and with dab looking to totally close fail in the uk outside the BBC we ended up with a whole list of stations coming and going on D1, fun kids, punjabi, NME, bird song, UCB & Premier, many tempted on with temporary contracts, with DAB seemingly getting a bit more popular ( or at least seeming to have a future now) it was only a matter of time before some of these remaining stations started to vanish, hopefully amazing will come back on some local or regional mux's like NME & punjabi did.. Somebody will take that space up soon enough I'm sure, if not already..
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17/05/12 - 14:21
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Amazing Radio has posted an open letter to the radio and music industries including:

"Amazing Radio did not go off the air because our model failed. We have been growing very rapidly for two years and broke even in January. We have very supportive shareholders who understand that we have a long term, very audacious plan to reinvent the music industry. We are about to raise $30m in Silicon Valley to expand internationally and in the UK. Transmissions ceased because we were unable to secure acceptable terms for an extension of our contract. We could not close a US funding round with uncertainty about our UK broadcasting licence. We remain grateful to Digital 1 for taking a risk with us when we launched in 2009, and we hope to resolve the dispute and get back on the air."

Full letter here, also has some other recent entries in support of the station:
http://blog.amazingtunes.com/
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I found Amazing to be a brilliant concept, but spoilt by endless inane chatter from the presenters, so hit the "off" button.

Pity, because it was, with Sports Extra, perhaps the only reason for having DAB in the first place. Can't see DAB lasting much longer, unless it "gives away" the frequencies.

DAB - technological fail?
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only just found out today its a shame its gone but i hope they put birdsong back on till some one uses the slot.
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23/05/12 - 20:52
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Last time I listened to 'Test A' Digital One had changed it into some sort of justification / exoneration for the decision to remove Amazing. They must be feeling a bit guilty about something.
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30/05/12 - 17:46
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Webpage up this afternoon saying that Digital One have invited them to re-apply for the slot and seeking listener support:
http://www.saveamazingdab.com/
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MikeBr wrote: »
Webpage up this afternoon saying that Digital One have invited them to re-apply for the slot and seeking listener support:
http://www.saveamazingdab.com/

What has changed since they disappeared from D1?

Are they now saying that they accept the new Arqiva terms and conditions or are they just hoping that no other applicant will accept them either?
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01/06/12 - 11:01
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What has changed since they disappeared from D1?

Are they now saying that they accept the new Arqiva terms and conditions or are they just hoping that no other applicant will accept them either?

There may have been movement on both sides, there's been no statement about what has changed.

Paul Campbell confirmed in a long blog post yesterday, giving the story of Amazing Radio and audio of the first two hours, that they have submitted an application to get back on the multiplex:
http://blog.amazingtunes.com/news/amazing-radio-three-years-of-shivers

Paul Eaton of Arqiva has confirmed to the SaveAmazingDAB campaign that the application will be given serious consideration. The campaign has presented them with a petition with 3500 signatures in support of the station.

Facebook link (not sure whether it's public for non Facebook account holders):
http://www.facebook.com/SaveAmazingDab/posts/329302247140118
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01/06/12 - 12:35
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What has changed since they disappeared from D1?

Are they now saying that they accept the new Arqiva terms and conditions or are they just hoping that no other applicant will accept them either?

It's not clear. I'm not sure how the Save Amazing Radio website can say that no other applicants will be as distinctive as Amazing when they've no idea (presumably) who those applicants are.

3,500 signatures certainly doesn't suggest a 6Music like groundswell of popular opinion.
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01/06/12 - 13:08
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I'm not sure how the Save Amazing Radio website can say that no other applicants will be as distinctive as Amazing when they've no idea (presumably) who those applicants are.



I'm not aware of another UK station that plays purely new music that is uploaded by the artist to the stations website. www.amazingtunes.com. Distinctive it that respect.
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13/07/12 - 13:47
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A simulcast of the Absolute Radio Extra closedown message is now being broadcast on the former Amazing Radio DAB frequency :confused:
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Ray Cathode
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A simulcast of the Absolute Radio Extra closedown message is now being broadcast on the former Amazing Radio DAB frequency :confused:

Do you mean that one 64kbps stream is broadcasting an Absolute Radio Extra closedown loop but with access from two different SIDs (AbsRExtr & Test A)? (Test A having been Amazing Radio). If so it's been like that for a while and it's not really a simulcast.

AbsR90s has its own stream now (used to share with Extra). The D1 mux is completely full and the former Amazing Radio capacity is the only available source for a closedown message. Mono rules OK (only 4 joint stereo services on D1)
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Thanks for explaining it to me. Will Absolute Extra have to pay to use the old Amazing capacity to broadcast the closedown message? Write a continuation forum convo where a user types out the message, and after the end a reversed sound is played, then 7 seconds silence then "it starts all over again, like Groundhog Day, One more thing HOW THE HELL ARE THEY HIJACKING TEST A LIKE THIS"