Unlocking FM & AM in the Digital Radio Era
What does Ofcom’s Media Nations 2025 report reveal about the future of UK radio? Why is a full digital switchover unlikely anytime soon? How do […]
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Who Owns the Airwaves? Consolidation, Convenience, and the Quiet Displacement of Local Radio
A shift is underway in the UK’s radio landscape. It’s not one characterised by headline drama or overt controversy, but by the steady march of […]
Come On DCMS – It’s Time to Abandon Digital Switchover for Radio
Despite the expansion of digital radio services, analogue platforms such as FM and AM continue to play a significant role in the UK’s media landscape. […]
DAB Uptake – Ofcom’s Latest Review
The transition to digital radio has been promised in the UK for more than a decade, and still the resilience of analogue broadcasting demonstrates how […]
Introducing Leicester Emergent Arts Radio
It was announced on Friday 30th September that Leicester Digital Partnership CIC had won the bid to operate the new DAB multiplex for Leicester. Ofcom […]
Decentered Media 119 – Renaissance For AM Radio
Podcast: Play in new window
http://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Decentered-Media-Podcast-119-2022-03-24-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowAs we push for more media to be delivered on digital platforms, should we pause and think that we might be […]
Initial Observations on the DCMS Policy Paper – Digital Radio and Audio Review
These are an initial set of observations about the DCMS Policy Paper – Digital Radio and Audio Review This is an industry-led paper that has […]
Help Develop Leicester’s Small Scale DAB Multiplex Co-operative
In the next couple of weeks Ofcom will be announcing the locations they have chosen for the first bids for licences to run multiplexes for […]