{"id":14130,"date":"2015-07-21T09:27:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T13:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=14130"},"modified":"2015-07-21T09:27:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T13:27:17","slug":"in-the-uk-digital-radio-is-not-always-well-received","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/in-the-uk-digital-radio-is-not-always-well-received\/","title":{"rendered":"In the UK, digital radio is not always well-received"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DAB\"<\/a>Many thanks to my buddy, Dan, who shares this article from the Daily Mail<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“It was supposed to be the technology that would transform the way we listen to the radio.<\/p>\n

But audiences condemned DAB \u2013 or Digital Audio Broadcasting \u2013 as a disaster yesterday because of the poor quality of the signal.<\/p>\n

They complained that it cuts out in the middle of broadcasts, while others claim the technology is already out of date.<\/p>\n

One even joked on Twitter that while we can now receive close-up photos of Pluto taken billions of miles away, he \u2018still can\u2019t get a good signal on DAB\u2019.<\/p>\n

DAB had been heralded as less prone to interference than AM or FM, but household appliances including microwave ovens, laptops, mobile phones and TVs have all been found to affect reception. Power lines and the weather can knock out digital signals, while signal strength can be reduced in built-up areas, in basements and inside buildings with thick stone or reinforced concrete walls.”<\/p>\n

Read more: http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-3168864\/Coming-loud-clear-gripes-digital-radio-Audiences-condemn-DAB-poor-quality-signal-cuts-middle-programmes.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to my buddy, Dan, who shares this article from the Daily Mail: “It was supposed to be the technology that would transform the way we listen to the radio. But audiences condemned DAB \u2013 or Digital Audio Broadcasting \u2013 as a disaster yesterday because of the poor quality of the signal. They complained […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1114,3781,3],"tags":[2478,2220,1584],"class_list":["post-14130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-modes","category-fm","category-news","tag-dab","tag-digital-radio","tag-fm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3FU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17264,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/sweden-again-rejects-dab\/","url_meta":{"origin":14130,"position":0},"title":"Sweden (Again) Rejects DAB","author":"Robert Gulley","date":"February 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Digital Radio FM Europe blog is reporting Sweden wants to keep FM radio: Parliament Confirms Rejection of DAB Radio in Sweden [updated] Public radio continues on FM and will push for extending its remit to include digital radio online. 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