{"id":42576,"date":"2020-03-29T07:40:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T11:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=42576"},"modified":"2020-03-29T10:09:12","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T14:09:12","slug":"bbc-to-provide-free-dab-radios-to-over-70s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/bbc-to-provide-free-dab-radios-to-over-70s\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;BBC to provide free DAB radios to over-70s&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sony-DAB-Radio-e1585490845307.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42577\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sony-DAB-Radio-e1585490845307.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibc.org\/consume\/bbc-to-provide-free-dab-radios-to-over-70s\/5644.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IBC<\/a> via Tony Robbins)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>BBC Radio to provide free DAB radios to over-70s<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Radios to be given away due to isolation caused by coronavirus<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Broadcaster partners manufacturers, retailers and charity for giveaway<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The broadcaster\u2019s local radio unit will give away free DAB radio units to over-70s nominated by local listeners, as part of the BBC\u2019s Make a Difference campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The project is running across all 39 of the BBC\u2019s local radio stations in England, with partners &#8211; including Argos, Currys PC World, John Lewis &amp; Partners, Pure and Roberts Radio \u2013 setting aside thousands of radios to give away.<\/p>\n<p>The radios will be distributed by loneliness charity Wavelength, while manufacturer Duracell has agreed to provide batteries for free for the radios.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Hall, the outgoing director-general of the BBC, said: \u201cLocal radio is a lifeline at this time and has never been more important as a source of trusted local news and information, and also as a companion for people who are isolating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dMake A Difference is already having a huge impact right across the country with 28,000 thousand calls in just five days. It is offering support and practical solutions to people who have nowhere else to turn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want everyone who needs access to the radio to have it, that\u2019s why we\u2019re giving away DAB radios. I\u2019m proud we\u2019ve been able to coordinate this initiative with our partners who have been so generous in offering their resources.\u201d[&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibc.org\/consume\/bbc-to-provide-free-dab-radios-to-over-70s\/5644.article\">Click here to read the full article.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: IBC via Tony Robbins) BBC Radio to provide free DAB radios to over-70s Radios to be given away due to isolation caused by coronavirus Broadcaster partners manufacturers, retailers and charity for giveaway The broadcaster\u2019s local radio unit will give away free DAB radio units to over-70s nominated by local listeners, as part of the [&hellip;]<\/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":[56,3],"tags":[104,8312,8358,2478,309],"class_list":["post-42576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-bbc","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19","tag-dab","tag-ibc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-b4I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41579,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/more-bbc-mediumwave-closures\/","url_meta":{"origin":42576,"position":0},"title":"More BBC Mediumwave Closures","author":"Thomas","date":"January 13, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source BBC Blog via Mike Terry) By Kieran Clifton Director, BBC Distribution & Business Development In my\u00a0blog posted in the summer of 2017, I explained the BBC\u2019s plans for local radio and the reasons for the closure of some of our medium wave transmitters - which happened in January last\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mediumwave&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mediumwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mediumwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28501,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/nasb-digital-radio-mondiale-delivers-at-ibc-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":42576,"position":1},"title":"NASB: &#8220;Digital Radio Mondiale Delivers at IBC 2017&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"September 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 (Source: National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters\u00a0Facebook Page) Digital Radio Mondiale Delivers at IBC 2017 Participants in the four DRM events organised at IBC by Gospell, Thomson Broadcast, Nautel and Ampegon between 15th-17th of September have had an insight into a wide range of DRM activities, from big projects in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NASB-DRMRadios.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NASB-DRMRadios.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NASB-DRMRadios.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/NASB-DRMRadios.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27556,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/bbc-to-shut-down-13-medium-wave-transmitters\/","url_meta":{"origin":42576,"position":2},"title":"BBC to shut down 13 medium wave transmitters","author":"Thomas","date":"August 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio Today UK) Ten BBC local radio stations will lose at least one AM transmitter in January 2018 as part of the BBC\u2019s Delivering Quality First plan. 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