DAB Radio...just say I wanted a programme that was airing in the north of england and I was living in the sout

Question

I want a radio station from the north, but I live in the south - can I tune it into my DAB radio - or do you have to be there to get it once, so it's in the radio's memory or something... I don't really know what I'm talking about, but could someone tell me how I could do this??

Answer 1

I thought the benefit of DAB was that you could listen to any station anywhere in the country, for example, Kerrang is a Birmingham based radio station, and when your on a normal radio you can only get it in the West Midlands, but it advertises that you can listen to it anywhere in the UK on DAB, although the only experites i have on radio is the decent stations, so there is a chance im wrong lol

Answer 2

You are very unlikely to receive it, most dab broadcast depends on a local strong signal

Answer 3

DAB radio is split into several different zones. The BBC stations you can access everywhere but some stations for example UCB only broadcast in part of the Midlands!

Unfortunatley you can't go there and put it in the memory and then keep it, I don't think it works like that (but i am not 100% certain).

The best thing I can suggest is maybe by checking out there website and see if there is a listen live feature!

Answer 4

I thought that DAB may allow you to hear programmes from across the UK but as has been suggested...most of the BBC stations are available nationwide but many commercial stations are only available in the same areas as they are heard on AM/FM and you need to live in that location or have a system if you are fortunate where you can hear neighbouring multi-plexes.

Some DAB is the same as the local output, others carry a centralised schedule from perhaps a service heard in a city like London.

Some stations can be heard in a few areas if they have managed to secure a space on that particular multi-plex but may not be available somewhere else.

You can access more radio stations via Sky's satellite platform than what's on DAB at present and as has been suggested you may find access via the net and the particular website of a station more successful.

There are some problems regarding DAB and the system adopted in the UK and other countries are already looking at an alternative more up to date system for the future.