Where is birdsong radio?

Question

I love listening to birdsong on the DAB radio - and Id love to know where it comes from!!

Answer 1

Its a recording made back in 1992 for test transmissions before classic fm was launched.

You can listen to a similar version online at http://www.birdsongradio.com/

Answer 2

Campaign to save birdsong on the radio

By Vikki Miller

Last Updated: 2:44am BST 07/04/2008

A radio station that broadcasts the sound of birdsong from a British country garden has become an unlikely hit.

Birdsong radio: Ten of the best on air

Half a million listeners so far have tuned in to the Birdsong station, with an increasing number choosing to wake up to the soothing sound every morning.

  

Listen: The most popular bird songs



The station has proved so popular the company behind it has bowed to public pressure for better sound quality and upgraded the recording.

An internet campaign has also been launched to keep the station on air, following fears it may soon be shut down and replaced by a commercial channel.

Listeners have stumbled across Birdsong while searching through the stations on their digital radios.

Starting at 6am every day and closing at midnight, the station plays a 20 minute-long recording of birds singing in chorus, which is repeated on a continuous loop.

One avid twitcher has noted 12 different types of bird, including the chirruping of a swallow and the scratchy warble of a spotted flycatcher.

The Birdsong station broadcasts on a slot once used by OneWord, a spoken-word station that closed down earlier this year.

There's more at the link.

-a guy named duh

Answer 3

why thumb Duh down, i think he gave a great answer

regards x kitti x

Answer 4

Check out this site:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Aud...

ET

Answer 5

The birdsong track was originally recorded to use as a test broadcast for Classic FM.  It is a recording lasting around 20 minutes.

Birdsong returned to the airwaves in digital form after the closure of the ITN news channel on DAB and labeled 'D1 Temp'.   D1 Temp was closed to make way for theJazz.  Birdsong came back to DAB radio follwing the closure of Oneword radio.