RTE Digital Radio - 2xm, Choice, Gold, Junior, News, Sport

jb91

I've just seen details of these new DAB-only radio stations on Wikipedia and RTE's website. I hadn't heard anything about them before but Wikipedia says they all went on air on May 31st and some won't launch until "late summer".

RTÉ 2XM A sister station for 2fm playing Indie and Nu Metal.

RTÉ Choice Comedy shows, documentaries, vintage shows, music and international programming.

RTÉ Gold Classic tunes, based on 2fm's "Jukebox". I guess it'll be like an RTE version of Q102 or Beeb R2.

RTÉ Junior Exactly what it says on the tin

RTÉ Digital Radio News Radio 1's news updates on a loop.
Audio from Six One and The Nine O'Clock News :eek:

RTÉ Digital Radio Sport Radio 1's sports updates on a loop.

2xm should be great - a music station without R&B, Dance or Colm and Jim Jim . But I doubt kids/teenagers will touch anything with "junior" in it with a barge poll :rolleyes: . And are "Digital Radio News" and "Digital Radio Sport" the best they can come up with?!

Sounds alright though.

Kwekubo

According to the RTÉ Digital website the News channel, 2XM, Junior and Gold have gone live for Dublin/Leinster. They're keeping quiet about it though.

jb91

But they put it on the internet anyway

Liam Byrne

Is the name "RTE Choice" a deliberate attempt to piggyback on the excellent Choice FM from last year, I wonder ?

copacetic

there was a press release about the new channels on Wednesday and practically every newspaper did a story on it over the last 3 days, so hardly 'keeping it quiet'
There are also 2 or 3 other threads on here about it.

http://www.rte.ie/about/pressreleases/2007/0613//dabtrialjune07.html

RTÉ announces details of 6 new trial DAB digital radio stations

RTÉ today (12 June 2007) announced details of six new trial digital radio stations, designed to bring wider choice to listeners on digital radio.

As part of its DAB digital radio trials, RTÉ introduced four new services this week with a further two in development for transmission later this summer.

RTÉ Junior is pop radio for children from twos to teens as well as for young parents. Predominantly music, RTÉ Junior is programmed around a child's day and broadcast daily from wake-up to bed-time (7am to 9pm).

RTÉ Gold is a classic hits service capturing the very best of music from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s.

RTÉ Digital Radio News: Provided by RTÉ News and Current Affairs RTÉ Digital Radio News is a rolling news bulletin station, with all of the top national and international news stories at the touch of a button provided by RTÉ News and Current Affairs.

RTÉ 2XM is designed to be the station of choice for students and young adults, specialising in playing new music first.

Later this summer the following two new trial services will go live:

RTÉ Digital Radio Sport: Provided by RTÉ Radio's sports department RTÉ Digital Radio Sport is a rolling sports bulletin station, with all of the top national and international sports' news stories at the touch of a button.

RTÉ Choice will bring listeners a day-time choice of comedy, documentaries, vintage shows, music, international programming and well known presenters broadcasting at alternative times.

Managing Director of RTÉ Radio, Adrian Moynes, welcomed the trial stations saying;

"DAB digital radio represents a great opportunity to extend what we offer to listeners. We hope that listeners on digital radio will enjoy these 6 new trial services and will work with us to develop and improve them"

"RTÉ is already working with the radio industry and with regulatory bodies to explore this exciting new technology which we believe represents the future for Irish radio"

RTÉ's six new DAB-only radio stations are available to anyone living in the Greater Dublin and North East coast area who owns a DAB digital radio. The six services will remain on public trial until November 2007.

Ends

Date: Tuesday, 12 June 2007

For further information: Sarah Martin, Senior Press Officer, RTÉ Radio, Tel: 01 208 2312 / 087 750 1850, Email: sarah.martin@rte.ie

Note to Editor:

DAB Digital Radio is the latest form of radio technology. DAB stands for: Digital Audio Broadcasting

Four of RTÉ's six new DAB-only radio stations are currently on trial in the Greater Dublin and North East coast area of Ireland and a further two will be on air shortly. 36% of Ireland's population can listen to the tests of RTÉ's prototype stations if they buy a new digital radio set.

As the trial is testing content and programming RTÉ's new digital radio services will be evolving over the coming months.

DAB Resources:

www.rte.ie/digitalradio RTÉ Radio's digital radio website

www.digitalradio.ie digitalRadio.ie's website

www.drdb.org The Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB) in the UK

www.digitalradionow.com The DRDB's consumer website

www.worlddab.org DAB around the world

What is Digital Radio?

Digital Radio means more stations, more choice and more content for listeners.
New DAB digital radios feature sleek design and are available in a huge variety of types (nearly 300)
Easy to use
Push button stations - no twiddling
Pause & rewind on some radios, soon digital radios will also have a record function
Clearer sound
Most DAB digital radios also receive FM


What is the difference between DAB and digital radio?

DAB is a new form of radio technology that requires a DAB radio set or DAB player.

Digital radio is a generic term referring to all forms of digital radio listening including cable, satellite, digital radio via DTT, DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale) and DAB digital radio.

10 REASONS TO SWITCH ON TO DAB DIGITAL RADIO;

1. More choice & more content: DAB digital radio, the latest radio technology, means that Ireland should soon have a range of new radio stations. People who buy a DAB digital radio set will have greater choice with specific stations for different listeners' tastes. RTÉ Radio is already trialling four new services and two further trial services will go live this summer.

2. No hiss or crackle: DAB digital radio means interference free listening in digital quality sound. There's no hiss, crackle, or pop, no fading, no overlap, just great radio all the time.

Digital radio doesn't suffer from the annoying background noises which can spoil FM and medium wave broadcasts. With digital radio you get more robust reception and clear sound all the time, provided you remain within the coverage area.

3. Easy to use - no tuning: What's the frequency of your favourite FM radio station? You'd be surprised how many people know the name of their favourite FM radio station but can't actually find it on the radio dial. With DAB digital radios there are no frequencies. Just choose the station you want by name from the text display screen. It's easy every time and you don't need to worry about getting lost. No more twiddling a dial or remembering frequencies and wavebands to get the best reception.

4. Multimedia fun: Have you ever heard a song on the radio and wanted to know who it is by or what it's called, or tuned into talk radio and wanted to know what the programme is about or who is speaking?

Digital radio sets have a small screen which carries information about the programme you're listening to. This may be the name of the presenter, the guests, the name of the track currently being played, email addresses, details of the next programme, up-to-the-minute sports results or competition details. Some newer digital radios now even display album covers of the songs being played on the screen.

Some stations also scroll news headlines and other up-to-date information. It is planned that this service will develop even further in time, providing free, useful information and an electronic programme guide (EPG) to make listening to digital radio an even better experience.

The next step is music downloads - listen to a song on DAB radio, press a button and have the song delivered to your DAB phone or radio. This is now available in the U.K.

5. Pause & Rewind: Imagine if the phone or doorbell rings when you're listening to your favourite radio programme; The 2fm Breakfast Show with Colm and Jim-Jim, Drivetime with Dave Fanning on RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm's The Will Leahy Show in the afternoon. Now with DAB digital radio sets you can pause the programme and go back to it later.

6. Record: You know you'll be out this Thursday night and you'll miss your favourite radio programme. With some of the latest DAB digital radio models, you can record radio to a memory card. For the first time this puts you in control of when you listen to the radio. You can stop time, go back in time, or set a timer to record a future programme.

7. Free to Air: Unlike some digital television services, you don't have to pay to receive DAB digital radio stations. Once you've bought the product, you'll enjoy all the benefits of digital radio stations completely free of charge.

8. FM too! : Most DAB digital radios also receive FM so you can still listen to FM anytime you like and you've all the benefits of both types of radio listening.

9. All shapes and sizes - likely to start at €40: DAB digital radios come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colours (over 300 types) from in-car to kitchen radios to portable radios starting from about €40 each.

10. DAB digital radios look great! DAB digital radios all look great! There are even retro-designed digital radios in pastel hues that would look great in any room in the house, in the office or would make great gifts for friends or family.

Bard

Liam Byrne wrote:

Is the name "RTE Choice" a deliberate attempt to piggyback on the excellent Choice FM from last year, I wonder ?

I would have thought they got the idea for the name from BBC Choice, the defunct digital TV channel that became BBC Three.

I would also have thought that naming their digital radio stations more like the BBC's ones would have made more sense,- i.e.: RTÉ Radio 3, 4, 5, etc.

Ah well

byte

Maybe the names will change when they progress from "trial" status. Then again....

I agree that Radio 2, 3, 4, etc would make more sense, though maybe they want to seperate themselves from BBC (that's unlikely).

jb91

byte wrote:

Maybe the names will change when they progress from "trial" status. Then again....

I agree that Radio 2, 3, 4, etc would make more sense, though maybe they want to seperate themselves from BBC (that's unlikely).

I think creative names that attempt to describe the genre of the station are a much better idea than Radio 3, Radio 4 etc.

Maybe it applies more to TV than radio but with multichannel it will be a lot more interesting for each network's channels to have their own original identities (eg RTE Eolas, NewsTalk Plus or whatever) than the current TV style - RTE1, BBC1, ITV1, Sky1, Virgin1, ABC1 etc

projectmayhem

wonder if XM radio (american satellite radio company) would take notice of "2xm"...

radioman

jb91 wrote:

RTÉ Gold Classic tunes, based on 2fm's "Jukebox". I guess it'll be like an RTE version of Q102 or Beeb R2.

John - most boring voice on the planet - Clarke 24 hours a day?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

jb91

radioman wrote:

John - most boring voice on the planet - Clarke 24 hours a day?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

But it'll be on DAB so no one will hear it

windowcleaner

Mark McCabe talks about what to expect from 2XM here:

http://www.ireland.com/blogs/ontherecord/2007/06/15/hang-the-dj-as-2xm-cut-back-on-talk/

Hey, no john clarke!

jb91

windowcleaner wrote:

Mark McCabe talks about what to expect from 2XM here:

http://www.ireland.com/blogs/ontherecord/2007/06/15/hang-the-dj-as-2xm-cut-back-on-talk/

Hey, no john clarke!

He'll be on RTE Gold 24/7.

taung

I wouldn't be worrying about the names that RTE are putting on their new radio stations. Content is King.

But, for what it's worth, I agree with one the previous contributors that names which reflect the content/philosophy of the station are much more preferrable (and easier to market) than boring old RTE 1/2/3/4/......etc.

So, for a bit of fun, what should RTE's television stations be re-named to following their DAB radio station example?

RTE One -> RTE Pr íomh
RTE Two -> RTE USA & GAA

jimbo2007

Hi. I am new to this forum, but wanted to keep an eye on Irish media scene.

I wounder if anyone knows whether we will ever hear RTE's digital radio stations online? Thanks.

jb91

taung wrote:

So, for a bit of fun, what should RTE's television stations be re-named to following their DAB radio station example?

RTE One -> RTE Pr íomh
RTE Two -> RTE USA & GAA

Not RTÉ Amerigaa? Inspired by BBC America?

Radio|Man

jimbo2007 wrote:

Hi. I am new to this forum, but wanted to keep an eye on Irish media scene.

I wounder if anyone knows whether we will ever hear RTE's digital radio stations online? Thanks.

Yes, RTE will be streaming the new DAB services online from a date yet to be announced.

jimbo2007

Thanks for that. I shall give my verdict when it happens. However, I thought they were closing them down in November when the trial ends!

Cheers.

Lennoxschips

Currently listening to 2XM here...

http://www.rte.ie/smiletest/dab_2xm.smil

sudzs

jimbo2007 wrote:

Thanks for that. I shall give my verdict when it happens. However, I thought they were closing them down in November when the trial ends!

Cheers.

Closing which down????

The internet broadcast or the DAB??? :eek:

DMC

This trial ends in November, but RTÉ will, with all probability launch a full service by then. Just in time for Christmas.

Lennoxschips

Just like to say from what I've listened so far that 2XM piddles all over Phantom FM. But I'm sure it won't take long for RTE to fix that though.

More quality on the airwaves, has to be good for everyone.

Radio|Man

2XM re-runs the Electric Picnic coverage 24 hours a day until Friday

https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=10777

http://www.rte.ie/digitalradio/electricpicnic.html

copacetic

Radio|Man wrote:

2XM re-runs the Electric Picnic coverage 24 hours a day until Friday

https://www.reciva.com/index.php?option=com_cloud&action=station&stationid=10777

http://www.rte.ie/digitalradio/electricpicnic.html

was just about to post this!


MISSED THE ELECTRIC PICNIC?

Catch up with RTÉ 2XM's Picnic Basket

RTÉ Radio's new digital radio service, 2XM, is currently broadcasting
a unique, new catch up service, The Picnic Basket, online via
www.rte.ie/digitalradio

Running since the early hours of Monday morning until next Friday, 7
September RTÉ 2XM's Picnic Basket features selected live performances
from the three days of this year's Electric Picnic, so if you missed
out on a show or on the festival altogether then you get the chance to
go to the Picnic all over again, and again, and again, as the output
is repeated for the rest of this week.

RTÉ 2XM is a new digital radio service available on DAB digital radios
and online (for the period of the Picnic basket). More details can be
found at www.rte.ie/digitalradio and via RTÉ 2fm's website
www.rte.ie/2fm

SimonMaher

Lennoxschips wrote:

Just like to say from what I've listened so far that 2XM piddles all over Phantom FM. But I'm sure it won't take long for RTE to fix that though.

More quality on the airwaves, has to be good for everyone.

Cuts deep....a little part of me dies inside when I read posts like that

Simon

Lennoxschips

i wouldn't worry, rte proclaiming to the world about how they are going to play loads of "nu-metal" shows how out of touch they are!

nu-metal, that's like so 20th century dude

Radio|Man

Lennoxschips wrote:

i wouldn't worry, rte proclaiming to the world about how they are going to play loads of "nu-metal" shows how out of touch they are!

nu-metal, that's like so 20th century dude

Who said anything about Nu-Metal ?!

Wikipedia is so 20th century ...come to think of it....so is "dude" :cool:

nexd, ull b postin lik dis