BANDSCAN THREAD

radioguru02

JDxtra wrote: »

Hot FM 91.0 is off air in Dublin this evening.

Still online

JDxtra

It's back on now. Some sort of FM maintenance maybe.

tiswasfan

I imagine the person who started the rumour of raids must be laughing into their coffee at how quiet the FM band is, and has been for the past week or two. Comreg couldn't have done a better job.

Infoanon

tiswasfan wrote: »

I imagine the person who started the rumour of raids must be laughing into their coffee at how quiet the FM band is, and has been for the past week or two. Comreg couldn't have done a better job.

?? - once we went into phase 3 of reopening Comreg where back in action. It was apparent to all that 24 hour a day main steam broadcasting would not be continuing not to mention the financial losses being faced by the legals with the collapse in advertising.
Comreg don't rely on rumours and stations don't react to posters on boards.ie - no offence. Raids / legal letters etc is how Comreg operate.

tiswasfan

In the real world, pirate operators react to rumours hence the sudden disappearance of most stations (weekdays and weekend). I don't give a sh!te about how comreg operates the result is the same.

JDxtra

Pirate FM, Easy Radio and Club FM are all off FM for over two weeks now.

Hot FM have a previous history with Comreg yet have been able to continue broadcasting non-stop 24/7 (apart from one outage). There have been up to 10 adverts for small businesses running on the station.

radioguru02

JDxtra wrote: »

Pirate FM, Easy Radio and Club FM are all off FM for over two weeks now.

Hot FM have a previous history with Comreg yet have been able to continue broadcasting non-stop 24/7 (apart from one outage). There have been up to 10 adverts for small businesses running on the station.

Heard it this morning, plenty of ads
Certainly not the VO’s I would’ve chosen, but whatever

Declan A Walsh

JDxtra wrote: »

Pirate FM, Easy Radio and Club FM are all off FM for over two weeks now.

Hot FM have a previous history with Comreg yet have been able to continue broadcasting non-stop 24/7 (apart from one outage). There have been up to 10 adverts for small businesses running on the station.

Neither Retro FM or that station on 94.3, sometimes referred to as All 80s, have been on over the last couple of weekends either.

It's interesting how some businesses are advertising on pirates again. I think they could be heavily penalised for doing so.

JDxtra

pirateradiohed wrote: »

Heard it this morning, plenty of ads
Certainly not the VO’s I would’ve chosen, but whatever

Here's a recording. Hot FM have 12 different adverts running at the moment (run time = 5:41).

https://we.tl/t-Qdi1iaBOLi

end of the road

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Neither Retro FM or that station on 94.3, sometimes referred to as All 80s, have been on over the last couple of weekends either.

It's interesting how some businesses are advertising on pirates again. I think they could be heavily penalised for doing so.

mostely seem to be small businesses, probably unlikely to be able to afford the rates legals charge.

tiswasfan

Whoever has just plopped themselves on 99.5 should buy an FM radio to check who is already using the frequency a while now. DIXONs have a wide range of suitable radios I believe.

Infoanon

end of the road wrote: »

mostely seem to be small businesses, probably unlikely to be able to afford the rates legals charge.

Forgot to add that Comreg will also write to advertisers and advise of the substantial penalties they face for advertising on a pirate station.

Infoanon

Dance music has appeared on 99.5 this afternoon across Dublin

Declan A Walsh

Infoanon wrote: »

Dance music has appeared on 99.5 this afternoon across Dublin

Fresh FM, perhaps?

Infoanon

end of the road wrote: »

mostely seem to be small businesses, probably unlikely to be able to afford the rates legals charge.

Forgot to add that Comreg will also write to advertisers and advise of the substantial penalties they face for advertising on a pirate station.

JDxtra

Declan A Walsh wrote: »

Fresh FM, perhaps?

Not sure. Audio is mono with no RDS currently and no station IDs (that I heard anyways).

TheBMG

tiswasfan wrote: »

Whoever has just plopped themselves on 99.5 should buy an FM radio to check who is already using the frequency a while now. DIXONs have a wide range of suitable radios I believe.

I suspect this is probably an attempt to hold the frequency for one of Dublins oldies stations.

JDxtra

Very strong carrier now on 99.5. I presume the dance station is underneath it, but it is wiped out.

Update: carrier off now, back to the dance station. Fun and games.

JDxtra

The strong carrier on 99.5 now has the RDS "ENERGY" and radio text that says "ENERGY POWER AM".

Dipole Keith

JDxtra wrote: »

Very strong carrier now on 99.5. I presume the dance station is underneath it, but it is wiped out.

Update: carrier off now, back to the dance station. Fun and games.

The blank carrier on 99.5 is Energy Power Am that use that frequency at the weekend, They’ve started to play music now, the dance station is winning the battle in the Phoenix park, put it this way I can work out what both stations are playing.

tiswasfan

No sign of the dance station driving through Dundrum and Sandyford just mellow music and ENERGY on the radio display.

Rock Solid

99.5 Energy Am very strong in Tallaght area, much stronger than before, must be a different site, sounding well. A welcome change from what was on 99.5 all these years.

Infoanon

Unfortunately we have stupid going on - despite an abundance of pirate frequencies an Unid Dance station has appeared on a frequency in use 99.5 leaving an audio mess near the city centre / Kimmage / Rathfarnham / Woodtown

tiswasfan

The uniquely poor audio with mains hum draws suspicions as to the identity of the intruder who plopped down on the frequency.

Rock Solid

tiswasfan wrote: »

The uniquely poor audio with mains hum draws suspicions as to the identity of the intruder who plopped down on the frequency.

Yes very true, it's probably that dance station that's been moving around from 99.5 to 102.5 Too many LP operators out there not checking frequencys before they set up with bad swr ref and over modulating etc.

Declan A Walsh

I put on 99.5 yesterday evening on Ballinteer Road, near the M50, shortly before 8pm. Initially, I heard a song by Abba. Then, the dance station came in on top of it. As I drove towards Marley Park direction, the dance station got clearer and the oldies station disappeared. Close to Marley Park, the RDS displayed Storm NE, and the RDS information displayed Storm NE Oldies Music! I was away from the car for an hour or so and, when I put on the radio again, there was no RDS but the dance station was very clear. That is until I went near the M50 again, when there was interference. When I last heard it, I could make out another station coming in on it playing pop music.

fmfan

I am hearing on the grapevine that Wild Country 103.6 and DAB has been visited earlier today 103.6 off air at present.

radioguru02

fmfan wrote: »

I am hearing on the grapevine that Wild Country 103.6 and DAB has been visited earlier today 103.6 off air at present.

Can confirm this

astragte

fmfan wrote: »

I am hearing on the grapevine that Wild Country 103.6 and DAB has been visited earlier today 103.6 off air at present.

Yes they had a visit

castle2012

astragte wrote: »

Yes they had a visit

What dab? Dublin or nationwide? That's a pity they seem to have it for free dab