Planet Rock is to be closed unless it can be sold (not likely as the current owners say they are selling it due to lack of listeners and the 'fact' that DAB is a dead medium before it gets going ) Link.

It's pretty much the only station that I listen to when I have access to DAB. I guess there just aren't enough aging rockers around to make it viable

 

I understand now why its closing

 

saw an article on this last week, something to do with costing 7m a year to provide the service and annual revenue was about 50% of this....

apparantly the company wants to push the "online" streaming media, which is now so common!!!

was a great station for jumping on the bed with a tennis racket (ooops i've said to much!!!)

 

yeah heard this today as well - real shame

 

Nooooooo

Its the foremost provider of Dad-Rock in the UK.

You will know what we mean when you get to 35, when you have decided you cant stick the charts, Hip Hop, R and B, Dub, Ambient, EMO, Techno etc.

Its like when you give up trendy clothes and wear whats comfortable.

 

Will be gutted if they do shut down - will have to actually get my CD's out and play them !

 

I got excited when I saw the thread title as I thought you were refering to:-

Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force's 1982 track "Planet Rock"

I'll close the door on my way out....

Nick

 

Another ageing rocker in mourning - I can't even get my CD's out...PlanetRock was so good I've got rid of them all

 

You guys have discovered Shoutcast, right?

I bought a DAB radio a few years ago - the sound quality, even in the one corner of the room where I could get a good signal, was so shockingly bad I couldn't listen to it. I took it back for a refund.

So, now I instead have a Squeezebox, and I get many, many more stations in quality which far surpasses that of DAB, and haven't looked back.

 

Links? The sound quality from our DAB is superb >>FM.

 

Never got into the dab concept myself

 

Have a DAB portable in the kitchen ( bought so the Mrs can listen to PR while doing the washing up ) and a seperates one with the main system. Sound quality on both is fine, much better than normal FM or a PC.

 

It was the best radio station in the UK without a doubt, however there are still dozens of similar stations on the net and Internet radio looks like the way things are going.

 

Got one of these DABs in the Kitchen, sound is good and in true Spinal Tap form, the volume goes up to 11 (which is one louder than ten)

I guess the preset to Planet Rock will now be useless