Planet Rock
12 February 2008, 08:57 AM
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Planet Rock
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 
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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
) 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
13 February 2008, 01:52 PM
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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!!!)
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!!!)
13 February 2008, 06:31 PM
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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.
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.
13 February 2008, 07:44 PM
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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
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force's 1982 track "Planet Rock"
I'll close the door on my way out....
Nick
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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.
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.
16 February 2008, 08:18 AM
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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.
16 February 2008, 09:34 AM
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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.
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