Posted on August 6, 2009 by by valerirojas

For the first time ever in the history of Australia’s commercial radio broadcast. Australian commercial radio broadcasters and the public service broadcasters will actually work together to celebrate the new era of digital radio in this country.

Today thursday 6th of August – more than 40 different radio stations will hold a simultaneous outside broadcast in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide to promote digital radio. “did you notice Canberra was not included..?”

“The event billed as “Radio United” will see the highly competitive commercial sector broadcasting side by side with their commercial counterparts and public service broadcasters to promote the benefits of digital radio.”

Each city location will have a digital radio “Listener Post” where digital radio manufacturers: Roberts, Sangean, Yamaha, iRiver, Bush, Revo, Grundig and Pure will showcase a range of digital radios and enable listeners to hear and see digital radio on a variety of different receivers.  A fully fitted out car featuring a digital radio adaptor will also be on site in each state.

Kick off time:

From 5.30 am – 9.00 am in central city

Locations:

Sydney – Martin Place,
Melbourne – Federation Square,
Brisbane – Reddacliff Place,
Adelaide – Victoria Square and
Perth – Forrest Place.”

More details digital radio

So what is so good about digital radio?

Apart from the high sound and signal quality, digital radio offers some of the following features:

• Clearer sound and improved reception
• Extra features such as extra channels, pause and rewind radio, downloadable music, more details about the advertised product, slideshows, scrolling text, Electronic Program Guides, updated news, sports and racing information. Just to name a few
• Extra channels potentially doubles the number of commercial stations
• Tuning by station name, not frequency, making it easy to find favourite stations
• A wider choice of shows and program highlights better meets the needs of niche audiences

So go out there and enjoy the sounds of digital radio….

I do wonder why Canberra doesn’t have any digital radio transmission, anyone knows the answer?

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