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Published 30 June 2023
How the new VHF-FM broadcasting system will benefit you – and how to tune in
Published 16 June 2023
The BBC gets its response to the Pilkington Committee in early
Published 23 December 2022
Part five of a brief technical history of broadcasting in Britain
Published 16 September 2022
Giving the BBC’s wavelengths to commercial radio doesn’t create competition, it just makes a different monopoly, says Ian Trethowan
Published 15 August 2022
BBC Technical Information maps of VHF and MW transmitters
Published 24 May 2022
Your cut-out n’ keep guide to tuning into the three BBC FM services – some now in stereo! – in the UK
Published 15 April 2022
A trip to Kingswood Warren to see how the BBC Research Department is keeping ahead of technological developments
Published 20 December 2021
A new idea in Independent Local Radio – broadcasting different things on AM to what’s on FM
Published 6 August 2021
The BBC looks back at a momentous year for technology and broadcasting
Published 8 July 2010
What can really be said about the decision to abandon the 2015 date for digital radio switchover, other than, it’s rather sensible?
Published 1 July 2009
If we’re keeping DAB, we need to upgrade it to use modern codecs. But why not skip all that and move the “radio space” to IP networks? However, you can’t do that until there is a national broadband infrastructure that will need a lot more than copper-based 2Mb/s. So until then, maybe keeping FM is the thing to do…