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Resonance FM awarded 5 year license

This is fantastic news!
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Spread the word! :cool:
 
Where exactly in London does Resonance broadcast to on FM?
We broadcast in central London. Our transmitter is at London Bridge, and has a range of 5km (3 miles). This is an approximate figure only, and in some areas (such as Hackney and Brixton), the signal may be poor. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about this, as we are bound by OFCOM (the regulatory body for broadcasting in the UK) to limit our transmitter power, and thus its range.

www.resonancefm.com/faq.htm#RECEPTION
 
basher t said:
Where exactly in London does Resonance broadcast to on FM?
We broadcast in central London. Our transmitter is at London Bridge, and has a range of 5km (3 miles). This is an approximate figure only, and in some areas (such as Hackney and Brixton), the signal may be poor. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about this, as we are bound by OFCOM (the regulatory body for broadcasting in the UK) to limit our transmitter power, and thus its range.

www.resonancefm.com/faq.htm#RECEPTION
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I would like to add get an external antenna if poss and get it up as high as you can.
 
Divisive Cotton said:
Do you live in Dagenham?!
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Yes. I can get resonance rreally well on my Sangean multiband radio and my AOR 8200 widebander with an old 2 metre band dipole antenna and it's loud and proud. Slightly less good quality but acceptable reception in mono on the set top antennas. However, with my 1960s radiogram (which tops out at 105Mhz ) and my cheap and cheerful music centre Resonance reception is piss poor. Looking at a directional antenna for the future.
 
Congratulations Resonance people! Obviously can't hear it on FM up north, but I quite often tune into the internet stream. Also awarded today:

Ofcom said:
RadioReverb (Central and East Brighton): RadioReverb will provide a community radio service for the Central and East Brighton areas, focusing on the needs of the deprived Marine and Moulsecoomb wards and other underserved groups.

Colchester Garrison FM: Colchester Garrison FM’s target community comprises soldiers, their families and Ministry of Defence civilians in Colchester.

Spirit of Plymouth FM: Spirit of Plymouth FM will serve the Christian community of Plymouth.

West Hull Community Radio (West Hull): West Hull Community Radio will aim to provide a service to all of the community in West Hull.

Sound Radio (Hackney): This station will broadcast on AM and continue to target the diverse range of communities that comprise Hackney and East London. The station offers a schedule of multi-cultural multi-lingual programming with a backbone of English language community output.

Desi Radio (Southall): Desi Radio provides a community radio service for the Panjabi community in West London, including the different faith communities and nationalities, and people of all ages. It broadcasts on AM.
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However, 31 applicants were turned down for licences in the Greater London area due to limitations of frequency space, so those who have been licenced in the capital have done extremely well!
 
basher t said:
Where exactly in London does Resonance broadcast to on FM?
We broadcast in central London. Our transmitter is at London Bridge, and has a range of 5km (3 miles). This is an approximate figure only, and in some areas (such as Hackney and Brixton), the signal may be poor. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about this, as we are bound by OFCOM (the regulatory body for broadcasting in the UK) to limit our transmitter power, and thus its range.

www.resonancefm.com/faq.htm#RECEPTION
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great news, just heard, needless to say we will now be redoing our effing transmitter, better reception to follow folks.

Never has 'Radio Eros' been more needed.
 
chio said:
However, 31 applicants were turned down for licences in the Greater London area due to limitations of frequency space, so those who have been licenced in the capital have done extremely well!
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this is the downside, only the 3 pilot stations in london got a licence all the other who waiting to apply didn't get one :confused:

i like to think resonance was deserving but this is quite hard to understand.
 
DJWrongspeed said:
this is the downside, only the 3 pilot stations in london got a licence all the other who waiting to apply didn't get one :confused:

i like to think resonance was deserving but this is quite hard to understand.
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Well, I had a word with Feargal Sharkey about the MoD hogging useful bandwidth... he gave me an old-fashioned look.

Aren't the Met polis supposed to be giving up their chunk of the FM band? Have they already and I missed it?

Well done Resonance!
 
laptop said:
Well, I had a word with Feargal Sharkey about the MoD hogging useful bandwidth... he gave me an old-fashioned look.

Aren't the Met polis supposed to be giving up their chunk of the FM band? Have they already and I missed it?

Well done Resonance!
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The FM band runs from 87.5-108.0 MHz and there are no plans to extend it by taking frequencies from the police or other users. Everyone would have to get new radios!

It's extremely full in London; not only with London's own stations but with services from outlying places such as Slough, Basingstoke and Romford. It makes it extremely hard for them to find frequencies for community stations - Resonance itself suffers interference from BBC Radio Berkshire on 104.4.
 
chio said:
The FM band runs from 87.5-108.0 MHz and there are no plans to extend it by taking frequencies from the police or other users. Everyone would have to get new radios!
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But there used to be great chunks at the top of the FM section on the last FM radio I had that were quiet, or scattered pirates, or the Met.

That was years ago, though. These days I only listen to digital radio or the interwebnet.
 
I only get a decent signal on the interweb.

What I love is that all the local cabbies love the Reggae and I can go home and pick a show at random.

We need Resonance even more now since old Peely passed away. BBC6's Freak Zone, and BBC London's Shake Some Action offer some good ear-openers but Resonance still sounds like a people's station. Long may it live, and avoid going the way Kiss and XFM did when they became legit.
 
chio said:
no chance of that happening :)
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nothing has changed we will continue as we have always done, the legislation prevents us from ever being a purely commercial outfit.

THIS COMMUNITY RADIO IN ACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
great news
listening now

whoever was presenting the late breakfast show had a really really nice voice (was she Welsh?) as has the person on now
swoon :o
 
To be quite honest, I've found Resonance (as a listener) to be one of the finest real community radio stations in the country. It's licensed to serve just "artists" on and around London's South Bank, but its non-snobbish, inclusive approach has won it fans who don't fall under that remit at all - me, for one!

So many so-called "community" stations are set up by Dave Doubledecks types, arseholes with huge egos who like the sound of their own voice on the radio. Some are even acting like commercial stations through the back door, playing out slick jingles and ads but offering very little to the people of the area - we don't need yet another fucking "today's best music" channel! I was at one particular station not too long ago where the talentless wanker of a jock walked out of the studio, screamed at the news team (me and two others) that we were "fucking disrespectful arseholes" for using the internet to find a press release without asking and flounced back in again. Needless to say, he had no news team shortly afterwards.

But less of that rant, and more congratulations to Resonance, doing what community radio was created to do - providing something different!

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