Category: General

yah wha gay?

yes, object based radio. Imagine you are listening to The Archers on Radio 4 and Kate has a birthday surprise (spoiler alert that is an actual future plot 29/09/2017). And as the surprise is been plotted we can choose to hear the relevant dialogue and soundscapes in that scene from the point of hearing in the plotters room, or we can choose to hear Kate’s point of hearing as she approaches the “SURPRISE!”.

While the plot is real the ability to opt between points of hearing is not yet a reality in The Archers. But as a technology it is something the BBC R&D folk are working on.

As part of the ORPHEUS project the BBC has made the first ever object orientated radio broadcast.

More details of how they are doing this new radio feature is documented on The Mermaid’s Tears.

Ideal for drama. Other possibilities would be sporting, like Cricket commentary, but not on LongWave! Last Night of the Proms but not on FM! Now where would you like to sit? Radio’s fly on the wall has arrived, what will we create with this HD immersive interactive technology for story telling and remixing sound at the listeners receiving end.

I can see this as a must for audio in a VR AR Mixed Reality space where a single track audio experience would be as flat as a mono 78rpm record with no b-side.

Update 15/09/2017: George Hook suspended from duties at Newstalk

Newstalk issued an unreserved apology for George Hook’s comments about rape on the station on Friday.

Managing Editor, Patricia Monahan said that comments made were “totally wrong and inappropriate and should never have been made.”

George Hook has apologised for his comments. He said:

“I wish to apologise unreservedly for comments I made about rape on my radio programme on Newstalk yesterday (Friday). It was unacceptable to suggest in any way that blame could be attributed to victims of rape. I apologise for the comments which caused hurt and offence, and for this I am truly sorry.”

Head of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Noeline Blackwell, called for editors and journalists to collaborate with the organisation after the controversial remarks by George Hook about a trial in Britain.

The death has been announced of former RTÉ TV & Radio Newscaster Don Cockburn.

Cockburn began broadcasting with RTÉ in 1958 and he retired in 1992.

RTE Newscaster Bryan Dobson is to move from flagship TV news (Six One) to flagship radio news (Morning Ireland).

Dobson who began his broadcasting career with Radio Nova in the 1980s started presenting the RTÉ Six One news in 1996.

He is no stranger to radio and morning Ireland as a twitter search will show. He has presented stints on Morning Ireland in August each year.

@donaloflynn Bryan Dobson. He's been presenting Morning Ireland this week

— Morning Ireland (@morningireland) August 26, 2010

Morning all. Your presenters today — Aoife Kavanagh and Bryan Dobson. You can watch/listen here http://bit.ly/bH5fS3

— Morning Ireland (@morningireland) August 8, 2011

Good Morning Bryan Dobson and Gavin Jennings present as we celebrate Katie's gold and hear from Richie Boucher on Bank of Ireland's results

— Morning Ireland (@morningireland) August 10, 2012

Bryan Dobson on Morning Ireland. Got the fright of my life. Thought I'd fallen asleep with the telly on and woke up terribly late.

— JK (@KJoanne) August 12, 2013

What time is it? Bryan Dobson is on #MorningIreland on #rteradio! Have I slept in?

— David Quinn (@DavidQuinn14) August 7, 2014

It's a reminder there's still a few weeks of summer left when you hear Bryan Dobson on Morning Ireland. And he's excellent.

— Ian Guider (@ianguider) August 5, 2016

The very best of luck to Mr. Dobson as he returns to radio full time!

see if you can spot Bryan in this Radio Nova poster.

will be popping up everywhere from September 2017

If you miss the sounds of those old giants of shortwave like VOA, Radio Moscow et al, here is a site to pump your cans with sounds of powerful stations that traded their international diplomacy in a currency that was measured in kilowatts by the hundred.

The Shortwave Archive is gathering old recordings of large and small, regular and wonderful radio stations of the 1.6 to 30MHz bands. Enjoy.

There has been no announcement from RTE about where to hear the All Ireland hurling and football finals this year.

since the mid 1990s RTE has rented transmitter space to broadcast our national games across the continent of Africa.

Last year’s All Ireland hurling final was broadcast from 1300-1700 on 15320KHz with an impressive 250 kW from South Africa.

update: 03/09/2017 game time. No sign of RTE on 31m or 19m markers are to last years locations.

September 30th to Oct 1st BBC Radio 1 will celebrate 50 years on air with a pop up station featuring previous and current presenter each hosting 1 hour.

from Gazette
Foo Fighters will kick off a month of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of BBC Radio 1.

The US rockers will perform in the station’s iconic Live Lounge, but from their own studio in Los Angeles, on September 1 to launch the special event.

Jay Z, Chris Martin, Miley Cyrus, Harry Styles and The Killers are also among those taking part in Live Lounge Month.

I was asked to do a set of 10 voiceovers for Declan Ralph on 90.3 NEAR FM – I was happy to oblige

Here is the promo #10