Lots of us enjoy listening to the radio while working or driving, and the radio can be a nice source of background noise that helps us focus. However, it can be annoying when the music is constantly interrupted by presenters and adverts. Are there any radio stations in the UK that play non-stop music, with …
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The short answer to this question is no, Radio Luxembourg doesn’t exist anymore. It stopped broadcasting at midnight on 30 December 1992. Radio Luxembourg first launched in 1933 and, despite the name, broadcasting was mainly aimed at listeners in the UK. Radio Luxembourg offered a way to get around broadcasting laws in the UK, which …
France started using digital audio broadcasting (DAB) in June 2014, centred on Paris, Nice and Marseille. Since July 2017, the focus has been on upgrading to DAB+ for benefits that include lower transmission costs, reduced spectrum usage and a more robust reception quality. That’s again concentrated on the same areas initially, with further phases extending …
DAB radios used to be very expensive, with a basic digital radio costing over £100. Prices have fallen a lot in the past few years, and these days you can buy a new DAB radio for £20 or less. Obviously, the cheapest radios typically have lower build and sound quality. Nevertheless, there are some decent …
If you intend to take your DAB radio to Australia, the good news is that it will work, but only if it’s one of the newer models that has a DAB+ tuner as well as DAB. Most DAB radios also have an FM tuner and occasionally pick up AM stations too, so you will be …
If your radio has an aux input, you can connect another audio source such as an MP3 player, iPod or phone and play music from it through the radio’s speakers. This is particularly useful if the audio source doesn’t have Bluetooth and therefore can’t be connected wirelessly. In this article we’ll look at some of …
A remote control is a very useful feature for a digital radio to have, as it means you can control the radio from wherever you are in the room. If having a remote control is important to you, it can be difficult to sift through all the options and identify which have a remote and …
When the first DAB radios were released in the UK in the late 1990s they were very expensive, often costing over £500. It wasn’t until 2002 when Pure released the first sub-£100 DAB radio, the Evoke 1, that DAB radios became affordable for most people. Today, there is a huge choice of budget DAB radios …
Battery-powered radios are useful if you enjoy listening to the radio while walking around the house or garden. They can also be useful if you are travelling or going out for the day and won’t have access to a power supply. Instead of needing to plug the radio into the mains to power it or …
AM/FM radio is still very popular, despite the growth of DAB radio. Many people find AM/FM radio has better signal with less interference than DAB radio. Another advantage of AM/FM radios is that they are usually very easy to use, without lots of complicated features. They’re also less power hungry than DAB radios, so you …