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 […]
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The thing that really draws us into radio often isn’t the music played or the information broadcast, it’s the personalities and voices of the DJs and presenters behind the microphone. The UK’s airwaves have been blessed with hundreds of great radio presenters since the first radio station, 2MT, started broadcasting in 1922. It’s hard to
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Test Match Special is a cricket radio programme that broadcasts in the UK. Originally it was dedicated to test matches, but it now covers all kinds of professional cricket. Test Match Special broadcasts on Radio 4 long wave, BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and online. To listen on Radio 4 long wave, tune into 198
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Thousands of podcasts are recorded every day about a huge variety of topics. They’re easy to access on a smartphone or computer, but can you get a radio that will play podcasts? Listening to Podcasts on a DAB Radio Since regular DAB radios aren’t connected to the internet, you won’t be able to listen to
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A Bluetooth FM transmitter will let you stream music wirelessly from your phone through your car’s FM stereo. You could use it to listen to MP3 files, podcasts, internet radio or streaming services like Spotify. You can also use a Bluetooth FM transmitter to take hands-free calls or use Google Maps as a sat-nav. Most
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Country music isn’t often played on mainstream radio stations, so finding a good specialist station is the best way to get your country music fix. We’ve collected together some of the best country radio stations you can listen to in the UK on DAB and online in this list. Chris Country Website: chriscountry.co.uk Chris Country
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There’s something so uplifting about gospel music, don’t you think? All of the amazing harmonies, the upbeat lyrics and the fact that you can dance away until your heart is content. Getting your fix of gospel music doesn’t have to be limited to the church or choir practice, tune into one of these amazing radio
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Bluetooth clock radios are very versatile and useful gadgets. They let you wirelessly stream music and audiobooks from your phone, listen to the radio and set alarms so you wake up in time. The number of radios that have Bluetooth is growing all the time, so if you’re looking for a Bluetooth radio for your
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Many people still have analogue radios, either at home or in their cars, so the prospect of not being able to use them can be somewhat alarming. If analogue radio is switched off, a lot of older home and car radios would become obsolete. DAB radio was introduced to provide more stations, better sound quality
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DAB radios usually don’t require much effort to tune into stations unless there is a fault with your radio. When you buy and switch on a DAB radio for the first time, it automatically scans for signals and stores details of each station it can receive. Once it’s done this, you will have a list
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