April, 2009 Archive

According to a report on Brand Republic, the third and final round of Global Radio owned local radio station re-brands to “Heart” are set to be complete by the 22nd of June 2009.

By this date, the following stations will lose their local name, and become part of their “Heart” brand:

2CR
Buzz 97.1
Coast 96.3
Champion 103
Essex FM
Invicta FM
Marcher Sound
Ocean FM
Southern FM

That’ll take the number of Heart re-branded stations to 33

Details of first round of Heart re-brands and the second round of Heart re-brands.

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On the 20th of May, there’ll be a couple of changes to Virgin 1’s service on Freeview.

Firstly, Virgin 1 will go 24 hours a day (currently it’s only 12)

And secondly, there’ll be a timeshifted “+1″ service – although Virgin 1 + 1 has an odd ring about it (1 and 1 makes 2?). Note that the +1 is expected to be only running for 12 hours a day

The change to a 24 hour service involves Virgin 1 moving to a different Freeview multiplex, so users may need to perform a channel re-scan to get the longer hours from 20th May.

Just to let you know, our site’s had a little bit of a makeover. Nothing too radical, but by popular demand, we’ve re-ordered a few things and hopefully made navigatation a little easier…

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The Nintendo DSi was released in the UK at the start of April 2009.

The Frequencycast podcast lads have been quick to get their hands on this new games console and put it through its paces.

Now, regular listeners will know that we’re not a games podcast – we’re all about the technology – so we’re exploring the hardware, the camera and the Internet and audio software.

Our “Unofficial Guide to the Nintendo DSi” lasts about 20 minutes, and is online now for your listening pleasure.

Hear the lads have lots of fun, and see a collection of photos at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/dsi.html

 

 FrequencyCast Guide to the Nintendo DSi [20:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Show 38 of FrequencyCast, the UK’s TV and Tech podcast, has just been released.

In our regular online radio show, we discuss all that’s new with digital TV and technology. Here’s what we cover in this show:

• News Updates: Thousands lose Freeview, bad news for ITV and commercial radio, plus who is next in the digital switchover.
• Focus: Ways to surf the net on the move.
• Focus: A hands-on session with a Google Android phone.
• Your questions on Home wi-fi on a mobile, updates to Sky Player and Mac streaming on the Avanti Flow.

You can download Show 38 direct to your MP3 player or listen online at http://www.frequencycast.co.uk/latest.html. If you have an iPod or iPhone, get shows faster by signing up via iTunes.

 

 FrequencyCast Show 38 [30:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download