Closing channel4radio.com
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We’ve decided to close our www.channel4radio.com site, following Channel 4’s decision at the end of last year to pull out of the 4radio project to develop digital radio stations.
It’s never straightforward closing a website, particularly one with as many features as channel4radio.com. However, we feel we can’t give it the attention and investment it needs, so we’ve decided to close it now rather than let it wither on the vine.
There’s a bunch of other audio stuff on our other sites. You might want to investigate our 4music site, which has celebrity playlists and a bunch of clips from the 4music channel and T4.
Comments
January 30, 2009
Though this isn’t surprising, given the current economic climate, this is a sad day for radio in the UK. Whilst the myriad of choices and extra sound quality have failed to materialise in the DAB spectrum, here was a chance to remedy the situation with some genuinely new and innovative content. BBC digital only stations aside and with the rare exceptions such as Gaydar Radio and Planet Rock, that’s not happened in the commercial sector so far. It would also have given the independent production sector a boost and another route to broadcast that would have avoided prescriptive BBC independent production cartel system. With the creation of massive commercial ‘opt-out’ networks such as Heart, now more than ever something like this was needed to increase DAB take-up. This is obviously now dead in the water, so RIP increased consumer choice and commercial creativity.
February 2, 2009
DAB is so expensive for providers to run.
Digital Radio Mondiale should be the best way to proceed, as it uses
the same frequencies that the transmitters on the LW, MW, SW and VHF do!
February 4, 2009
So what have you done with all that audio production talent you amassed? Surely a sister company would have been an idea. the Guardian, ever expanding it’s audio production, is a model to watch.
February 4, 2009
Sad, but at least I can stop pointing my browser your way every so often in the hope of finding Tom and Mermeet doing their stuff…
February 4, 2009
[...] a genuine shame that such a lot of time, effort and resources could end up going nowhere, as per Channel 4’s ill-fated 4Radio. And perhaps Kangaroo will bounce back (groan) in a new form. On the other hand, given my current [...]
February 10, 2009
whhhhhhyyyyyyy? i love it!u can’t take it away!it gets me through work!:-(
February 23, 2009
Well, what with the proliferation of Digital Internet radio stations, it’s not surprising Channel4 saw increased competition. Not to mention the frightening statistics concerning the Channel4 demographic and their apparent aversion to ‘tune in’ to the radio.
Channel4’s policy is spot on. Now is not the time to diversify. CH4 was best to consolidate what it does best.
March 4, 2009
So… does anyone know what’s happening to Tom Ravenscroft’s show? It was probably my favorite place to find new music (next to Solid Steel). I know it was supposed to continue when Channel4radio switched to digital, but what now?
March 18, 2009
Yeah whats happening to Tom Ravenscroft and Hermeet’s show? It sounded like they started to get on each others wick in the last set of shows (much to my amusement it has to be said) but it’d be a massive shame if they don’t continue it somewhere.
March 20, 2009
Digital Radio is no more expensive to transmit than other frequencies. Band III DAB is cheaper to transmit and receive than L-Band DAB. Digital Radio Modiale doesn’t have a mass market following and in the UK is the plaything of hardened amateur listening enthusiasts. DAB radio in the UK uses a different codec and format to the rest of the world therefore when the UK does decide to harmonise a lot of cheap receivers will not be upgradeable. channel4 radio was what I listenend to from the web, Planet ROck is what I listen to on DAB. Radio 2 for VHF FM and as for MW/LW AM, I never bother anymore.
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