[A-DX] DRM Sendungen von WRN

[Christoph Ratzer <dx@xxxxxxxxx>]

WRN beginnt am 6. Februar mit den im Herbst angekündigten DRM Sendungen:

WRN Deutsch siehe:
http://www.wrn.org/listeners/stations/station.php?StationID=61


31 January 2006

WRN, the London-based international transmission service company, today
announces the launch of its two Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM)  
services. DRM
is the digital radio transmission standard for Long, Medium and Short  
Wave.

The first service is a London-wide 24 hour a day DRM trial broadcast  
at 26
MHz. The second service offers DRM transmissions that can target any  
major
European radio market via directional antennas. Initially this second
service will cover the whole of the UK and Ireland. Both services go  
live on
Monday 6th February with programming from a range of respected  
international
and UK radio broadcasters.

Gary Edgerton, WRN's Managing Director, says, "DRM will revitalise  
AM, LW
and Short Wave broadcasting because the next generation of digital radio
receivers will contain chip sets that receive both DRM and DAB signals,
providing the listener with an exciting choice of domestic and  
international
stations.

WRN's DRM services offer stations currently using analogue AM and  
Short Wave
the opportunity to join the digital radio revolution. We also welcome
stations who want to test this new transmission technology and stay  
ahead of
their competitors."

WRN's test and development trial for London will assess the potential
coverage of DRM transmissions at 26MHz. It will generate important data
about the penetration of the signals into various types of building and
other urban situations as well as gauge audience reaction to the  
broadcasts.

The transmission site is the world famous Croydon broadcast tower,  
situated
in South London and operated by Arqiva, WRN's DRM transmission  
partner for
this project. Arqiva provides transmission services for most UK  
commercial
radio stations. Croatia's RIZ-Transmitters has supplied the Yagi  
antenna and
transmitter for the duration of the project.

WRN's regional DRM service offers broadcasters comprehensive coverage  
of the
UK at 50 kW Average DRM Power. WRN will eventually offer services  
that can
cover Europe using DRM sky-wave transmission and directional antennas  
that
will reach specific European radio markets with frequencies that provide
higher reliability in urban areas from the transmitter site located in
Bulgaria. Telefunken has supplied the modulator and exciter for the  
service.

WRN will encode both DRM services at its central London headquarters,
providing the flexibility to generate a pre-mixed DRM stream that  
will then
be fed to the respective transmitter sites. WRN will also add data for
receiver display utilising custom created software.

-Ends-

73 Christoph

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