building a digital community radio service, digital radio summit 2012
TRANSCRIPT
Kanal Plus Presentation
Building a Digital Community Radio Service
Ulrik Brinck15 February 2012
Digital Radio Summit 2012 Geneva, Switzerland
Digital community radio service
• Background• How we see radio• Our approach to digital radio• How we did it• Assembling a multiplex• How we see the future• Questions
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Background
• Kanal Plus FM community radio since 1989• Politicians discuss closing the FM band• 13 digital radio blocks for regional and local
stations• Costs and coverage excessive for community
radio• Experience from digital TV switch-over scary
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Former analogue community TV transmitters. Map: Google Maps.
Background
• Kanal Plus FM community radio since 1989• Politicians discuss closing the FM band• 13 digital radio blocks for regional and local
stations• Costs and coverage excessive for community
radio• Experience from digital TV switch-over scary
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Planned regional DAB MUX. Map: IT- og Telestyrelsen
What to do…
• Need for smaller coverage area• Commercial digital radio equipment costly• Search for affordable solution
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…and how we did it
• CRC mmbTools test transmission software• Off-the-shelf USRP and RF hardware• Standard band III transmit antenna• EUR 20.000 total investment • Neighbouring community stations joined
multiplex
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Preliminary conclusions
• One DAB+ transmitter can replace all FM community radio transmitters in Copenhagen
• Investment with 43 time-share stations: EUR 500 each• More than twice the present FM air time
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Community FM transmitters in Copenhagen. Map: Google Maps
The future as we see it
• Build on experience from the Kanal Plus trial• Allocate local frequency blocks for community radio to
complement existing frequency plan• Affordable non-SFN transmitters
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Thank you for your attention
• Contact meUlrik Brinck [email protected]
• Internet resourceswww.kanalplus.fmwww.lokalradiodab.dkmmbtools.crc.cawww.opendigitalradio.org
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Questions
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