Select UK's new FM frequency??

[WEBB-TECH]

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[Nick_G]

Surely Select isn't still going on 97.8? The new community radio station in Croydon is on that channel.

[famefm]

Who said they were? Select have not even posted a frequency update yet are you sure you haven't confused Select from Croydon radio it was them that were advertising 97.8

[Nick_G]

Ah yes. I misread that.

[bravedaveyboy]

Select have revealed their new frequency.

As I guessed eleven months ago on this very thread it's going to be 94.4.

Good choice I think?

You can see the new frequency in this Tweet:

[famefm]

How much power? They seem to think it's going to be London wide? by saying 9 million londoners will have select back on fm

[Steve]

Anyone in London near that frequency at the moment? Do Kool even bother with FM anymore?

[famefm]

Flava 94.4

[bravedaveyboy]

I spotted that too, a hugely optimistic forecast, and clearly untrue. They'll be transmitting from atop Countisbury House in Dulwich, SE26. Nothing on the Ofcom tx parameters spreadsheet yet. I suspect coverage will only be to the South East London boroughs, at best.

Their Ofcom application states: "The proposed transmission area includes Croydon, Southwark, Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich and Bexley boroughs with a combined population of 1,837,371."

How much power? They seem to think it's going to be London wide? by saying 9 million londoners will have select back on fm

[famefm]

Definitely how can that Area get to the whole of London and radio 4 is on 94.4 in highwycombe so I don't expect to receive it in Windsor and won't get out as well as flex and rinse that can be picked up in the Windsor area

[cocksock]

Will only be a small chunk of their past pirate signal plus the world of radio has changed massively since they switched off a year or so ago.

[sproggy]

Good dial. Hopefully they won't get nulled to the north and west but I have a feeling they will.

[bravedaveyboy]

Absolutely. Their FM coverage will be South East London at best: "Croydon, Southwark, Lewisham, Bromley, Greenwich and Bexley", and that's optimistic, given their new Countisbury House site, lowish power, and "community station" status. There's no way they're going to be a London-wide station on FM, despite their Tweet to the contrary. I'm not quite sure why they are claiming they're going to reach "9.5 million Londoners". It's rather bizarre.

Good dial. Hopefully they won't get nulled to the north and west but I have a feeling they will.

[zoostorm]

They need DAB as well to make any inroads. Flex has been fortunate that they got a frequency that gets out further than their Wandsworth licence was allocated for.

After all that to get a low powered FM frequency broadcasting from Upper Sydenham, they could have either stayed as a pirate with great coverage or moved to DAB. The Surrey mux that Release and Point Blank use has excellent coverage of most of London.

[famefm]

The cost might come down to it the small fm community fee for a year than the 2 stations mentioned pay a month but select don't sound like an outfit short of money and won't be as good as 101.4 and 106.8 if it's anything like the 94.0 fm station in East London it's going to be hopeless and also the stations that have gone dab haven't had to change I hope they don't become like flex

[famefm]

I mean the dab surry is more for a month than the local fm costs for a year

[zoostorm]

The cost might come down to it the small fm community fee for a year than the 2 stations mentioned pay a month but select don't sound like an outfit short of money and won't be as good as 101.4 and 106.8 if it's anything like the 94.0 fm station in East London it's going to be hopeless and also the stations that have gone dab haven't had to change I hope they don't become like flex

106.8 is terrible in my part of South London since they moved to Peregrine House. It amazes me you can get it in Windsor presumably as it travels along the Thames.

It appears Select's legal studio is in Sydenham by Cobbs Corner, so they could easily microwave link it to Countisbury House which has line of sight to the studio.

[famefm]

Yes in the high areas I can and some times a station from Oxford comes up on 106.8 also depends what way my ariel was faceing but I certainly can't get the little stations like Nomad 92.2 or the thing on 94.0 and Nomad is closer to me than rinse I suspect select will be stronger than the 2 I just mentioned very curious to see how far it gets out

[bravedaveyboy]

I can certainly pick up the Surrey mux pretty well here in Bermondsey, which will be to the north of Select's new coverage area, so pretty much eclipsing it.

They need DAB as well to make any inroads. Flex has been fortunate that they got a frequency that gets out further than their Wandsworth licence was allocated for.

After all that to get a low powered FM frequency broadcasting from Upper Sydenham, they could have either stayed as a pirate with great coverage or moved to DAB. The Surrey mux that Release and Point Blank use has excellent coverage of most of London.

[bravedaveyboy]

I used to pick up Rinse really well here in Bermondsey, SE1, when they were atop Maydew House, easily as well as I get Resonance from the Guys Hospital Tower. Rinse's service area changed completely when they moved to Peregrine House, it used to be "Bermondsey" but Ofcom changed that to "London City East". It's hardly audible in Bermondsey nowadays.

The cost might come down to it the small fm community fee for a year than the 2 stations mentioned pay a month but select don't sound like an outfit short of money and won't be as good as 101.4 and 106.8 if it's anything like the 94.0 fm station in East London it's going to be hopeless and also the stations that have gone dab haven't had to change I hope they don't become like flex

106.8 is terrible in my part of South London since they moved to Peregrine House. It amazes me you can get it in Windsor presumably as it travels along the Thames.

It appears Select's legal studio is in Sydenham by Cobbs Corner, so they could easily microwave link it to Countisbury House which has line of sight to the studio.