Have many stations have been taken off due to radionecks and

McDonalds · Post by **McDonalds** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:57 pm

Bait

Are sites like this and DS forums bad for P radio?

teckniqs · Post by **teckniqs** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:16 pm

Please explain, what is bait exactly?

Ofcom know about stations before they are mentioned on the internet and they own radio's so they are very capable of hearing what's on.

...Whether someone on DS mentions where they think a station is coming from and moan about it online isn't going to affect anything. They are more than likely to already know where it is anyway and only act on complaints these days anyway and not via forums.

Post by **sde-1104** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:14 am

McDonalds wrote:Bait

Are sites like this and DS forums bad for P radio?

It's only bait if someone posts a specific rig site location but this is mainly due to rig thieves. Anyone can find a radio station. All you need is a radio with a DB meter along with some common sense!

As mentioned above Ofcom just go off complaints these days due to their funding cuts. They may read the forum but I very much doubt they will take any action if someone posts stating they heard a station on 94.2 for example.

Hope this helps

Dai Pole · Post by **Dai Pole** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:39 am

Usually it's the one rig wonders that bleat on about something or other being "bait", after all, how can you expect a station to have listeners if nobody knows you're on?

ir8 pir8 · Post by **ir8 pir8** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:53 pm

Try asking Ofcom via the Freedom of information act and ask them how many of the raided stations were busted due to internet radio forums I'm sure they will be more than happy to oblige

verticalvince · Post by **verticalvince** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:12 pm

mmmm ofcom informant..

some questions need never be asked

FM King · Post by **FM King** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:27 am

Has admin changed this thread because I'm sure the first post said something like how many stations have been taken off due to radionecks and digital spy??

Post by **sde-1104** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 7:41 pm

FM King wrote:Has admin changed this thread because I'm sure the first post said something like how many stations have been taken off due to radionecks and digital spy??

Yeah it looks like it's been changed but I've not changed anything so it might have been another admin.

thewisepranker · Post by **thewisepranker** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:43 pm

Or auto-trimmed by the forum becausethethreadtitleissofuckinglong?

DJ Mikey · Post by **DJ Mikey** » Wed Oct 15, 2014 11:49 pm

Bait to who Ofcom or Thief's ? Seeing as Ofcom only seem to take stations off because of complaints I highly doubt it's bait to ofcom.

teckniqs · Post by **teckniqs** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 7:45 am

Definitely the most pointless thread of all time!

sharky · Post by **sharky** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 2:10 pm

Lol at this thread!! I think instead of pointing fingers at Forums, People should watch what they post on Social media.
I've seen over 10 posts in the last year with blatent locations as people tag themselves in the studio, or on the roof whilst putting up an antenna.
I even pointed it out to a station not long ago, got a nasty message back so i gave them the full studio address as it appeared on facebook. Post got removed but no thanks.
Bottom line is anyone can track a TX if you have half a brain, forum posts or not.

Dai Pole · Post by **Dai Pole** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 4:57 pm

sharky wrote:..People should watch what they post on Social media.
I've seen over 10 posts in the last year with blatent locations as people tag themselves in the studio, or on the roof whilst putting up an antenna.

Exactly. How many people double check the EXIF metadata before they post a picture to an image site or web server? Often phones insert full GPS co-ordinates if the user hasn't turned the feature off. Not every image uploading site strips the EXIF data out of the file.

DJ Mikey · Post by **DJ Mikey** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 6:37 pm

Well said Sharky Bang on point there

thestig · Post by **thestig** » Thu Oct 16, 2014 11:08 pm

Dai Pole wrote:
sharky wrote:..People should watch what they post on Social media.
I've seen over 10 posts in the last year with blatent locations as people tag themselves in the studio, or on the roof whilst putting up an antenna.
Exactly. How many people double check the EXIF metadata before they post a picture to an image site or web server? Often phones insert full GPS co-ordinates if the user hasn't turned the feature off. Not every image uploading site strips the EXIF data out of the file.

Spot on there.

Rise1 · Post by **Rise1** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:22 pm

not the com you hav to worry about on here it's andrew that use this to find about what station are on air

Dai Pole · Post by **Dai Pole** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 6:54 pm

I'm sure he owns a radio.

ir8 pir8 · Post by **ir8 pir8** » Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:43 pm

Someone else owns it but he has one

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