Is Drum n Bass Dead? From a pirate's point of view?

[cheese101]

So I've been tuning around the London FM radio a little bit more recently and I very rarely hear Drum n Bass any more.
This this time 10 years ago it was everywhere up and down the dial but now it's mainly just House and Reggae I ever hear!
I'm not saying I never hear it because OK yeah sometimes but not very often and there are no pure Drum n Bass stations any more on FM.
Why is this?

[mpx]

The genre is not dead. But the appeal of a 100% D&B station, maybe less so these days on FM, 24/7 would be a bit much unless you have ability to programme the right kind of D&B at the right time, chilled atmospheric drums overnight for example.

There is definitely a place for drum and bass on the radio, at the right time, and done properly

[mixfm]

kool fm- origin not on the dial no more..only online nowdays & faceache,

[Twista UK]

Yeh I think last station that was pure DNB only was Rude fm 88.2 but I could never pick it up strong and it wasn't back on long and then Origin 95.1 as well but not been on for over year.

[techie76]

You still get wax fm 102.4 on the evenings and weekends sometimes

[mixfm]

good news origin & rude have joined forces & are coming 2 dab+

[Twista UK]

dont wax fm play house and garage etc ? im sure i heard them playing that over the years but not a good signal round here

[Roobru]

good news origin & rude have joined forces & are coming 2 dab+

Rude have said that is not true. Apparently just one ex manager involved. Talking to a few ex Origin dj's, they say don't expect too much of it. Apparently the ones behind it aren't too reliable...

[techie76]

dont wax fm play house and garage etc ? im sure i heard them playing that over the years but not a good signal round here

Nah drum + bass always crystal clear in east London when on. They sometimes boost the signal to the west at Xmas as I can pick it up when doing jobs over there

[Sparki]

Only one I remember was Charge but that was more Essex way, that was purely just dnb. I think many stations cater for all styles now and its just a matter of when you do tune in they may play DnB but you just dont know when unless you know the schedule. I think now that it seems Kool has gone from FM (is that for real now?) then perhaps someone should pop up and do a pure dnb station, why not eh. People on lockdown so bored, nothing to do etc might be worth a shot. Is Empire London still on? I remember going on there once with a DJ just seemed to be dnb all the time.