LOL - how much less cockney than this?

https://youtu.be/qgqSkPtx2iA?list=PL...4bNzpjXVli33qd

Yes, playing Rihanna and Katy Perry on Capital is a bit different to what he'll play on X.

Being outside London interested to see how he sounds, I imagine all the Moyles fans aren't familiar as he was always up against Moyles at Capital.

Clever move though as the lineup attracts all the Radio 1 and Capital listeners from the 00s who'll now be over 25 and ready for a bit of Radio X.

Because research has shown that listeners aren't bothered about stereo and just want more choice instead.

Plus most listen on single speaker kitchen radios and can't tell the difference anyway

There is no logic to Radio X going mono when Global have sufficient bandwidth for stereo.

Currently on D1, Global have:
Capital Xtra in 112k
Classic FM in 128k
LBC in 64k
Smooth Extra in 80k
Vacant slot for Radio X in 80k

Scenario 1:
They could leave Capital Xtra as it is
Classic FM can be reduced to 112k
LBC can be reduced to 48k (they used this bitrate on MXR)
Smooth stays as it is
Radio X gets 112k
So thats 3 stations in stereo, 2 in mono.

Scenario 2:
As scenario 1, but Classic FM retains 128k, instead Smooth Extra is reduced to 64k, therefore Radio X gets 112k

XFM is more music-focused than Capital or Heart, and listeners engage more with the music. I am not sure how the digital audience will respond to it being in mono. Unfortunately there isn't a stereo alternative.

Less than 80kbps for Music is poor, even in Mono. Most music stations now recognise this and 80kbps is the generally the minimum for primary stations.

Classic FM has more 'demanding' music that shows up artifacts, so has to stay at 128kbps. Other music stations can just about get away with 112kbps Stereo.

The only question I have about the planned situation is - why is Capital Xtra (a 'secondary service') more deserving of Stereo than Radio X (which, presumably, is one of Globals 'pillars' in place of XFM). I personally would have put Radio X at 112kbps, and Capital Xtra down to 80kbps.

Exactly this. I don't understand why they aren't sacrificing stereo on CapX, even if only temporarily until additional space is freed up in early 2016. You would have thought the priority would be to get the new station sounding as good as possible during a high-profile launch campaign.

I'm not sure that most people even notice when listening to the radio whether a station is in stereo or mono.

XFM maybe more music focused but Radio X is going to be personality led during the day time and it'll be interesting to see just how much much Moyles plays as he played very little on his Radio 1 show.

I'm glad someone else has said this, I thought I was going mad for a moment. Yes its a step back but does your average listener care?

I've never understood this theory.

Step outside. What do you see? Everyone is wearing headphones. Stereo headphones. Or sitting in cars with two, four, six, even eight stereo speakers. Meanwhile at home, at work, or at college or in the cafe they're sitting in front of computers with stereo speakers.

How much time does the average person spend in the kitchen?

[]
Not sure if it needs a request to Ofcom to change bit rate? if not X might launch as stereo on D1 and Capital xtra revert to mono?

This is very true. I also hate the argument that low bitrate mono is 'good enough' Why should we have to settle with good enough and not strive for quality anymore?

Off topic, but I'm waiting for the day when a premium TV channel launches in sub VHS quality (240i?) and claims research shows viewers are extremely happy.

JV has been excellent on Talksport, a very good listen !

Global have the choice of leaving Radio X on London I in stereo at the very least, I realise this is of course more money, but it is what Absolute did when they went mono on D1 earlier this year. The could have done this, but didn't which is very annoying.

Radio X was registered as a trademark Europe wide last year by a company called LRT Associates Ltd: https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Results/4/EU014450951

If you compare the logo with the new Radio X logo it's obvious LRT Associates Ltd were acting on behalf of Global: http://assets2.xfm.co.uk/2015/36/rad...1441605239.jpg

In London they're in stereo on FM so need need for stereo on DAB, same with Manchester. Don't moan those of us outside these 2 cities have no option on radio other than mono DAB which is irritating for in car listening, recently XFM has been sounding much better than Absolute in my car mainly due to it being in stereo rather than mono.

Just when Radio X is about to go into battle they give up on stereo, maybe an opportunity for Absolute by going up to stereo to stand out from Radio X. Plnt Rck and Abs 80s will be leaving D1 and these are Bauer's slots so they can then get Abs, Magic and Kiss into stereo. Radio X will then stand out as the only music station in mono on D1.

Doesn't that make you 38 not quite bang in the middle then few more years and you'll be out of the target audience just what I was saying re the target age. Those in there early twenties+ in 95 will be near 44 now or older.

But yes I'm sure lots of older people will listen without a problem unlike radio 1's target for e.g.

Maybe Global will put X in Stereo and CapitalXtra in mono.

One question they say it's the first national male focused station what about absolute radio ?

XFM's replacement on the Manchester Multiplex for DAB will be 1458 GOLD MANCHESTER.

Do we know what quality Radio X will be on the National Digital 1 Multiplex? A lot of people are talking about it being worst than FM but has anything been confirmed?

They may think they don't care about stereo, but when flicking through the station list they are more likely to listen to a station that sounds 'better', it's a subconscious decision.

I'm still quite a bit younger than the 3 big name presenters they've hired who are all in their 40s. Vaughn is already outside the target range.

But this isn't the BBC, a commercial station target probably just means 50% of the audience will fall within that range they will also be quite happy to have under 25 and over 45s listening.

Still don't understand why the Digital 1 Ofcom application has 15-34 though, anyone understand this difference?

I do wonder why Radio is so obsessed with age, you never hear about TV stations targeting certain demographics. BBC1, BBC2, ITV, Sky1, Sky Atlantic all target all ages, why can't we have a radio station that doesn't focus on an age range for a change?

Yup, 80kbps

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/binari...ugust_2015.pdf

(Linked from:
http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/radio-...ation-requests)

They are, except 104.9 is notoriously poor due to co-channel interference with BBC Sussex on 104.8 and doesn't get out anywhere near as much as main London stations (not comparing to LGR, Capital Xtra, etc). This is why Melody FM (Magic's predecessor) moved to 105.4 when the Radio Authority opened up 105-108.