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Old 15-03-2016, 17:32
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There's no Listen Again for the first show on talkSPORT 2, despite it existing for Colin Murray on talkSPORT which ended at the same time. Maybe it will turn up later, but this may indicate no Listen Again for talkRADIO.
I appreciate this is veering off-topic, but I have just posted this in the talkSPORT 2 thread - I've had a look at talkSPORT 2 managing editor Mike Bovill's Twitter feed this afternoon. When asked why talkSPORT 2 programmes are not available to hear after their broadcast through talkSPORT.com's Listen Again service (as shows on the main station are), to which he replied: "I don't know, I'll look into it".

So hopefully this is something Mike and the team will be able to sort out sooner rather than later, and indeed the same Listen Again service we get for talkSPORT will be available for talkRADIO.

I don't think they'd necessarily be a rights issue in making commentaries available on-demand after the event, as I know BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra have put commentaries on things like international cricket, tennis, golf, NFL matches and Major League Baseball onto the iPlayer on a regular basis in the past. talkSPORT regularly put their football commentaries onto Listen Again. So if there isn't a problem in doing that, I don't see why they'd be a problem in archiving talkSPORT 2 commentaries.
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Old 15-03-2016, 17:46
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TalkRADIO stream gives a promo: http://radio.talkradio.co.uk/stream
Stream 32 kbps is too low. Sounds like AM radio. Hope they increase the bitrate of it.
The stream stopped broadcasting the talkSPORT 2 promo at 1651, followed by silence and then the talkRADIO promo started at 1703. The promo has been slightly remixed, now including Jon Holmes and Eamonn Holmes as extra "potatoes", and with "starts Monday morning at 6" inserted at the end.

If you want to hear the promo in better quality then you can use the Virgin stream:

http://radio.virginradio.co.uk/stream

I think the best we can hope for is a change to a different stream technology.
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Old 15-03-2016, 18:11
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I think it's ok and maybe even more accessible for people listening on TuneIn when in the car through 3G / 4G and playing through the car stereo through bluetooth.

http://radio.talkradio.co.uk/stream
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Old 15-03-2016, 18:27
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DAB is still broadcasting the old promo, excluding Jon Holmes and Eamonn Holmes.
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Old 15-03-2016, 18:54
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TalkRADIO stream gives a promo: http://radio.talkradio.co.uk/stream
Stream 32 kbps is too low. Sounds like AM radio. Hope they increase the bitrate of it.
They probably won't, talkSPORT has anyways been 32K I think.

I know they're speech stations, but I'm not sure why they want them to sound little better than a phone call.
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Old 15-03-2016, 19:55
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This stream is unlistenable for now, it's .mp3. When it's AAC it's much better than 32 kbps mp3 bitrate.
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Old 15-03-2016, 20:33
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This stream is unlistenable for now, it's .mp3. When it's AAC it's much better than 32 kbps mp3 bitrate.
It's really not that bad for speech, I added it to my tuneIn radio profile as a direct link and I'll test it out in the car to see, but I don't think it's unlistenable. Ideally it would be a 48K AAC+ or something, but it looks like that's what we've got for now.
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Old 15-03-2016, 20:44
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This stream is unlistenable for now, it's .mp3. When it's AAC it's much better than 32 kbps mp3 bitrate.
Do you find the 64 kbps DAB OK?
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Old 15-03-2016, 20:45
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Can't find a 64 link.
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Old 15-03-2016, 20:47
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Can't find a 64 link.
I mean if you actually listen to a DAB radio. talkRADIO's bit rate is 64 kbps on DAB.
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Old 15-03-2016, 20:57
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I mean if you actually listen to a DAB radio. talkRADIO's bit rate is 64 kbps on DAB.
That's MP2 as well !!! and with some of the 64kb/s given away to text character display, it can't sound a lot better than the Internet stream we're talking about can it?
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Old 15-03-2016, 21:11
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I mean if you actually listen to a DAB radio. talkRADIO's bit rate is 64 kbps on DAB.
I can't recieve UK DAB here.
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Old 15-03-2016, 21:13
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On the .mp3 32 kpbs stream you hear a lot of sideeffects, certainly with music parts in this current promo. With AAC it's a lot cleaner. The Virgin stream sounds better though.
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Old 16-03-2016, 23:05
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what a bizzare bunch of folk reading the last page or so.

When it's actually on dab and online then cool .

Talking about differnet ways and streams you may or may not be able to listen to a station that isnt on air yet is madness . funny stufff thanks bye tata
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Old 16-03-2016, 23:29
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what a bizzare bunch of folk reading the last page or so.

When it's actually on dab and online then cool .

Talking about differnet ways and streams you may or may not be able to listen to a station that isnt on air yet is madness . funny stufff thanks bye tata
Fine for you..
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Old 16-03-2016, 23:40
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what ?!!

bizzare . Must be last orders for folk like erwin .
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Old 16-03-2016, 23:53
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what a bizzare bunch of folk reading the last page or so.

When it's actually on dab and online then cool .

Talking about differnet ways and streams you may or may not be able to listen to a station that isnt on air yet is madness . funny stufff thanks bye tata
If you are interested in radio then this is the place to chat about it...?
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Old 17-03-2016, 00:37
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what a bizzare bunch of folk reading the last page or so.

When it's actually on dab and online then cool .

Talking about differnet ways and streams you may or may not be able to listen to a station that isnt on air yet is madness . funny stufff thanks bye tata
As far as I'm concerned, I can get it on my radio. If I need the stream to listen online I can get it off Radio Feeds. What the station broadcasts is much more important, because that determines whether I actually listen to it. If I didn't like it, it wouldn't matter how it was bbroadcast I wouldn't be listening.
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Old 17-03-2016, 01:12
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what ?!!

bizzare . Must be last orders for folk like erwin .
Pardon?
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Old 17-03-2016, 14:31
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Iain Lee recorded another podcast at TalkRadio this morning and they actually have a studio there now. He did a periscope as well, but seemed to cut it off part way through when I think his phone fell from wherever it was rested! https://www.periscope.tv/w/abk5FTcxN...Img-opOtQKlkEZ
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Old 17-03-2016, 18:53
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I wonder if they'll put out any longer form audio on their test transmissions? The short loop is such a turn off. Wouldn't some sample programmes or longer pieces from some of the presenters help build up a bit of a following before launch?
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Old 17-03-2016, 19:56
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I wonder if they'll put out any longer form audio on their test transmissions? The short loop is such a turn off. Wouldn't some sample programmes or longer pieces from some of the presenters help build up a bit of a following before launch?
Did you hear this?

http://pc.cd/RwLctalK

The test transmissions were interrupted for about a day when that was on instead.
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Old 17-03-2016, 20:04
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I wonder if they'll put out any longer form audio on their test transmissions? The short loop is such a turn off. Wouldn't some sample programmes or longer pieces from some of the presenters help build up a bit of a following before launch?
TalkSport2 ran a loop right up until 10am on Monday, so I would expect the same for Talk Radio.
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Old 18-03-2016, 00:44
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The webstream now reflects what's going out on DAB.
lsn.to/TLK
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Old 18-03-2016, 06:21
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The webstream now reflects what's going out on DAB.
lsn.to/TLK
DAB switched to be the same as the webstream at midnight.
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