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Old 29-10-2016, 15:44
pshepherd
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Hi

Jazz FM seems to have disappeared from my Freesat box, was on channel 729. Does anyone know why?

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Old 29-10-2016, 17:15
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Looks like another broadcaster has decided that the Freesat EPG fee is not value fpr money. Still on Sky EPG and their website says
You can listen to Jazz FM on your digital television via Sky Channel 0202 and manually tune the station on your free sat box, for more information click here.



To manually tune Jazz FM on your Freesat box, you must go to the ‘add channel’ section and input the below numbers.

The numbers needed are:

Frequency: 11686
Symbol rate: 22000
LNB Polarisation: Vertical

FEC: 5/6

If those details go in to a manual tune (every box is different on how to get to the "manual tune" menu) then Jazz FM will appear as one of the additional services.
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Old 30-10-2016, 09:15
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A good answer .. I have it tuned in on a PC system running MythTV and that still works (obviously with no EPG).

thanks, paul
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Old 01-11-2016, 15:16
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Has WRN on 728 been removed too?

It's no longer listed here http://www.freesat.co.uk/channels
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Old 01-11-2016, 22:31
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Still on Sky EPG and broadcasting. According to Wilipedia their website has been down for months.
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Old 14-11-2016, 10:10
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I run TVheadend and the disappearance has been puzzing me, good to know it's not my configuration. Thanks for the thread.
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Old 24-11-2016, 21:39
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Originally Posted by hatter68
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I emailed freesat customer team and they said jazz fm was removed at the request of the broadcaster.
Thanks for doing that. It's unfortunate that this music station has gone since they do easy listening stuff in the evenings. At least they've done the decent thing and told Freesat viewers how to manually add the channel in non-Freesat mode.

Any glance at the Jazz FM thread in the Radio forum will show that their finances have pretty much always been parlous so this withdrawal from Freesat does not come as a complete surprise.
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Old 11-12-2016, 20:25
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Thanks for doing that. It's unfortunate that this music station has gone since they do easy listening stuff in the evenings. At least they've done the decent thing and told Freesat viewers how to manually add the channel in non-Freesat mode.

Any glance at the Jazz FM thread in the Radio forum will show that their finances have pretty much always been parlous so this withdrawal from Freesat does not come as a complete surprise.
I have tried to manual tune in non freesat mode but all i get is bad signal message. I listen through computer whenever tuning in now.
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Old 11-12-2016, 23:24
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A sign of the future.
Cutbacks on a service (radio via broadcast tv), that before much longer will be considered irrelent - radio via the Internet using devices such as a smart phone or tablet will have taken over. Less of a prob at home (where u would use the tv to do the same job) as u can have a unlimited useage broadband tarrif.
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Old 30-12-2016, 20:37
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Of the three main digital radio platforms, DSAT/DTT radio is third place and shrinking. The costs of an EPG listing are also disproportionate. So expect it to be the first to go when financial reality hits.
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