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Old Yesterday, 02:55
DiandalScotland
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So Gold is about to leave the Central Scotland mux according to the svrolling text and we should listen via the app or online at websote.
I know its not the station it used to be but did enjoy listening in car.
Guess its tunein then.
No date known when itl be leaving??

Last edited by DiandalScotland : Yesterday at 02:57. Reason: Correcting spelling
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Old Yesterday, 06:34
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That's a shame. I wonder why?

Gold still going strong on 945AM but things like this are another nail in the coffin sadly.
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Old Yesterday, 06:53
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Might be the end of a transmission contract with Switchdigital which used to be XFM (now on D1 as Radio X, so Gold was put temporally on the regional mux instead)
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Old Yesterday, 07:59
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Might be the end of a transmission contract with Switchdigital which used to be XFM (now on D1 as Radio X, so Gold was put temporally on the regional mux instead)
Gold was the only Global service on the Central Scotland multiplex. Heart and Smooth are on the Glasgow and Edinburgh multiplexes. Communicorp's Capital is on the Glasgow and Edinburgh multiplexes.

Hopefully the loss is on temporary, there is space on Digital One Gold may launch on there. Global did have plans to launch a Classic Pop and Rock station playing 70's, 80's and 90's but instead launched Smooth Extra. So Gold may launch on Digital One with this brief with 60's music added.

I think Capital will go fully national across the UK this year but will not be allowed to do this in Scotland and local programming will be still be needed. In response to this Capital is removed from FM in Scotland and Smooth is takes over Capital's Central Scotland FM frequency ran by Communicorp and Global hand the Glasgow FM licence back to Ofcom for Smooth. Gold could replace Capital on local DAB in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Old Yesterday, 11:07
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Seems like Gold has retreated to only two areas on DAB now:

Is Gold on Digital radio in my area?
If you live in greater London or the East Midlands then the answer is YES.
I thought they were building the station back up after celebrating good listening figures in the latest RAJAR sweep? Clearly its days are numbered.
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Old Yesterday, 11:14
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Seems like Gold has retreated to only two areas on DAB now:

I thought they were building the station back up after celebrating good listening figures in the latest RAJAR sweep? Clearly its days are numbered.
Still on several other muxes including Kent and Sussex.
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Old Yesterday, 13:10
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Still here in Dorset too- I do wonder though if contracts are just being seen out.
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Old Yesterday, 15:15
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With only 1 presenter, a back up studio used for the station and a couple of outlets, isn't it time for global to invest in Gold as a national DAB station?
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Old Yesterday, 15:17
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With only 1 presenter, a back up studio used for the station and a couple of outlets, isn't it time for global to invest in Gold as a national DAB station?
About time too and bring back some presenters that they binned off.
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Old Yesterday, 15:23
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Still on in Norfolk too.
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Old Yesterday, 19:20
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Correct me please if I am wrong. Back in the GWR days there was Classic Gold with presenters. This was closed and replaced with GOLD. Now GOLD is being run down with only one presenter.. is this all not because advertisers theoretically don't like oldies stations like GOLD.
Does GOLD have a future? Or doesn't it fit with Globals strategy with main stations and the Extra added on? All so boring. All the same....
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Old Yesterday, 22:20
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Stations with playlsts of mainly 1960's to 1980's with a little 1990's mixed in on FM (with DJ's on air 20 to 24 hours per day) are highly popular right around the world.

Why can't we have these stations of the WCBS FM, WOGL, CKDO and 4KQ on the FM waveband here in the UK. Surely a similar station on FM would be far more popular than current chart but going back only to the mid 1990's station.

A classic hit from the 1970's or 1980's played at 4.10pm gets more listeners than the current number 38 hit being played on the big top 40 show at the same time.
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Old Yesterday, 22:40
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Stations with playlsts of mainly 1960's to 1980's with a little 1990's mixed in on FM (with DJ's on air 20 to 24 hours per day) are highly popular right around the world.
Wave 105 achieves this but with 00's, current tracks but not so much 60s and 70s.
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Old Yesterday, 22:50
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Stations with playlsts of mainly 1960's to 1980's with a little 1990's mixed in on FM (with DJ's on air 20 to 24 hours per day) are highly popular right around the world.

Why can't we have these stations of the WCBS FM, WOGL, CKDO and 4KQ on the FM waveband here in the UK. Surely a similar station on FM would be far more popular than current chart but going back only to the mid 1990's station.

A classic hit from the 1970's or 1980's played at 4.10pm gets more listeners than the current number 38 hit being played on the big top 40 show at the same time.
I believe WCBS is playing less 60s and 70s these days.
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Old Yesterday, 23:11
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These guys have got it right .......
http://wgny.tunegenie.com/#listenlive

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Unread Today, 08:46
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With only 1 presenter, a back up studio used for the station and a couple of outlets, isn't it time for global to invest in Gold as a national DAB station?
In the past 20 years it was losing listeners from millions to less than a million paetly down to. loss of interest in AM and falling ad revenueto pay the older popular DJs.
In 2013 it had a digital stereo revival and went back to 1.5 million but after some frequencies went to Smooth and DJs replaced by automation dropped back to less than a million.
Recently has shown steady growth so Global have 2 options either cut back AM and run as DAB in London, Manchester and Midlands or go D1?
Hopefully will go national D1 if ad revenue holds up and perhapsAM is dropped to help pay for it?
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Unread Today, 09:26
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Still on in Norfolk too.
Still on in Cornwall.
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Unread Today, 10:12
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Correct me please if I am wrong. Back in the GWR days there was Classic Gold with presenters. This was closed and replaced with GOLD. Now GOLD is being run down with only one presenter.. is this all not because advertisers theoretically don't like oldies stations like GOLD.
Does GOLD have a future? Or doesn't it fit with Globals strategy with main stations and the Extra added on? All so boring. All the same....
Of the Global Extra stations only Capital Extra makes any sense.

Gold would make sense as the sister station of Smooth, call it Smooth Extra if you must, playing exclusively classic hits while Smooth continues in its present vein.
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Unread Today, 10:19
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These guys have got it right .......
http://wgny.tunegenie.com/#listenlive

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Agreed. WGNY Fox Oldies is the perfect oldies station for me. They don't play the predictable hits of artists all the time but surprise you with something a little more obscure.
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