UK’s new station shows future is in transmitters, not online: Cridland

27 September 2015 · News

Radio Tomorrow with James Cridland Radio X is a new, national rock/alternative radio station (FM in London and Manchester, and DAB everywhere)...

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J2kofflineMonday 28th September 2015
Transmitters may be able to handle more users at once, but only if users want to connect to them.

This example reads to me like more users wanted to connect online than expected and the station wasn't prepared for it. Radio stations should put their service (and adequate resources) where their audience is (online), not where it's convenient for the station.

Radio X may have just turned away a bunch of potential listeners on day one.

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