Just after 6.10pm tonight the second test transmission started to go out on DAB. We’ve inserted a lot of new tunes, many of which were uploaded this week, since we went on air on Monday. I love the idea that only a few days ago some unsigned musicians who would never have dreamed of getting on national radio suddenly are.
Again I’m blown away by the diversity and quality of what people are uploading to amazingtunes.com. We’ve also added some additional explanatory links, for example on how the interactivity will work; we’ve said that there’s a web feed live now; we’ve included some new station announcements from new people we bumped into in the streets (!); and we’ve included some of the Blog feedback. I wasn’t sure about this, it feels a bit like blowing our own trumpet, but that’s what people have been saying, and it’s brilliant to see how many of you immediately got what we’re doing – and like the concept. So we decided it was all part of the democratic approach we’re trying to take. Hopefully by sharing it, more people will get the message – and because it’s not us saying it, they’ll realise this really is about user control.
Oh yeah, and there’s a small joke relating to the furore about Birdsong Radio. (Next week, we’ll upload a long Birdsong loop to amazingtunes.com, all download proceeds to the RSPB. Feels like the least we can do).
Please let me know what you think of the new test tx – and thanks for all your feedback this week. Hope you like the new, new music!
