I'm pleased to say that 277 works perfectly on my Freeview TV. Caroline is the 3rd icon on the opening screen, so the station is immediatelly obvious to any new users, and the audio is accompanied by a great set of slides including one that shows the AM frequency - and a nice photo of the Fredericia.
Well done guys!!
Next good news is more AM power hopefully. 
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Morning,
The imperfections of taking a slot on Freeview channel 277 were very quickly pointed out to me by Alan Beech. Obviously it is not like ' being on Freeview ' by purchasing a dedicated channel.
When the fund raiser is over we will post a tutorial showing how to hear us on our bit of 277 and also circumstances where you cannot. But as was suggested, the cost was so minor that if a percentage of Freeview and other users have a new means of listening to Caroline all across England, that will do. We don't regard it is a huge advance.
We also want a Listen Again facility for Caroline North but ran out of time on that so it will have to be available in September instead.
While this has been going on, nobody has noticed that we have taken SS DAB for Stoke On Trent and Newscatle Under Lyme. On Friday Alan Beech and Steve Bradley started our relay on 104.7 for our local community station I am very impressed with the coverage.
Anmd on we go.
PM
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I have 2 PVRs both connected to the outside world -- neither work.
The Humax just shows a black screen - the Panasonic Freeview Play shows a UK Radio Portal screen then "please wait" flashing up over and over until I give up.
I've never seen anything on ch277 via these boxes and my TV just shows "This device does not support channels delivered by the internet!.
At least it lets me know .
Ah well .
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Cheers, Andrew!
So, not actually launching on Freeview as such, i.e. not actually broadcast over the airwaves, just having their internet stream added to some strange app, that hardly anyone is probably using, so should be as cheap as chips, like being on RadioPlayer.
I find that reassuring TBH, odd that it was billed as some sort of big news. Previous Message
Maybe this, which is a portal to a number of stations rather than just one:
https://www.ukrp.tv/ Previous Message
I heard this announced earlier on the north broadcast, I think channel 277 was mentioned.
I was a little surprised, as according to OFCOM only 4.9% of listening is via the TV, and I am guessing that's mainly kids in the bedrooms, rather than on the main TV in a house.
And, I assume it'll only for areas receiving the full range of Freeview channels, and not like here, where even if I had a TV aerial, I would only get the Freeview Lite offering. Personally I have Freesat, most around here seem to have Virgin or Sky/Freesat.
Whilst it's a extra way of listening to the station, which I guess should be welcomed and I don't want to be negative, but I hope this is a fairly cheap option, as I can't help feeling there's better ways of spending money to extend coverage.
Share of radio listening in the home currently -
DAB - 35.2%
AM/FM - 29.0% (although most of that will be FM)
Smart speaker - 20.2%
Other internet - 10.7%
TOTAL INTERNET - 30.9%
TV - 4.9%
See page 70 on this link -
David Parr
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