Amazing Radio Founder Explains DAB Switch-Off Decision
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
Paul Campbell, owner and founder of Amazing and Amazing Radio, has explained why the station has been removed from digital DAB radio, as well as their plans to expand the company.
The relatively new station, which kicked off its career three years ago, has become a worldwide hit and is one of the most widely-recognised digital radio stations – but has now been taken off DAB airwaves. Writing via the Amazing Radio website, Campbell has explained the switch-off – and reassured it's fans and listeners that they'll be expanding the company rather than moving backwards.
“So why, if everything’s going so well, is Amazing Radio coming off digital radio in the UK?” Campbell wrote. “Why for a time at least, will it be broadcasting online and on mobile Apps only? It’s not our preference. We would have loved to stay on the UK airwaves – it’s been a real privilege to be ‘six clicks to the left of Radio 1’. But we’ve got into a barney with the people who own the transmitter network. It’s about money. ‘Nuff said. The net result is that Amazing Radio will continue on wi-fi, but no longer on the wireless. For the moment, at any rate.”
He continued: “If you have access online or via mobile Apps, please keep listening – we’ll still be there, still innovating, still expanding, still playing the world’s best new music before anyone else. If you can only listen on DAB, we’re really sorry for the inconvenience. We heartily recommend you tune to 6Music instead, our second favourite radio station. (In a funny way, we kind of feel part of the BBC. Its values have inspired Amazing from the start).
“We’re sorry to be no longer on the radio in the UK, but thrilled by what’s happened in the past five years. We’ll keep going, helping musicians to find an audience and make money, expanding in the UK, the States and beyond, continually innovating. You’ll still hear it here first. And quite possibly on the radio again soon.”
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