Dab Will Be Death of Radio As We Know It ; Earlier This Year, Bbc Radio Devon Sacked Popular Presenter Graham Danton, Sparking One of Our Biggest Ever Postbags. Here, the Man Once Described As the 'Epitome of Sundays' Looks at the Threat Posed to Fm, Which He Fears Could Mean Radio Itself Is Silenced for Many

Western Morning News, The › July 10, 2009

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TWO years ago, on my BBC radio programme, I mentioned that in the near future the Government would be switching off AM and FM radio, forcing us to buy DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) receivers - or go without radio.

I was sent for by the current El Supremo and asked whence I had obtained this story? I said it had featured in the Press, whereupon I was told I should not believe all I saw in newspapers. This attempt to treat me like a 75-year-old child angered me and I explained that the "story" had come direct from Ofcom which regulates, and nowadays often fines, the BBC.

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Dab Will Be Death of Radio As We Know It ; Earlier This Year, Bbc Radio Devon Sacked Popular Presenter Graham Danton, Sparking One of Our Biggest Ever Postbags. Here, the Man Once Described As the 'Epitome of Sundays' Looks at the Threat Posed to Fm, Which He Fears Could Mean Radio Itself Is Silenced for Many

The derogatory remark about newspapers was blatant hypocrisy. If you enter a BBC newsroom, you will be astonished at the number of newspapers scattered across the many desks, the old issues preserved in racks. When I worked in ITV, each reporter on the e...

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