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Is radio covered by the license? But on a technical level it should be possible with DAB which actually has some adoption in the UK unlike most other countries
by Nextgrid 5y ago
Is radio covered by the license?
But on a technical level it should be possible with DAB which actually has some adoption in the UK unlike most other countries.
- cmacleod4 5y agoRestricting DAB reception would be pointless unless they also turned off all non-digital am/fm broadcasts, which I think is unlikely. I believe there was once a separate BBC radio license, but they gave up on that long ago. So now BBC radio is financed from the TV licence fee, but there's no requirement to have a TV licence to listen to radio.
- richardwhiuk 5y agoThe license fee used to solely be for radio - prior to TV being widespread. There's an argument that the same shift should happen to be an internet license, but the idea has never got off the ground.
- retrac 5y ago> unless they also turned off all non-digital am/fm broadcasts, which I think is unlikely Very unlikely at present. Tangential fun fact: the ongoing broadcast of BBC Radio 4 on longwave is (one of?) the means by which British nuclear deterrence submarines ensure Britain hasn't been destroyed. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/radio-silence-puts-subs-on-nuclear-1157478 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manches...
- dbbk 5y agoYes radio is paid for by the license.