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Restricting 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
by cmacleod4 5y ago
Restricting 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...