> I've no idea whether any of this is true, since I don't work for the BBC. ...... yet.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Cridland Sent: 30 May 2007 23:33 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] BBC "Radio" 7 Here's my guess as to why the BBC dab services have changed... Most people tune using the short-name - which have all now changed so they work in sequence as you tune in. So you get BBC R1, BBC R1X, BBC R2, BBC R3, BBC R4, BBC R5L, BBC R5SX, etc. Because of the way the DAB names work (the short-names aren't broadcast separately; just one character tells the radio which characters it should display from the long names), you can't have "BBC R7" as a short name, but "BBC7" as the long name. I personally prefer it the new way. I've no idea whether any of this is true, since I don't work for the BBC. -- http://james.cridland.net/ On 5/29/07, Gary Kirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Last night I noticed my digital radio (The Bug) displayed "BBC Radio 7" instead of the usual BBC 7. The shortcut also displayed as BBC R7, like Radio 4 does. I investigated and found 6music had also changed - BBC Radio 6 music. Why is this? Obviously it's a radio broadcast - it's a digital radio... BBC Radio 1 - 4 & Five Five I understand, as, broadcast on traditional radio, have always been called this; 7 never has. -- Gary Kirk - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
