Platformb - Brighton

[dxradiofan]

Just noticed a very potent signal on 105.5 here, certainly doesn't sound like your typical pirate station, stereo with rds and radio text

[Tim Bucknall]

https://www.platformb.org.uk/

must be a CR or RSL/LPAM

"We broadcast live from the Green Door Store, an acclaimed music venue and nightclub underneath Brighton railway station"

[dxradiofan]

I don't know what CR is but LPAM means AM only, this is FM of course and ofcom don't licence low power FM stations afaik...has to be a pirate imo....Code South was hogging 105.6 but the frequent occurrence of France Info perhaps forced them off air lol

[Nick Gilly]

It's not a pirate. It's a community station:

https://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/07/six-ne ... -and-kent/

Sounds to me like it'll be well worth a listen.

[dxradiofan]

Oh yes thanks hmm didn't realise. It's sure taken a long time though, that was from July 2016...

[dxradiofan]

It's not a pirate. It's a community station:

https://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/07/six-ne ... -and-kent/

Sounds to me like it'll be well worth a listen.

Er no it's dire, a complete waste of bandwidth imo. Juice was great very local etc for many years but it was bought up by capital a few months back so now a clone of all the others just like all the heart 'stations, awful

[dxradiofan]

It's not a pirate. It's a community station:

https://radiotoday.co.uk/2016/07/six-ne ... -and-kent/

Sounds to me like it'll be well worth a listen.

Er no it's dire, a complete waste of bandwidth imo. Juice was great very local etc for many years but it was bought up by capital a few months back so now a clone of all the others just like all the heart 'stations' awful

[theme]

Wait, so Code South wasn't legal?

[Nick Gilly]

No. Code South is a pirate.

As for a waste of bandwidth, I coulldn't disagree more. Platform B is currently playing Afro disco/funk as I type this. Where on Heart/Smooth/Capital/More Radio would you hear this?

[Tim Bucknall]

Sorry auto correct changed lpfm to lpam.
ofcom do license low power FM stations for certain buildings

See soundart radio etc

CR = community radio

Seems like a station offering something new as nick says , all the cr stations here are clones of 90s ILR, playing high school hits, guess the year etc etc