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What is replacing Absolute Radio on FM? ›

Absolute Radio is no longer on FM in London

There are limited FM frequencies available in London, and so our parent company Bauer Media has made the decision to reallocate one of the already available frequencies (105.8FM) to Greatest Hits Radio.

If you are using external speakers or headphones, check that they are working and plugged in correctly. If you are still experiencing problems, send us an email by selecting either the 'I can't listen online' or 'Radio transmitter engineers' depending on whether you're trying to listen online or on radio.

Absolute Radio continued to be available by way of its national AM and digital transmissions. The change took place on 17 May. At midnight on 20 January 2023, the station stopped broadcasting on AM. Ofcom issued Bauer Radio a £25,000 fine and revoked the medium wave licence on 13 February 2023.

Winning couldn't be simpler: entrants must ensure they are in the draw, and if Absolute Radio calls after the competition lines close at 3pm, they must answer within five rings.

The HD Radio sound quality delivers deeper bass, higher treble, more stereo separation, and a greater dynamic range (the difference between the loudest and quietest sounds) than FM or AM signals.

FM will likely still be used for local and community radio stations, although Ofcom has been trialling small-scale digital radio multiplexes in an attempt to bring these to DAB, too. Get ready for the switchover with one of our best digital radios.

A blown fuse or bad wiring could be the problem if the radio doesn't power up at all, but if the condition is intermittent, it won't be a fuse. It could be a loose connection still. Is the radio control responsive? If it's frozen, there could be an internal fault or it might need an update from the manufacturer.

If your radio is a portable, try moving the aerial to different angles. You could also try a different position in the room. Window sills and high shelves are good places for radios; avoid putting them close to radiators or electronic equipment such as computers, mobile/cordless phones or TV sets.

Transmission: Absolute Radio 105.8FM is available on 105.8FM across London. It isn't on any other platform. Absolute Radio 105.2FM is available on 105.2FM across the West Midlands.

The average listeners age for Absolute Radio is 40, allowing you to reach older people with higher levels of disposable income.

What is the Absolute Radio number? ›

You can contact us by phone, and some of our competitions request phone entry. The number is 0330 123 1215. Calls to Absolute Radio are charged at National Rate from a BT landline – from other operators and mobile phones it may vary. We earn nothing from these calls.

Broadcasting on AM requires running an additional transmitter which is environmentally unfriendly and not cost-efficient given the small numbers of those listening here. We're sorry for those affected by the change, but we hope you find an alternative listening experience that works for you.

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Recall that the station is no longer on FM in London, having given up the 105.8 slot to Greatest Hits Radio back in 2021. And the 105.2 frequency it occupied for a few years in the West Midlands was likewise passed over to Greatest Hits in 2018. So the only analogue broadcasts of Absolute Radio today are on AM.

MediaWorks has replaced the doomed Today FM with a music-only radio station across most of its markets, Channel X. The new station aims to be a new type of station “designed to appeal to people who may not be regular radio listeners.”

According to Richard Stern, TuneIn's CEO, “AM/FM transmission is a legacy distribution technology and will likely go away as more efficient technologies such as DAB and IP delivery continue to mature. This doesn't mean radio is going away, though.

In an AM radio station, the carrier wave's amplitude, or the height of the wave, changes. In an FM radio station, the frequency, or the number of wave cycles completed in a certain amount of time, changes while the amplitude stays the same.