'News: State Radio In Denmark Axes "Jukebox" DAB Radio Music Stations' by Grant Goddard
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News story about the decision by state radio 'DR' in Denmark to close its jukebox music radio stations broadcast on DAB, written by Grant Goddard in April 2010 for Grant Goddard: Radio Blog.
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Danish state radio ‘DR’ is cutting the number of DAB channels it broadcasts, many of which
are ‘jukebox’ music stations, in order to focus on presenter-led programmes. At the same time,
it plans to develop more and better on-demand and mobile content, particularly aimed at
young people.
These changes were part of the DR programming strategy for 2011 of ‘quality over quantity’
announced by director general Kenneth Plummer, who said:
“The intention is not to create more, but better and more focused content for the
Danish people. This is the recurring theme within our plans for the coming year.”
Announcing the policy changes for DAB radio, DR media director Mikael Kamber said:
“We will get to see more ‘real’ content-focused channels on DAB and fewer pure music
channels.”
The DR plan is to re-position its DAB radio channels in order to offer genuine public service
content aimed at three specific segments of the audience: children, teenagers and the elderly.
One press report said that the number of DR digital radio channels was to be cut from 29 to
10.
The DR digital radio channels collectively had a weekly reach (via DAB and the internet) of
20.1% in 2009, up from 17.1% in 2008. The DR DAB channels attract a 2.5% share of listening
in aggregate, low compared to the DR analogue radio channels P4 (46%), P3 (18.3%), P1
(6.9%) and P2 (4.3%). As in the UK, radio listening in Denmark is in slight decline, down by 4
minutes year-on-year to 2 hours 7 minutes per day in 2009.
DAB radio was launched in Denmark by state radio in October 2002, following trials that
started in 1995.
[First published by Grant Goddard: Radio Blog as 'Denmark: State Radio Axes DAB Radio "Jukebox" Music
Channels', 24 April 2010.]
Grant Goddard is a media analyst / radio specialist / radio consultant with thirty years of
experience in the broadcasting industry, having held senior management and consultancy
roles within the commercial media sector in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia. Details at
http://www.grantgoddard.co.uk](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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'News: State Radio In Denmark Axes "Jukebox" DAB Radio Music Stations' by Grant Goddard
- 1. NEWS: STATE RADIO IN DENMARK AXES 'JUKEBOX' DAB RADIO MUSIC STATIONS by GRANT GODDARD www.grantgoddard.co.uk April 2010
- 2. News: State Radio In Denmark Axes 'Jukebox' DAB Radio Music Stations page 2 ©2010 Grant Goddard Danish state radio ‘DR’ is cutting the number of DAB channels it broadcasts, many of which are ‘jukebox’ music stations, in order to focus on presenter-led programmes. At the same time, it plans to develop more and better on-demand and mobile content, particularly aimed at young people. These changes were part of the DR programming strategy for 2011 of ‘quality over quantity’ announced by director general Kenneth Plummer, who said: “The intention is not to create more, but better and more focused content for the Danish people. This is the recurring theme within our plans for the coming year.” Announcing the policy changes for DAB radio, DR media director Mikael Kamber said: “We will get to see more ‘real’ content-focused channels on DAB and fewer pure music channels.” The DR plan is to re-position its DAB radio channels in order to offer genuine public service content aimed at three specific segments of the audience: children, teenagers and the elderly. One press report said that the number of DR digital radio channels was to be cut from 29 to 10. The DR digital radio channels collectively had a weekly reach (via DAB and the internet) of 20.1% in 2009, up from 17.1% in 2008. The DR DAB channels attract a 2.5% share of listening in aggregate, low compared to the DR analogue radio channels P4 (46%), P3 (18.3%), P1 (6.9%) and P2 (4.3%). As in the UK, radio listening in Denmark is in slight decline, down by 4 minutes year-on-year to 2 hours 7 minutes per day in 2009. DAB radio was launched in Denmark by state radio in October 2002, following trials that started in 1995. [First published by Grant Goddard: Radio Blog as 'Denmark: State Radio Axes DAB Radio "Jukebox" Music Channels', 24 April 2010.] Grant Goddard is a media analyst / radio specialist / radio consultant with thirty years of experience in the broadcasting industry, having held senior management and consultancy roles within the commercial media sector in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia. Details at http://www.grantgoddard.co.uk