Does anyone else feel the same sense of unease and outrage about the latest "adverts" on the BBC trying to encourage people to buy DAB radios as Christmas presents this year?
The BBC have spent millions of tax-payers money switching to digital radio services but most listeners have, quite sensibly, come to the conclusion that their £5 transistor radio works just as well as a £100 DAB radio.
Personally I think it's scandalous of the BBC to run "advertising" of this nature - surely that's the job of the radio manufacturers who stand to profit from the sale of DAB radios rather than the public service organisation whose job is to provide the signal.
It's also an admission that DAB hasn't revolutionised the world of radio - hardly surprising given that its coverage is poor compared to FM and that, where stations are digitally broadcast, it's in mono rather than stereo. Just like BBC3 and BBC4, millions of pounds are being squandered on services that people don't actually want to a user-base of about 10,000 people.