We’re glad to say that everything is back to normal now with our online broadcasting facility. Thanks for your patience.

The Technical Team

If you were trying to listen to Alive Radio on line or on air yesterday, you will have noticed we were experiencing some serious difficulties after 3pm and no live shows were presented.

All has now been restored and normal service has been resumed.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

The Techy Team.

We are experiencing some serious problems with our studio system today. Apologies – we hope to resume normal service later today.

Our new antenna or, to be more precise, antennae (there are two of them) are now fully installed, calibrated and tested. FM service is back to normal, on 107.3FM and first indications are a significant improvement in coverage, with much more consistent reception in the whole area.

Please feedback your experience of the new coverage. Thanks.

This morning’s FM service disruptions are continuing into the afternoon, as our engineers test out our new antenna. Normal service will be resumed soon. Internet streaming is unaffected.

On the morning of Saturday 19th September, we’re fitting a new antenna to our transmitter, which means the FM service in Dumfries will be disrupted for most of the morning. The internet feed will continue pretty much as normal, with occasional breaks for other maintenance jobs.

Thanks for understanding. This maintenance work should result in better FM reception.

The transmitter which broadcasts our 107.3fm signal across Dumfries and the surrounding area is not performing as it should – there is a fault. Consequently reception beyond a two or three mile radius of Maxwelltown can be patchy. This is not as it should be – the whole of Dumfries and surrounding area should be receiving an excellent signal, only diminishing due to the presence of hills and larger distances.

The broadcast engineers who installed and commissioned the system are aware of the problem and have ordered a new antenna from Italy, which should solve the difficulties. The anticipated date for rectification is 19th September, after which the signal should be significantly stronger and our guaranteed good reception area greatly increased.

Meanwhile, we do apologise if you are finding reception not as you hoped it would be. You can always hear Alive on line, so long as you have internet access, of course.

Thanks for your understanding.