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About me

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This is the user page for DavidJones.

My website: davidjones.org

I am also active on Wikimedia Commons. My user page there has a gallery containing all of the images that I have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons from my Flickr account: www.flickr.com/photos/davidcjones.


Articles I'm working on (or planning)

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Radio Data System

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Sandbox_01 - Radio Data System

Useful links:

Absolute Radio

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Absolute Radio

Source material

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General sources
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  • Google News Archive Search - Up to end of 2005 so far
  • Bowie, Adam (26 September 2008). "A Brief History of Virgin Radio". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  • [History] "Broadcasting Act 1990". London: HMSO. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  • "Broadcasting Act 1990, section 85". London: HMSO. Retrieved 13 June 2009. (i) one is a service the greater part of which consists in the broadcasting of spoken material, and (ii) another is a service which consists, wholly or mainly, in the broadcasting of music which, in the opinion of the Authority, is not pop music [...] "pop music" includes rock music and other kinds of modern popular music which are characterised by a strong rhythmic element and a reliance on electronic amplification for their performance (whether or not, in the case of any particular piece of rock or other such music, the music in question enjoys a current popularity as measured by the number of recordings sold)
  • [History] "Fact Sheet 3: The Radio Authority: Its licences and licensing procedures". London: Radio Authority. Retrieved 20 May 2009. (Good background on broadcasting act and licensing approach)
  • "Radio Licensing: FAQs". London: Ofcom. Retrieved 20 May 2009. (Update of Radio Authority article - may be interesting differences)
Launch and early years (1993-1997)
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Ginger Media Group ownership (1997-2000)
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SMG plc ownership (2000-2008)
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Acquisition by TIML and change of name
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