Tag: Early digital columns

  • Is digital radio really the future for Norfolk?

    From my North Norfolk News column, July 2009. This lightly edited archive text reflects the predictions and radio services of the period, not the present-day status of FM or DAB. I dare say in the past month most readers will have at least once turned on their radio and tuned around looking for a decent…

  • Discovering Twitter: a new way to hear what Norfolk thinks

    From my North Norfolk News column, June 2009. This lightly edited archive text retains my perspective and the social media landscape of the time. Twitter has since been renamed X. Students like me love distractions at this time of the year when they should be busily getting on with revision and have finished lectures for…

  • Digital TV switchover: will rural Norfolk be ready?

    From my North Norfolk News column, April 2008. This lightly edited archive text preserves the information, forecasts and prices discussed at the time; it is not current advice about digital television. There have been a lot of stories lately about the digital television switchover, and recent reports suggest that 220,000 homes will be unable to…