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Encyclopedia > ABC DiG

DiG is a digital radio service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation which began in November 2002. It plays music from the genres of pop, rock, blues, country, soul, jazz and world music, aimed at over-30s (including an audience perhaps graduated from the ABC's youth radio station, Triple J). Unlike other ABC radio services, it does have announcers and it is not broadcast on AM or FM. It is a cable radio station. Image File history File links DiG_logo. ... A digital system is one that uses numbers, especially binary numbers, for input, processing, transmission, storage, or display, rather than a continuous spectrum of values (an analog system) or non-numeric symbols such as letters or icons. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australias national public broadcaster. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... +Pop+ This article mainly describes pop as used in its more recent sense, as a subgenre of popular music. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... For other uses, see blues (disambiguation) Blues is a vocal and instrumental music form often based on the twelve-bar chord progression. ... A country, a land, is a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity, with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and population, who are one anothers countrymen. ... The soul according to many religious and philosophical traditions, is the ethereal substance — spirit (Hebrew:rooah or nefesh) — particular to a unique living being. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... The World in plate carrée projection The World In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is age or life of man. Its primary modern meaning is the planet Earth, especially when capitalized: the World. ... Triple J (JJJ) is a nationally-networked, government-funded Australian radio station (a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), mainly aimed at youth (defined as those between 12 and 25). ... AM radio is radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. ... Roberts FM radio FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. ... Cable radio or cable FM is a complementary concept to that of cable television, bringing radio transmissions into homes and businesses via coaxial cable. ...

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Channels

There are three DiG channels:


DiG

DiG broadcasts a range of alternative music, aimed at over 25's. Unlike DiG Jazz and Country, it plays multiple genres of music, emphasising genres and artists that get little airtime on commericial radio. Reception is offered via:

Free-to-air (FTA) is a term used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ... Digital television (DTV) uses digital modulation and compression to broadcast video, audio and data signals to television sets. ... Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ... ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly-owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ...

DiG Jazz

DiG Jazz broadcasts many different kinds of jazz music. It offers reception via:

Free-to-air (FTA) is a term used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ... Digital television (DTV) uses digital modulation and compression to broadcast video, audio and data signals to television sets. ... Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a developing technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form. ...

DiG Country

DiG Country broadcasts country and western music. It offers reception via:

  • Internet

External link

  • Official website

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