Tuning Advice
We're now broadcasting on 96.8 FM! Erewash Sound is YOUR local radio station and naturally, we would like as many people as possible to be able to tune in to our FM transmissions.
Our transmitter has been installed at a carefully selected location, in order to provide the best coverage possible across the borough.
We hope you’ll be able to pick up our signal loud and clear, however, due to the type of licence obtained, we have been limited to a specific transmission power level, and this means things might not quite work out. So, if you’re having problems tuning in to 96.8 FM, here’s a few simple things you can try with your radio!
- Fully extend the telescopic aerial (where fitted), then move it around forwards and backwards, and side to side until you feel you’ve got the clearest signal possible.
- Move your radio around the room – near a window, upstairs perhaps. Try and find the best place where we can be heard as clearly as possible.
- Keep your radio away from things which might cause interference such as mobile phones, computers, microwave and other electrical appliances or motors/engines which might be running nearby.
- If you’re suffering interference from another radio station nearby on the dial, adjust your manual tuner slightly, move your radio and aerial as above.
- Change to mono settings if possible. You may detect a ‘hiss’ in the background of our transmissions. Although we’re broadcasting in FM Stereo, if your radio has a switch labeled ‘mono’, flick the switch to remove the ‘hiss’ in areas where our signal is weaker.
- Try a different radio! Newer units may have a better aerial, or are better equipped to pick up radio transmissions through the advance of technology.
- Listen on-line - a ‘simulcast’ (the same service) of our FM transmissions is available via the 'Listen Live' link on the top right of our homepage. The simulcast is available via PCs, laptops, MACs and most wi-fi internet radios. Wi-fi radios can be purchased for the approximate price of a DAB radio.
Still having trouble at home or in the workplace? Please let us know! Your contribution might give us important information that we might be able to use to discuss with engineers and the broadcast regulator. Send your e-mail with reception reports to
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Jeff Martin