While they did not name 4Square Media websites, they did link the claims with our exclusive story that highlighted the problems associated with the roll out of digital radio in Sydney.
They claimed that Commercial Radio Australia Chief Executive Joan Warner had taken umbrage with claims that consumers who had already purchased digital radio will need factory resets to receive DAB+ radio.
The reason why ChannelNews and SmartHouse was able to accurately report on the digital radio issues in Sydney, was because we actually check press releases and in particular, claims made by Commercial Radio Australia before we publish them. .
Earlier this week, Commercial Radio Australia announced that digital radio was now up and running in Sydney. We chose to test two digital radio systems to see what level of service was being delivered and what we found was that with both digital radios' we were not able to receive an DAB+ signal.
We consulted with Pioneer, distributors of the Pure digital radio brand in Australia, Pure radio from the UK, as well as Len Wallis of Len Wallis audio in Sydney on the issue.
In an e-mail to 4SquareMedia, Len Wallis said: "Following your call last night, I also could not get anything up on the Pure digital radio."
We also consulted with Commercial radio Australia who advised us that a certain amount of resetting and retuning would have to take place with all digital radios that had been purchased during the past 4 weeks following heavy promotions by retailers in Australia for digital radio's.
