Birdsong FM Has Closed

Well what a disappointment! I thought I’d listen to Birdsong FM on my DAB radio this afternoon only to find that it’s closed down last month and has been replaced by a station called Amazing Radio.

If you’ve never heard of it, Birdsong FM replaced a defunct digital radio station called OneWord. All you’d here on Birdsong FM was a repeated 20 minute recording of singing garden birds. That was it all day long, every day from 6am til midnight. It was great as unobtrusive background noise. I tended to listen to it on and off over the winter because in the summer I just open the window and listen to the real thing.

The station had something of a cult following and was often popular in such places as doctors waiting rooms and even prisons! There are now many calls for Birdsong FM to be brought back though I can’t see how it can fund itself unless it contains adverts or attracts a good sponsorship deal.

Let’s hope it’s back on our airwaves soon.