Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 13/09/2026#ams #schiphol on dismal form as usual. Three passport control desks open for departing passengers. Just three. eGates not working for UK passports, for unexplained reasons. 100
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026#EES fiasco. At #AMS, queue to get to a kiosk+ photo+prints. Tells me to use eGates. Queue again to the eGates, which reject me, to back of the manual queue. The border officer tells me 'British passports aren't working in the eGates'. 🤦♂️ 100
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This hotel is like some radio stations I know. It's trying it's very hardest to hotel properly, but just not managing it. 010
Reposted by Nick PiggottMixmag @mixmag.net · 24/08/2026From today, after more than a decade showcasing underground dance music, the station now has large radio coverage area across Bristolmixmag.netBristol’s Noods Radio joins D.A.B+ for the first timeNoods will now be broadcast across radio channels in Bristol, which the team says “feels surreal” 042
Reposted by Nick PiggottBristol Digital Radio CIC @bristoldigitalradio.org · 24/08/2026We are so gassed that NOODS Radio are back on DAB+ with Underground Music & Culture - and we 💕 this reel... www.instagram.com/reel/DcanwtM...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 001
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 22/08/2026And a very good morning 🌞 to everyone except Virgin Media (again)... 020
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I am ¾ of the way through a 'coffee flight' at a very good coffee roastery, and it's possible I now won't sleep for approximately two decades. ☕☕☕☕🫨 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Credit where credit is due, a pretty much flawless EES entry process at OPO this evening. Kiosks working, previous EES registration recognised, questions asked and answered, and directed to use the eGates. 5 minutes through. 👌 010
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Oh, national alarm time 😬 Danger of wildfires, so fair enough. 🔥🔥 000
Reposted by Nick PiggottRadio World @radio-world.bsky.social · 14/08/2026When assessing the strategic mix of broadcast and IP, it’s important to not let the familiarity of broadcast breed contempt for its strengths, both technological and strategic, @nickpiggott.bsky.social of RadioDNS writes.radioworld.comBroadcast or IP? It’s Not a Binary Choice - Radio WorldRadio’s future lies in combining broadcast and IP while keeping the user experience simple, argues RadioDNS Project Manager Nick Piggott. 001
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Currently editing some audio for a theatre show, and the director's run order is a level of chaos that's making my skin itch. Every number should have a number, not a vague 'title as intent' naming convention. 😬 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Really pleased to have wrangled this into being. Getting SSDAB working together to provide true regional coverage at scale. 110
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Radio WOMAD is a festival radio station running from a cabin in a field. They're DAB encoding at source + accurate PAD + accurate Traffic Announcements. And it sounds banging. A real passion to getting it 💯 that quite a lot of 'proper' stations just done have. 🙄 radiotoday.co.uk/2026/07/radi...radiotoday.co.ukRadio WOMAD adds DAB to festival broadcasts – RadioToday 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Good to hear #chloeslater getting playlisted at #bbc6music. Live session with #Lamacq this afternoon. It's really good ... 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 02/07/2026AI: using vast amounts of computing resources to shift work from the unskilled to the skilled. 🤦♂️ 010
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 30/06/2026And this, kids, is why we never put notes in the Title field of the playout system. 🙄 (Excuse the dust, it's a work radio). 040
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The sheer variety of f**kups that Virgin Media can inflict would be awe inspiring if it wasn't so disruptive / annoying / frustrating... 020
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Intrigued to see what this amazing Gigwatt broadband looks like? Delivered on 2.5mm² solid copper cables? 100
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 17/06/2026If the BBC pulls the plug on terrestrial TV, will broadcast radio become collateral damage? Is this the domino that topples the whole 'high tower, high power' broadcast stack in the UK? (Small Scale DAB would be much less affected - but could it take up the slack?) 100
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Just arrived into Frankfurt Airport #FRA Terminal 1/B. Lots of helpers, but every single EES machine was turned off/roped off. Really frustrating. In contrast, Munich T2 seems to have an excellent EES setup. 🤷♂️ 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Or, and hear me out, we don't allow the private equity owned monopoly provider of TV infrastructure (created by privatising state assets in the 90s) to endlessly gouge money out the BBC? inews.co.uk/news/fight-s...share.googleThe fight to stop online-only TV as BBC prepares for switch offMPs warn voters will punish Labour if free digital TV is switched off in move to streaming 010
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Listening to iHeart 80s this evening, I can't believe how they butcher the intros to songs?! Was this how they were always broadcast on radio in the US? Bruce Hornsby & The Range, The Way It Is - slashed to ONE bar of piano intro. Hall and Oates, Maneater, just two bars of sax. Weird. 110
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I'm cautious about micro mobility. It feels like it skims premium revenue out of public transport without being a genuine public service. Here's an example... 1/ 100
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Saying Servus tonight to 777-200 OE-LPC, an aircraft I've flown on for its entire operating life. Like an old friend. In typical Austrian fashion, it's got an espresso machine and a wide-ranging coffee menu, but no in-flight WiFi. #aua #austrian 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This will be terribly reassuring to a lot of volunteer run community radio stations. 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I'm very very glad that the ORF had a European showcase for their light touch approach to network timings... wird nie ändern... 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Watching #Eurovision on DVB-T on BBC One HD. So I'm almost a whole song ahead of the IP viewers. Regardless, it'sl going to overrun, because it's ORF. Ending live shows on time is not their strength. 020
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Ryanair often refuse to pay airport fees, citing how much revenue airports can make from their passengers. So it seems like Ryanair are the underlying cause of this problem. 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 06/05/2026There is literally no reason anymore to listen to national dance music stations from London. The homebrew stations on SSDAB in Bristol are like your cute local bistro with great home cooking compared to getting a mid Maccas. 000
Reposted by Nick PiggottBristol Digital Radio CIC @bristoldigitalradio.org · 01/05/2026💃 We're welcoming Signature Radio to DAB+ across Bristol and South Gloucestershire today. Supporting your desire for rare grooves, slow jamz, reggae, soul & r'n'n. Spin your dial, give it a listen. 📻 111
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Arriving at #NCE airport on the second day of 'mandatory' EES, and of course all the pre-registration kiosks are turned off. 🙄 (Last week at #FRA and #MUC, it worked exactly as intended at kiosks prior to immigration). 200
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Early start on the way to Riga for #RDE26 - cold but sunny at LHR. 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Intriguing to see inner city Bristol reach the 'Melbourne Ratio' of one artisan coffee shop per inhabitant. ☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕☕ 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Excitedly waiting to see if the newsreader has made it for the 20:30 bulletin on #bbc6music 000
Reposted by Nick PiggottTristan Cork @tristancorkpost.bsky.social · 23/02/2026I took a deep dive into Bristol's housing crisis, seen through the lens of how one minor planning permission to spruce up some industrial units explains so much about the crises of affordability, building costs & viability. get a cuppa & have a long read! www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...bristolpost.co.ukBristol's housing crisis explained in one small industrial estateA tale of Luxembourg investors, powerless councillors, a viability crisis and 20,000 people on the housing waiting list 2175
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Just spotted a swan on the central reservation of the M4. The temptation to report it to Wiltshire Police using the name Peter Ian Staker was extreme. (It was just one swan. And they knew about it - the warning signs were coming on already). 000
Reposted by Nick PiggottJohan Nohr @nohr.se · 01/02/2026Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly 92166204816
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Greatest Hits Radio testing the waters by playing FGTH Relax of an afternoon.... 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 09/01/2026If you work in the creative industries and you're worried about the impact of AI on your career, I would recommend going to see "The Wizard of Oz at The Sphere" in Las Vegas. If that's the current state of the art, IMO your skills will still be of value for a while... 100
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 31/12/2025It's always good to pay tribute at the end. Midnight at the Oasis, Brand New Heavies at the end of Oasis Radio in St.Albans. I don't know how many people heard it, but it seemed like the right thing to do. 110
Reposted by Nick PiggottBristol Digital Radio CIC @bristoldigitalradio.org · 28/12/2025Our signal has been a bit post-Xmas wobbly today. We've given it a strong cup of black coffee and a shower and hopefully it'll be more stable from now on. ☕☕ 001
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 28/12/2025I'm almost out of ways to describe #virginmedia 's incompetence with IP. Today's genius achievement - inter-network routing is glitching, but extra-network is fine. 🤦♂️🤦♂️ 010
Reposted by Nick PiggottSevernside Digital Radio CIC @severnsidedigitalradio.org · 09/12/2025Sorry to all you Avonmouth and Portishead people - we had a power outage but it's back on again now. ⚡⚡ 001
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Never thought I'd be saying that #RadioDNS had better up time than Cloudflare, but here we are. 🤷♂️ 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Brian Hayes was the first person I heard on the radio being challenging and confrontational - quite the formative experience. 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 30/11/2025I used to think DCS was a complicated way to play out audio for radio, using a bizzare set of keystrokes. Then I started using ETS Eos for lighting, and, whoo, boy, steep learning curve when you don't have a physical console. 110
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 11/11/2025As an observation - it's very hard to criticise the board of an organisation when you're heading that organisation. But once you're not, you can. And boy, can you. 000
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Nice to see another two gaps in the West Country Small Scale DAB map get filled in - Taunton and "North Somerset" (Glasto/Wells/Shepton) awarded today. 👍 (Actual North Somerset (Weston) was awarded last time). 100
Nick Piggott @nickpiggott.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Saying Brexit harms our economy is quite an abstract statement. Let me make it real. Small Scale DAB in the UK works because we buy reasonably priced equipment from reasonably good quality suppliers, who are based in the EU. There isn't anyone in the UK who makes the equipment we need. 1/x 175
