I was sad today to find out that a radio station I really quite like has shut down. That radio station was Captital Life, which broadcasted on the UK's digital radio system (DAB), a nice radio station that played a lot of music without lots of interruptions from presenters and adverts. It has been known for some time that this was going to happen as the station's owners GCap Media was having problems making DAB radio a profitable venture. This is the latest development in the sad story of DAB radio in the UK, which has recently been branded by technology news website The Register as "a very British failure", they have also published an interesting article exploring some of the options to save digital radio in the UK from terminal decline in "Fixing the UK's DAB disaster". It would be a great shame if digital broadcasting did die off as the idea of a platform that can carry many stations serving diverse tastes is very appealing. Yes you can put everything through the Internet, but for the times when you are out and about, maybe in your car, relying on a mobile broadband signal is not usually a reliable business. Radio can be used in many ways and as it is much cheaper to make programmes for radio than TV it can be possible to make diverse programming and cover costs.