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PTYN (Program Type Name)
The PTYN feature is used to further describe current PTY. PTYN permits the display of a more specific PTY
description (max 8 characters) that the broadcaster can freely decide (e.g. PTY:4 = Sport and PTYN: Football). The
PTYN is not intended to change the default eight characters of PTY which will be used during search or wait
modes, but only to show in detail the programme type once tuned to a programme. If the broadcaster is satisfied
with a default PTY name, it is not necessary to use additional data capacity for PTYN. The Programme Type Name
is not intended to be used for automatic PTY selection and must not be used for giving sequential information.
NOTE: the PTY only can be programmed accordingly to the UECP protocol. The PTYN is related to the UECP Extended
(custom) RDS programming mode.
Number
PTY Code
PTY (Programme type)
8-character display
16-character display
0
00000
No programme type or undefined
None
None
1
00001
News
News
News
2
00010
Current Affairs
Affairs
Current Affairs
3
00011
Information
Info
Information
4
00100
Sport
Sport
Sport
5
00101
Education
Educate
Education
6
00110
Drama
Drama
Drama
7
00111
Culture
Culture
Cultures
8
01000
Science
Science
Science
9
01001
Varied
Varied
Varied Speech
10
01010
Pop Music
Pop M
Pop Music
11
01011
Rock Music
Rock M
Rock Music
12
01100
Easy Listening Music
Easy M
Easy Listening
13
01101
Light classical
Light M
Light Classics M
14
01110
Serious classical
Classics
Serious Classics
15
01111
Other Music
Other M
Other Music