service carrying scores-and-music show "Rock 'n Roll Football", and the national 1215 AM service carrying match coverage. On DAB, the main Absolute service carried "Rock 'n Roll Football", with Extra carrying match coverage. Extra was also used for coverage of music festivals and events (such as V Festival) in addition to the coverage available on the main station. Absolute Radio Extra has subsequently ceased operation: the core Absolute service on DAB continues to relay the shared programming output of the national AM/London FM service. Absolute Xtreme This station played new, independent and alternative music; it grew from Virgin Radio's new/underground music programming of the time (such as "Razor Cuts" and "The Edge"); presenter of "The Edge", Steve Harris, was the principal voice on the station at its launch. The station was launched by station manager Lali Parikh on 5 September 2005, with the first content on air being a special launch announcement broadcast at 12.15 am that morning (a reference to the parent station's 1215AM frequency). Xtreme took over the digital TV and Switch London DAB slots previously held by Virgin Radio Groove, though Groove continued as an online station (and would later return to DAB and TV). Programming largely consisted of back-to-back music (with pre-recorded song introductions from Steve Harris), though Harris also hosted a live three-hour version of "The Edge" for the station on Friday nights. Following Harris' departure from Virgin (he joined Xfm London), the live show was axed and a new set of song introductions recorded by various Virgin Radio DJs were brought in. Xtreme survived the Absolute relaunch of October 2008, becoming Absolute Xtreme, but 4 December 2009 saw the station come off air, replaced on London's DAB platform and digital TV by Absolute Radio 80s. Listeners seeking alternative music were advised to switch to dabbl, though that service was not available on digital TV and was only on DAB in London in the evenings. dabbl Established in 2009 by the "One Golden Square Labs" research and development team within Absolute Radio, dabbl was an experimental user-controlled radio service. The dabbl platform operated 24 hours a day online at dabbl.co.uk – its first DAB outlet was in the nights-only (7pm to 6 am) slot on DRG London previously vacated by Virgin Radio Groove, though the 24-hour dabbl was subsequently made available on local DAB platforms in the Essex and Bristol/Bath/Wiltshire areas. The technology used allowed