What is the Digital Tick and is your radio defunct if you don't have one?

25.09.2014 - United Kingdom United Kingdom

The Digital Tick is just a government marking that manufacturers can apply for before selling their radios in future. It allows people to see, at a glance, that a new radio will be future-proof. But that doesn't mean your current radio won't work after the shut-off. As long as your radio has DAB it will be able to receive digital radio channels. If your radio is FM-only though it will only be able to receive whatever is left in the FM bandwidth - which is currently thought to be local community radio.

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