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The total national radio broadcasting has decreased in the last year, figures published by the Norwegian Media Authority today. According to the measurements made by Kantar Media, there is a decline for the broad channels owned by the largest radio houses, and some increase for new ones.

At the WorldDAB General Assembly 2017, the WorldDAB Award for Outstanding Service was presented to Thomas Saner of Swiss Public Broadcaster SRG SSR. The award is recognition for Thomas’s work on the introduction of DAB and DAB+ in Switzerland and his long service on the WorldDAB Steering Board.

THE Scottish Sun is gearing up to launch three new music-based radio stations in 2018. The DAB and online channels will go live on 1 January 2018 and will each be targeted at a different audience – offering a huge range of music.

Wireless Group is launching nine new permanent regional music radio stations on DAB at the start of 2018, plus four Christmas pop-ups on 17 November 2017.

The new station will start no later than in the first quarter of 2018 and will be broadcast on DAB+ and IP streaming platforms throughout German-speaking Switzerland.

These messages were particularly relevant to Switzerland, which starts its own switch-off in 2020, and to other countries which are planning their future digital radio roadmaps. Delegates also heard about the continuing progress of DAB in Europe...

Addressing over 200 delegates at the WorldDAB General Assembly in Paris, Nicolas Curien, board member in charge of radio at the CSA, described the measures being put in place to accelerate the roll-out of DAB+ in new cities and highways across the country

The WorldDAB Forum was held in Paris on 7 and 8 November 2017. Nicolas Curien, CSA advisor and president of the group on radio at the CSA, attended before nearly 250 experts of the digital radio. He decrypts this event in 3 questions.

There are the hugely comfortable seats upholstered in Windsor leather, heated rear seats, automatic dual-zone climate control plus the likes of DAB radio and a 10.2-inch touchscreen with the latest InControl system and an integrated TV tuner...

Lefteris Kretsos, the Greek Secretary General of Information and Communication, paid a two-day visit to Paris and attended the WorldDAB General Assembly along with George Thalassinos, a member of ERT 's Board of Directors and ERT 's General Manager of Technology, Nikos Mihalitsis. In September, Mr Kretsos revealed that Greece plans to launch digital radio, announcing that digital frequency maps would be ready within the next three months, with licences issued within the next eight months.