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Nicolas Curien (Advisor to the CSA, President of the Radio Working Group) said: "The launch of DAB in Lille and in Hauts-de-France is both an opportunity for the region and a promise of success for the ambitious deployment plan 2018-2020."

DEVA Broadcast will begin shipping its DB46 monitor in July. The DB46 DAB monitor is ETSI EN 300 401 DAB standard compliant.

In the north-west of France, 41 radio stations were officially started Tuesday via DAB+. These include Lille, Dunkirk and Calais, where five of the seven multiplexes have been brought into the air.

As part of Belgian French-language RTBF’s strategy to transition toward DAB+, in May the public radio broadcaster reduced daily AM broadcasts of its “VivaCité” and “La Première” stations to 14 hours. “Our plan is to discontinue AM once DAB+ kicks off,” said Laurent Finet, head of production and digital innovation at RTBF radio. “We will however continue our FM broadcasts for a number of years before we eventually put an end to these as well.”

About 25 new stations have been created following the launch of DAB+ in Hauts-de-France, dramatically increasing the radio landscape of the area.

After the launch of DAB+ services in Paris, Marseille and Nice, 51 stations have launched in the digital standard in Lille and the Hauts-de-France region.

New research by Hyundai has found that DAB radio is the sixth most preferred item by British drivers - with the audio quality and choice of stations cited for its preference above AM and FM.

DAB+ digital radio was officially launched Tuesday in Lille and four other cities in the Hauts-de-France, with approximately 50 radio stations launched.

DAB+ digital radio has been launched in Hauts-de-France, with more than 50 stations now having access to the technology. The launch took place at an official celebration event in Lille on Tuesday 19 June.

50 stations will be connected to the new DAB+ radio service that has been launched in Hauts-de-France on Tuesday 19 June, with more than 20 being established as new stations following the announcement in Lille.