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WorldDAB has announced the line-up of speakers and sessions for its popular Digital Radio Workshop, taking place in Kuala Lumpur on Monday 5 March at ABU’s 2018 Digital Broadcasting Symposium. With more and more broadcasters implementing DAB+ in Asia Pacific, the workshop, titled “DAB+ in a multiplatform world,” will discuss how DAB+ can secure a strong future for radio.

Greece entered the digital radio age on 5 January with the country’s first-ever DAB+ radio transmissions. According to the Greek language news site radiotvlink.gr, seven DAB+ channels are being broadcast by ERT on VHF Channel 12C (227.36 MHz), using a single DAB+ multiplex and a transmission power of 300 watts.

French radio station Crooner FM have expressed delight at the CSA's news to accelerate deployment of DAB+ services in the country, helping them to enable transmission in Lille from May 2018, and Strasbourg at a to-be-confirmed date.

WorldDAB made a call to European Union policy makers on the European market on Monday to ensure new radio equipment always has access to both analogue and digital radio frequencies. The campaign was in tandem with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the European Digital Radio Alliance (EDRA).

The new station will launch at 12am (AEST) on Thursday February 1, and will be available on DAB+ in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

As from January 31, 2018, Germany-wide online radio detector.fm began broadcasting on DAB+ for the first time. The station participates in a pilot project for the supply of digital programmes via DAB+ in Leipzig and Freiberg.

Starting 31 January, the young digital station Absolut HOT began broadcasting on DAB+ in the Greater Leipzig and Freiberg regions. This follows the allocation of temporary DAB+ multiplexes made by the Saxon State Media Authority last May.

The German cities of Leipzig and Freiberg have each begun 12 new DAB+ broadcasts in the city starting on 31 January, enabled by the local DAB+ multiplexes supported by the Saxon State Media Authority.

While most new cars now come with a DAB digital radio as standard, many used cars, and even some new ones, miss out. Luckily, there's a competitive market for aftermarket DAB car radio adaptors. Featuring Pure Highway 400, Dension DAB+A, AutoDAB SmartDAB, EasyDAB DB-1, Dension DAB+R, AutoDAB Connect, Alpine EZi-DAB, Pama PNG1220 and Sonichi S100.

Triple M Country will be available from midnight on February 1 on DAB+ digital radio in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.