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sonoroHIFI: Excellent hi-fi sound and lots of style
21.04.2017 - Germany Germany
Multi-functionality, great design and sound - Sonoro's sonoroHIFI audio specialists have created a complete musical solution that doesn't disappoint.

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Review: Kia Rio
21.04.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The Kia Rio interior has been designed around the seven-inch touchscreen which features satnav, RDS and DAB radio.

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Forever FM from Peter Kay's Car Share is soon going to be a real radio station
21.04.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Forever FM will air on DAB in Manchester, and available also to stream online wherever you are.The station won't have any news or chit-chat, it's just going to be music, as on the television show itself, the station will feature a wide selection of tunes from the '80s, '90s and '00s.

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Forever FM from Peter Kay's Car Share is going to be a real radio station
21.04.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Forever FM, the fictional station that featured in Peter Kay's Car Share, is to become an actual broadcast station. It will air on DAB in Manchester and will also be available to stream online across the rest of the country.

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New radio frequency plan finally approved
21.04.2017 - Belgium Belgium
From mid-May candidate channels will be able to submit their applications to participate in the new radio landscape in Belgium. The Minister of Media, Sven Gatz is behind the plans, which have now been approved, to reform Flemish radio by moving broadcasting from FM analogue to DAB+ digital radio.

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Car Share radio station Forever FM launched for real - with no room for bad news!
21.04.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Forever FM. the fictitious radio station on Peter Kay's BBC1 series Car Share, has been launched for real by broadcaster Steve Penk. The station won't broadcast any news - just 'uplifting singalong music' 24 hours a day.

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Internet consulting on auction of space above regional DAB+ capacity
21.04.2017 - Netherlands Netherlands
The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Kamp, has launched an internet consultation in response to the intention under article 3.10 of the Telecommunications Act to auction up regional DAB+ capability in layer 4. There are frequencies available in the three top regional allotments: eight licenses for Northwestern channel 9D, fourteen for Southwest channel 9D, and nine available for South channel 7A.  As existing permits are not going to be extended, this is an opportunity for newcomers to get a license to broadcast on DAB+ digital radio. 

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RadioCity: the future of the radio from Milan
21.04.2017 - Italy Italy
Sponsored by the City of Milan, from 21 until 23 April 2017, at the Pavilion UniCredit in Milan, RadioCity brings together industry professionals from around the world for three days of information and meetings, music and entertainment all about radio.

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Car Share's Forever FM goes on Manchester DAB
21.04.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Fictitious radio station Forever FM – as heard on BBC 1's Car Share – has been turned into a real thing and put on the small-scale DAB multiplex in Manchester. Forever FM says it will not broadcast any news, and will just play uplifting singalong music 24-hours a day.

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Digital radio expansion for Cornwall
21.04.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The launch of new digital radio transmitters in Cornwall was celebrated at a special ‘switch on’ event today. The expansion of coverage means many listeners can now receive six further radio stations on DAB digital radio for the first time.

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