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Since Dec. 17, listeners with digital radios have been able to receive Gelre FM, Best FM and FM Fun in a large part of Achterhoek, a region in the eastern part of the Netherlands.

Norway is set to become the first country in the world to switch off its FM radio networks in favour of DAB digital radio in 2017. The process will start on 11th January, 2017, when the region of Nordland will switch off FM networks, with each other region in the country following suit and making the switch at some point within the year.

The reception of the digital radio programs of the Südwestrundfunk (SWR) in the south-west of Baden-Württemberg and especially at the Hochrhein have been massively improved before Christmas 2016. This is due to the commissioning of new DAB + transmitter sites at the Hochrhein.

In the case of radio, the digital transmission method DAB+ is gaining in popularity with DAB+ radios becoming a very popular gift this Christmas. In addition to digital sound quality, DAB+ offers an ever greater variety of programmes and stations.

From 31 January 2017, the RAS (Radiotelevisione special agency) will switch from broadcasting in DAB to DAB+. RAS has also further expanded the reception of DAB+ stations in South Tyrol with quality reception now reaching 99.3% of the South Tyrolean population.

The community radio service was recently added to the London minimux and is already on a number of digital platforms around the South and as far north as Birmingham. The station plays a mixture of nostalgic music from the 1920s to the early 1960s...

The sonoroSTREAM is part of Sonoro's existing multiroom system, and has been designed with a focus on the bathroom which ensures natural sound thanks to the high sound quality and materials. The sonoroSTREAM is available as of 21 December and has a recommended retails price of 299 euros.

In its meeting on 15 December 2016, the media council of the Bavarian State Centre for New Media (BLM) extended the following capacity allocations for local VHF radio providers in the supply area of ​​the state capital Munich and the district of Munich and the DAB + providers in the local DAB supply area Munich for eight years .

Ulrich Wilhelm, Bavarian Broadcasting Director and Siegfried Schneider, President of the Bavarian State Center for New Media (BLM), signed a broad cooperation agreement last week. After several months of negotiations, planning and voting, an agreement was signed, in which the partners BLM and BR will carry out a wide cooperation in the operation of DAB networks in Bavaria over the next 8 years.

At the end of November, Les Sabel of WorldDAB hosted a workshop on DAB+ digital radio in Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, with 28 attendees from 12 different countries.The workshop was hosted in partnership with the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) and the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).