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ORF to launch on DAB+ after all: pilot project with Ö3 on digital radio

22.12.2025 - Austria Austria

The ORF is softening its previously consistent rejection of DAB+. Since Friday, Ö3 has also been available on digital radio, a pilot project, as the ORF emphasises. ‘As part of the technical pilot project, Hitradio Ö3 has been broadcast throughout Austria via the MUX II platform of ORF subsidiary ORS since 19 December 2025 until further notice,’ the ORF announced. "Among other things, the coverage of the current DAB+ transmitter network in the high-level road network, in tunnels and when switching from FM to DAB is being tested. Subsequently, innovative offerings in the areas of traffic radio, metadata and crisis information will be tested, and an accompanying analysis will also cover the economic efficiency of DAB+ broadcasting."

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