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Weather 24/7 Radio is set to launch on DAB+ next week, providing rolling weather information 24 hours a day. Based in Portsmouth, it will feature up to date broadcasts on the current weather situation in the city as well as forecasts for the next 72 hours.

The Austrian Media Days will take place on 20 & 21 September and will be held in the WU campus in Vienna. The theme for this year's event is the future of media. Gunnar Garfors , President of International DMB Advancement Group (IDAG) will present about the recent launch of the world's first DAB+ smartphone, the LG Stylus 2.

Bayerischer Rundfunk has continued the expansion of its DAB+ transmitter network and has expanded to 44 locations. DAB+ is now available in the district of Miltenberg in Lower Franconia.

It comes with air con, cruise control, variable assistance power steering, seven-inch colour touchscreen, a six-speaker RDS and DAB digital radio, remote central locking, tyre pressure monitor, alarm and immobiliser, Bluetooth hands free and media streaming.

The most recent Digital Migration (DigiMig) working group report reveals that listening via DAB+ digital radio has surpassed FM radio for the first time.

53 percent of all radio listening in Switzerland is now digital, taking it ahead of analogue for the first time. Digital radio listening has increased by eight percentage points in a year, rising from 45 percent in the spring of 2015 to 53 percent in the same period of 2016. Analogue FM transmission in Switzerland will gradually be replaced by digital radio as of 2020. 

Bayerische Rundfunk has started three new Franconian regional networks for digital radio with eight DAB+ transmitters. DAB+ will now be available in the regions of Bayern, Mainfranken, Bavaria Central and Upper Franconia.

This model has a DAB+ digital radio, leather-wrapped steering wheel and gearknob, and it also scores paddle-shifters, and an auto-dimming rear mirror.

Over the past 12 months, more than 70,000 DAB receivers were sold in France. This represents an increase in sales of 32% year on year.

The Portsmouth minimux, owned and operated by Angel Radio, is now a year old and has 17 services broadcasting, with two more expected to launch soon. Twelve of the programs being broadcast feature some flavor of Portsmouth-targeted content, and thirteen are broadcast in stereo, a record for a UK DAB multiplex.