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The next location where listeners will be able to tune into the TELEKO DAB multiplex from the new parameters will be Zlín - Mladcová. Instead of frequency block 11C, it will be channel 10D. As part of its efforts to improve coverage and strengthen its position in the digital radio market, Teleko digital is switching to a single channel 10D in the eastern part of the country. Thanks to the launch of the Zlín transmitter on the final parameters, ZUN radio, which reminds listeners of the motto "The most house in the ether", is returning to Zlín after a year.

TOPradio moves and listeners move with it. For instance, TOPradio scored extremely well in the latest CIM measurement period from May to August 2024. It saw its market share rise from 1.6% to 2.3% among Flemish people over 12 years old. The increase in listening figures is in all age groups and in every province. The new wave is confirmation that TOPradio's beats and dance pop are being enjoyed. The radio station is also looking confidently to the future. Since the beginning of September, TOPradio activated a new radio project: TOP2. This station serves fans with a beating heart for electronic music. House, techno, retro and hard dance, you can hear it live 24/7 on DAB+ and online.

It was a very good CIM wave for Nostalgie, which once again confirmed its status as market leader, and more broadly for all NGroup radio stations, which now have a 21.3% market share¹. NGroup's DAB+ radio stations are also continuing to grow. Nostalgie+ recorded a slight increase of 0.1%¹, reaching a market share of 1.3%¹, consolidating its position as the leading DAB+ radio station in French-speaking Belgium. NRJ+ remains stable with 0.4% market share¹. Together, the Nostalgie family (Nostalgie and Nostalgie+) has 15.2% market share¹, while the NRJ family (NRJ and NRJ+) has 5.3%¹.

According to the annual autumn forecast of VAUNET - Association of Private Media, total sales of audio and audiovisual media in Germany are expected to increase by 4.3 percent to a total of 16.0 billion euros in the current year 2024 (2023: 15.3 billion euros). Sales growth of 2 percent to around 713 million euros (2023: 699 million euros) is expected for radio advertising. This is the result of the 2023 sales statistics and 2024 forecast for the audio and audiovisual media market in Germany presented today by VAUNET in Berlin.

The figures from the Media Barometer show total media sales of NOK 7.29 billion after the first three quarters of the year. One of the winners in this media year is the audio category, which consists of podcasts and radio. This category has grown by 17.1 per cent this year. "Audio media continues to make impressive progress. This media group grew by 16 per cent last year, and is on course for a similar increase this year. It's worth noting that it's not just podcasts that are driving this growth, but that traditional radio - distributed via DAB and the internet - is very much part of the growth," says Harald Eide-Fredriksen, Media and Negotiations Director at Dentsu.

2025 marks a pivotal year for climate change. In accordance with the Paris Agreement, if humanity is to limit global warming to 1.5°C, greenhouse gas emissions must peak by that year at the latest, before they begin to fall. To support radio stations in their journalistic coverage of this issue, World Radio Day on February 13, 2025 will be dedicated to “Radio and Climate Change”. In the age of artificial intelligence, alongside ubiquitous social networks, quality radio is still universal and popular, considered to be the most reliable medium.

The small-scale DAB multiplex for South Gloucestershire has launched allowing local radio stations to ‘go digital’. Local not for profit company, South Glos Digital Community Interest Company (SGDCIC), has successfully launched the operation covering a large part of South Gloucestershire along with the crossroads. The company is supported by Thornbury Radio, community donations and grants from Thornbury Town Council and Thornbury Rotary, and has Nick Piggott from Muxnet as technical consultant and technical provider. David Wrench, Director of SGDCIC said, “Our DAB transmissions will benefit listeners across South Gloucestershire by bringing them a wider choice of radio stations including a new way to listen to Thornbury Radio.”

On 1 January 2025, a new era will begin in the history of Swiss radio: the programmes of the public broadcaster SSR will be broadcast exclusively in digital form. Analogue broadcasting via FM will be phased out in favour of DAB+ and IP radio. Private broadcasters will follow and the last FM stations by the end of 2026.

WorldDAB Summit 2024 will explore how DAB+ energises broadcast radio markets, offering listeners everything, everywhere, all the time. The flagship event brings together digital radio leaders and experts from around the world in Zagreb, Croatia on 14 November. In a keynote session, WorldDAB President Jacqueline Bierhorst will join Luka Đurić, Vice President, AER – Association of European Radios and Director of the Croatian Radio Forum, and Edita Kudláčová, Head of Radio, European Broadcasting Union, to explore how society, listeners and broadcasters all benefit from securing radio’s digital future. The Summit is an annual event organised by WorldDAB, the global industry forum for DAB digital radio, and this year takes place in person at Hilton Garden Inn Zagreb – Radnicka, with registration now open on the WorldDAB website. Video of the sessions will be available shortly after the event on the WorldDAB website.

Total digital listening share continued to tick up in Q3, according to the latest Rajar figures. Digital listening — inclusive of DAB, DTV, total online and websites, apps and smart speakers — now makes up a 74.3% share of radio listening, compared with just 25.7% for AM/FM. That is a significant difference from a year earlier, when AM/FM still held a 29.7% share. Breaking digital listening down by category, much of the growth has been driven by an increase in listening in DAB, which now holds a 44% share of total listening, up from 42.3% in Q3 2023.