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A new electronic music radio station is set to launch in Aylesbury and the surrounding area in September. Ground Zero, which will broadcast on DAB Digital Radio, is set to feature local up and coming producers and DJs playing a mix of electronic styles and genres. The station’s website says its aim "is to recreate the sound of the old school pirate stations hard in the 1990s and 2000s playing tracks right up to the present day. "Station output will be primarily music-focused and offer an alternative to the same old pop tracks and endless adverts heard on the mainstream stations." The station also covers areas including Milton Keynes, Buckingham and Leighton Buzzard and will be based in a studio at Creslow Park near Aylesbury, the site of a former MI6 radio communications facility.

A Bridgwater-based community radio station is set to reach new audiences. Sedgemoor FM has been awarded a DAB small-scale radio multiplex licence by Ofcom, allowing it to broadcast on digital radio across Bridgwater and surrounding areas. The decision follows a competitive application process and marks a significant step forward for the station’s digital future. Dave Englefield, managing director at Sedgemoor FM, said: "This is a huge moment for us. Our team of presenters and volunteers all work incredibly hard and this is going to increase the reach of their work. We’re also supported by an amazing community of advertisers and sponsors and this is great news for them too, as it increases their reach."

Air Chief Marshal Thanapan Haraijaroen, National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) Commissioner for Broadcasting, revealed that on National Communications Day, August 4, 2025, the NBTC, in collaboration with Phra Rajwachiradhammacharn, President of the Sound of Dharma for the People Foundation and Abbot of Wat Pa Ban Tad, opened Suan Saeng Tham Radio Station, marking the first digital broadcasting using Digital Audio Broadcasting Plus (DAB+) technology, at Suan Saeng Tham in Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom Province. This follows the NBTC's approval of radio frequencies in Bangkok and the surrounding area for testing the DAB+ radio network.

BRF is breaking new ground in the capital region: from 1 September 2025, BRF programmes in Brussels will only be available digitally. The joint programme BRF-DLF will then only be available via DAB+ on channel 6D. This marks an important step for BRF towards the digital future of radio. The switch to DAB+ not only enables better sound quality, but also more stable reception and additional programme information. The decision marks a first in Belgium: for the first time, a broadcaster in a region is switching entirely to digital reception. The FM frequency 95.2 MHz in Brussels will be switched off on 31 August 2025. Listeners to the FM programme in Brussels are currently being asked to switch to DAB+ through appropriate announcements.

A new station has been available in the Schwerin region since 1 August. RADIO LÜBECK is now available via DAB+. The local station is thus significantly expanding its technical reach: the programme can now be heard in digital quality in the western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The station, which is based in the media docks in Lübeck, was previously heard on FM 88.5, via live stream and on cable. With the switch to DAB+, RADIO LÜBECK is now opening up a coverage area with around two million potential listeners. "We are very happy that we can now reach the entire region. Now we're also going to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, especially in the Wismar area and as far as the Schwerin city limits," says programme director Corin Sülau.

Radio Bollerwagen is continuing to expand its coverage via DAB+ in Switzerland. This was reported by DAB-Swiss on Facebook. The programme can now also be received on channel 10A in the multiplex of the operator digris for the Basel area. It is broadcast from the Sankt Chrischona location with 2.6 kW ERP. Until now, the station was already represented in the ensembles for Winterthur and Schaffhausen (channel 5D), south-eastern Switzerland (channel 8B) and Sankt Gallen (channel 9D).

egoFM is back on DAB+ in Saxony, at least for the time being. And listeners have clearly contributed to this. In mid-July, DAB+ was temporarily suspended in Saxony. But now there has been a surprising twist. Since Thursday, the alternative programme can once again be heard on digital terrestrial radio in the local multiplexes in Leipzig, Chemnitz, Dresden and Freiberg. ‘We actually wanted to switch off the DAB+ broadcast for Saxony, but because we received so much positive feedback from listeners, we reactivated the stream to Saxony,’ explains Stefan Finkenzeller, managing partner, to DIGITAL FERNSEHEN. egoFM is now available again in Saxony without restrictions. Broadcasting via DAB+ will also continue in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.

DOMRADIO.DE was the first broadcaster to sign a contract for the new DAB+ regional multiplexes – and did so in a particularly symbolic setting at the broadcasting centre directly adjacent to Cologne Cathedral. This marks the start of a new era of digital broadcasting for the Catholic media portal of the Archdiocese of Cologne. DOMRADIO.DE went on air for the first time on 11 June 2000, Pentecost Sunday, as the first church radio station officially sponsored by a diocese in Germany. The idea was conceived back in 1998 on the 750th anniversary of Cologne Cathedral. Since then, DOMRADIO.DE has established itself as an ad-free full-service station with a Christian focus.

Starting today, users of a DAB+ radio can find a new radio station in the station list in a large part of the country. Until today, Radio Continu could only be listened to via DAB+ in the north of the country. On 1 August, that is changing. The radio station can now be listened to almost nationwide via leased bandwidth from service provider MTVNL. The nationwide distribution is the result of changes that will take effect on 1 September. The entry into force of new licences will cause a veritable musical chairs game in the airwaves. This applies to both FM and DAB+ radio.

Radio Proglas has announced the next step in the gradual shutdown of its analog FM transmitters. On Thursday, July 31, at 12:04 p.m., broadcasting from the Uherský Brod 105.7 MHz and Příbram/Drahlín 96.0 MHz transmitters will be terminated. This will be followed by the shutdown of the Nové Hrady/Dobrá Voda 107.5 MHz transmitter on Friday, August 1, 2025, again at the same time. This is part of the station's transition to digital broadcasting. Listeners in the regions of Uherský Brod, Příbram, and Nové Hrady will no longer be able to tune in to their favorite stations on traditional FM frequencies after the dates mentioned above. The station plans to terminate broadcasting on the ČRA DVB-T2 network on January 16 next year.