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At its meeting on September 30, 2025, the Media Council of the Saxony State Media Authority (SLM) announced a tender for free digital terrestrial transmission capacities on the Saxony-wide DAB+ multiplex, the regional DAB+ multiplex serving the independent city of Leipzig and the districts of Leipzig and North Saxony, and the local DAB+ multiplexes serving the urban areas of Leipzig, Chemnitz, Dresden, and Freiberg. The DAB+ coverage network for the Free State of Saxony is operated by MEDIA BROADCAST GmbH. The regional/local DAB+ coverage network is operated by UPLINK NETWORK GmbH. The call for tenders is expected to be published in mid-October 2025 in the Saxon Official Gazette and on the SLM website.

Spain’s Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service has opened a public consultation on a draft royal decree to promote terrestrial digital radio using DAB+ technology. According to the ministry, the initiative marks a key step in the modernization of Spanish radio. The State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure, which published the text, states that DAB+ enables more efficient spectrum use, stronger resistance to interference, and advanced features such as multichannel audio. It also notes that the technology will support the Automatic Security Alert system, which delivers localized emergency messages voiced by announcers, with additional text and images displayed on receivers.

The Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure has published, for public consultation, the text of the draft royal decree promoting digital terrestrial radio in Spain using DAB+ technology. This initiative represents a key step towards the modernisation of the Spanish radio sector. DAB+ technology allows for more efficient use of the radio spectrum and optimises audio signal encoding, making it more robust against interference. The most modern receivers already incorporate this technology, and European regulations require all new vehicles sold in the European Union to include DAB+ compatible receivers. DAB+ technology enables advanced audio formats (such as multi-channel sound) and will allow the incorporation of features such as the Automatic Safety Alert (ASA) system.

For the first time, one single campaign will promote DAB+ digital radio in Belgium. This represents a major step coming together in the same digital radio direction, to create awareness in Belgium, and driving traffic towards retail at the same time. The campaign is launched together on 6 October, and runs for 14 days. It is a collaboration between maRadio, Digitale Radio Vlaanderen and the biggest retailers in the country: Mediamarkt, Krefel, Vandenborre, Selection, Expert and Exellence. They will have more than 500 devices in total, with a reduction of 15% for the customer, removing barriers to buy a digital radio device.

Radio Proglas announced that it would cease broadcasting on its Znojmo FM frequency at the end of September. Specifically, this concerned the Znojmo/Hradiště transmitter on the 107.2 MHz frequency. The shutdown took place on Tuesday, September 30, at exactly 12:04 p.m. Listeners in the region will still be able to tune in to the station via digital DAB+ broadcasting, either from the RTI cz or Teleko DAB network. For Proglas listeners in Znojmo, however, the main alternative remains reception via the DAB+ system, the RTI cz network, or Teleko digital. The digital multiplex offers stable broadcasting in higher sound quality. Digital signal coverage in South Moravia has been strengthened over the long term with new transmitters.

Good news for all Schlager fans: Schlager Radio can finally be heard throughout the state of Brandenburg and in Berlin via antenna – on DAB+ channel 10B. Until now, our programme was only available in parts of Brandenburg, but since June we have had an official licence from the Berlin-Brandenburg Media Authority (mabb). This means we can now reach all listeners in Berlin and throughout the state of Brandenburg. Programme director Normen Sträche: ‘We are delighted to now be available to everyone in Brandenburg – with the best Schlager music, the latest news from the state and reporters who report directly from the scene.’

On 1 October 2025, the expansion of the DAB+ network in Lower Saxony was further advanced with the commissioning of three new transmission sites. The measure affects the private multiplexes NI EMSLAND K10C, NI OSNABRCK K8B and NI Nordsee K11A and significantly improves digital radio coverage in several regions. One prominent new addition is NIUS – Das Radio. The programme, which is headed by former Bild editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt, went on air on 1 October in several multiplexes in Lower Saxony. NIUS Radio combines pop music with opinionated contributions and news under the slogan ‘The voice of the majority’. The launch in Lower Saxony is part of a nationwide expansion that will soon also include Berlin, Brandenburg and North Rhine-Westphalia.

Coimisiún na Meán is currently undertaking a review of its Broadcasting Services Strategy (“BSS”). A key element of this work will be the undertaking of research and consultation activities, including a comprehensive environmental and economic present-day and future-looking analysis of the Irish broadcasting, as well as audience research. "To support this analysis, we are now inviting submissions from parties interested in providing new commercial or community sound broadcasting (audio and audiovisual) services. We are open to suggestions regarding the nature of the service(s) to be provided, the basis/models upon which such services might be licensed (e.g., FM, DAB+), and the areas and audiences to be served by such additional services."

‘The purpose of this royal decree is to adopt measures (to) promote DAB+ technology in terrestrial digital audio broadcasting audiovisual communication services.’ This is how the Ministry for Digital Transformation and Public Administration, through its Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure, establishes the main objective of this royal decree. The project grants leadership of the introduction and development of digital radio in the DAB+ standard to Corporación Radio Televisión Española, through Radio Nacional de España, as it did in our country in the 1960s with frequency modulation. RNE is once again taking on the responsibility of developing a new radio broadcasting technology, transmitted via radio waves and not dependent on the internet.

Radio futurologist James Cridland interviewed by Italy's NL NewsLinet: "FM switch-off vs DAB+/IP for private broadcasters in Switzerland after 31/12/2026? I don't think 80-year-olds should be talking about the future of radio... Car manufacturers are making radios harder to find. This is a mistake, as it has been proven that radios are one of the most important features in a car and that people would not buy a car if it did not come with a tuner as standard. However, many cars are now manufactured in China, a country where radios are not as important as they are in Europe. Gone are the days when we only listened to FM; now radio is everywhere, on different platforms. But broadcasting must remain central (in the interests of publishers and users)."