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SBS and ABC Radio have received small increases in funding for digital radio transmission, while money for the community sector is nowhere to be found in tonight's federal budget.

Digital over-the-air radio through Digital Audio Broadcasting Plus (DAB ) – the radio version of Digital Terrestrial Television – or another technology offers greater possibilities, although its introduction in South Africa is still a long way off.

The Piano Black Gloss radio features all the benefits of a DAB radio as well as rotary tuning, volume controls and RDS station name display. It also features a stereo line in socket for iPod/MP3 playback so you can listen to your favourite playlists.

Bayerischer Rundfunk PULSE is the successor to the current youth program on3radio. It will broadcast progammes such as the "Morning Show, News, Celebrity DJ shows and a lot of good music from Bavaria and the rest of the world.

The new ARD Radio Tatort "witching hour" will be broadcast on Radio Bremen offers Nordwestradio and will use slideshow so anyone with a digital radio can then not only hear, but also see photos of the actors involved in important situations of the plot. This gives the digital radio listeners a glimpse behind the scenes of the radio play.

Amazing Radio will be back on DAB in the London area exactly a year after transmissions on the national Digital One multiplex ended.

All of the models feature new front and rear profiles plus enhanced equipment levels, including DAB radio as standard.

Broadcast Transmitter Operator Partners have launched the construction of the DAB transmitter network for national commercial radio stations.The first transmitters are to be switched on in June.

MDR presented three blind and visually impaired associations in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia ten with accessible digital radios. "Our goal is to enable blind and visually impaired people access to new digital radio," says Niels Schulze, head of program distribution at the MDR.

Bauer has removed the stereo hi-quality version of Kiss FM from 25 more local multiplexes, replacing it with a single national mono version.