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Volkswagen to fit DAB radios as standard
16.05.2012 - United Kingdom
The change means all 2013 model-year Volkswagens will be ready for the UK's switch to digital radio. Digital radio (DAB) not only offers listeners clear, crackle-free sound, but it also gives them a bigger choice of radio stations than is available ...
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Petition launched to get Amazing Radio back on DAB
16.05.2012 - United Kingdom
Amazing Radio, the independent music radio station that has broadcast online and on the DAB digital radio network since 2009, has ended its DAB broadcasts because of contractual difficulties between it and the operators of the Digital One network.
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Volkswagen UK Adds Standard Digital Radios Across the Range
16.05.2012 - United Kingdom
Volkswagen is preparing for UK's switch to digital radio by fitting DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) radios as standard on all 2013-model year cars from the Polo to the Phaeton. As one would expect, all of the brand's new DAB audio systems will still ...
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UK: VW to fit DAB as standard
16.05.2012 - United Kingdom
Volkswagen has announced that it is fitting DAB radios as standard on all models in the UK, starting with the 2013 model year. All the UK's national radio stations and certain local services are geari... This article is available only to members of ...
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Australian Radio Body Publishes Online Case Studie
16.05.2012 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia
Ms Warner said the industry would add to the website regularly building up a comprehensive bank of Australian case studies to highlight the influence and impact of radio alone and in partnership with digital and other media.
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6 Music wins best station at Sony's
16.05.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
BBC Radio 6 Music has become the first digital station to win the Sony Awards UK station of the year in a dramatic turnaround for the once-threatened service.
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BBC 6 Music wins prestigious Sony radio gong
16.05.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
By Mark Fordham Digital radio station BBC 6 Music has been named UK station of the year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards - commonly dubbed the Oscars of radio. This prestigious award comes just two years after the ailing station was saved from closure ...
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Driving the digital revolution
16.05.2012 - Pure - Australia
DIGITAL radio may be booming in Australia, with more than 1.2 million listeners tuning in weekly, but an obstacle to greater success has been the difficulty of adding a digital radio to a car. A solution to this hurdle is the Pure Highway 300Di, ...
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Arqiva to build digital infrastructure in Gibraltar
16.05.2012 - Gibraltar
The network in Gibraltar will comprise multiplexing and transmission for both digital TV and DAB digital radio. On each of two television multiplexes Gibraltar will be able to transmit up to six programme services. Similarly with digital radio, ...
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6 Music Sonys win "accolade for digital radio"
16.05.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
By Paul Williams 6 Music's UK Station of the Year win at this year's Sony Radio Academy Awards has been hailed by controller Bob Shennan as “an accolade for digital radio”.
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