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As the clock ticks down to next week's launch of Triple M in Perth, the station is running its soon-to-be on the air promos.

Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) welcomed the decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to extend the DAB digital radio trial licenses in Canberra and Darwin for an additional 12 months.

Media Broadcast is planning to switch its transmitter site in Minden to DAB+ in early September. As a result coverage will be extended along the A2 motorway and reception in the region should be greatly improved.

Absolut Digital GmbH & Co. KG, which run the digital radio stations Absolute Radio and Absolute Relax have expanded its range to include another station called HOT.

The French government have amended the national allocation of frequency bands for the distribution of terrestrial digital radio broadcast in France.

Digital radio trials in Canberra and Darwin have been extended until August 2014. Without this extension these digital radio trials (and the services provided under them) would have ceased on 31 August 2013.

Vienna - Aug 21, 2013 - DAB+ test transmission is currently slated to begin in the Austrian capital before Christmas 2013, according to Gernot Fischer of the Digital Radio Club of Austria. Two transmitters will operate as a single frequency network, with one transmitting a 10kW signal. This test mode is scheduled to last a year, with the possibility of an extension in to 2015.

The current issue covers topics such as IFA where more focus will be placed on digital radios than ever before. Other topics covered is also the Bundestag election in 2013 and the different media policies by the parties.

'Initiative Digitalradio Deutschland' are seeking a retail surpervisor for Northern Germany to coordinate all tasks related to the establishment of digital radio in Germany.

The MXR regional digital radio multiplex for the West Midlands is being turned off today, after 12 years on-air. The decision to remove these radio stations was made by MXR owners Global Radio and Arqiva last year when they announced they weren’t renewing the licence to operate the services, following consultation with service providers and in light of the industry’s decision to focus on the development and build out of the national and local networks of DAB transmitters.