NRW: Ministerpräsident allocates WDR DAB+ multiplex
The North Rhine-Westphalia State Media Act stipulates that the Ministerpräsident allocates transmission capacities for broadcasting. By administrative act dated 28 June 2024, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (WDR) was allocated the transmission capacity for a digital multiplex in the DAB+ standard (channel 9A) for programme use for state-wide radio broadcasting. This has only now been made public. As reported, WDR plans to broadcast the regional versions of WDR4 and selected WDR2 programmes via this second multiplex, which will ultimately be state-wide. Freed-up capacity in the first mux (channel 11D) will allow bit rates to be increased there. The start of transmission of the second coverage is - as of now - planned for the turn of the year 2024/25. Test transmissions on channel 9A have already been observed.
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