Roman Gerner: ‘A clear mandate for the legislator’
Roman Gerner, Managing Director of Radio Klassik Stephansdom and Chair of the Austrian Digital Radio Association, on DAB+ in the Radiotest, demands for funding from the new government - and the continued existence of his station after the crowdfunding campaign. HORIZONT: The new DAB+ radios were measured by Radiotest for the first time. How do you assess their market entry in view of the current figures? Roman Gerner: We won't see really valid data until the end of the next six months, as the new DAB+ stations didn't go on air until June 2024 and have therefore not yet had a full year of coverage in the Radiotest. However, it can be said with relative certainty that, based on initial indications, the prospects for positive trends in DAB+ are quite good.
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