23.12.2025
ORF steps onto DAB+ after years on the sidelines
ORF, Austria’s publicly funded national broadcaster, has reversed its long-standing resistance to digital audio broadcasting by launching a pilot terrestrial broadcast of its flagship station Hitradio Ö3 on DAB+ across Austria from Dec. 19, 2025. ORF operates nationwide radio and television services and plays a central role in public service broadcasting in the country. The broadcaster had previously declined to participate in DAB+ unless additional program services could be introduced, rejecting a straightforward FM simulcast. Under the current pilot, ORF is transmitting Ö3 via the MUX II platform operated by ORS, its transmission subsidiary, with national coverage.
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