UK Government report says all UK national and local radio stations to be DAB-only from 2015
The UK Government published its final Digital Britain report today (June 16th) with a number of actions to secure DAB digital radio as the primary radio broadcast platform in the UK. It proposes all national and the majority of local radio stations will be transmitted on DAB-only within 6 years, signalling the end of national FM services in the UK. A five point plan for DAB to be in all new cars by 2013 is proposed and the report calls on the European Commission to lead a common Europe-wide approach to digital radio.