Newsroom

01.08.2013

United Kingdom

The 2013 edition of the WorldDMB General Assembly will be held in Amsterdam from November 5–6 at the Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre. The assembly features opportunities to discuss current digital radio issues, as well as an opportunity for WorldDMB members and the international industry to network and share insights and experiences on the worldwide launch of digital radio.

01.08.2013

United Kingdom

Radio station JACKfm has announced it will launch a new station in the county later this year on DAB.

01.08.2013

United Kingdom

It was announced today that digital radio listening has reached a tipping point and now accounts for 36.8% of radio listening hours, up 16% year on year (RAJAR Q2 2013). In total, 28 million people now listen to radio via a digital platform each week, up from 24 million in Q2 2012. 52.5% of UK adults, or 57.8% of radio listeners, listen on a digital platform every week.

01.08.2013

Australia

At one o'clock the switch was flicked on Sydney's newest station, Dance Super Digi, which promises to play Dance Anthems from the 80′s, 90′s and early 00′s.

01.08.2013

United Kingdom

It’s been a good quarter for Real Radio and Smooth Radio as the group has increased audience figures both quarter on quarter and year on year.The group’s only digital spin-off station Smooth 70s has also seen an increase in listeners, making it the third biggest digital-only commercial station behind Planet Rock and Absolute 80s.

01.08.2013

Vietnam

Late July saw a three-day DAB+ Technology Workshop and Transmission Demonstration conducted in Hanoi, Vietnam (26, 27, 29 July). The event was jointly organised by WorldDMB and Voice of Vietnam and was supported by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU). The workshop, organised in the lead up to the Radio Asia conference, 29 – 31 July was attended by more than 90 delegates from Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Macau and reflects growing interest in the DAB+ standard in the Asia Pacific.

01.08.2013

Australia

At 1pm today a new DAB+ channel will be launched. Dance Super Digi are playing dance anthems from the 80s, 90s and early 00s. It is run by the Super Radio Network, who also have digital channels Gorilla Radio and Zoo.

31.07.2013

GatesAir WorldDAB Member

United States

While the television migration to digital is proceeding smoothly around the world, the picture is rather different for radio, says Rich Redmond.

31.07.2013

United Kingdom

Northern Ireland got a big digital radio boost when Arqiva launched 14 national digital radio stations on DAB on July 26.

31.07.2013

United Kingdom

Digital radio coverage has been extended to nearly a quarter of a million people in the Heads of the Valleys area of south Wales.The transmitters are part of wider plans by Digital Radio UK to bring digital radio to 400,000 extra homes in Wales over the summer.