Newsroom

19.04.2021

Denmark

Launched on Friday, Planet Rock - the Danish version of the existing UK national radio station - is now available to listeners on DAB+ in and around Denmark's capital city of Copenhagen.

19.04.2021

Germany

FM transmitters in Bavaria's town of Mittenwald, which is already very well served by DAB+ reception, are set to be switched off on 30 June 2021 for cost-saving purposes.

15.04.2021

European Broadcasting Union (EBU) WorldDAB Member

Switzerland

The continuing progress of digital radio, specifically DAB+, and the deployment of hybrid radio within cars/trucks to retain radio’s share of the vital mobile market are priorities for Edita Kudláčová.

14.04.2021

Netherlands

BG Radio, a Bulgarian radio station playing Bulgarian pop music, is now available to listeners on DAB+ in a large part of the Netherlands.

14.04.2021

ABU DBS 2021 featured a session on Technologies and Strategies for Successful Digital Radio Rollout. Dr Les Sabel, Chair, WorldDAB Asia Pacific Technical Group, highlighted the need to have DAB+ as the heart of hybrid radio, which can help extract metadata and deliver it to the receiver at a small incremental cost.

13.04.2021

France

The growth of DAB+ in France continues to accelerate, and 75% of the greater Paris region is now covered with DAB+ reception. Starting from 31 May, a series of activities across the country will celebrate radio and DAB+ as part of the "Fête de la radio" event.

13.04.2021

United Kingdom

WorldDAB and RadioDNS jointly organise automotive workshops three times a year. These roundtable meetings discuss a mixture of current implementation issues, and identify gaps in functionality that could be easily closed.

12.04.2021

Germany

The nationwide DAB+ offering in Germany continues to grow with the launch of three stations - herFunk/Radio Eva and Sportradio Deutschland will launch on 1 May, while dpd Driver's Radio will also launch in the near future.

12.04.2021

France

Jazz Radio, Melody, Oüi FM, Radio FG, Radio Notre Dame, Radio Nova, Sud Radio et TSF Jazz are now available to listeners on DAB+ digital radio in the greater Paris region.

07.04.2021

Germany

Digitalradio Deutschland has launched an exciting spring DAB+ receiver promotion campaign. Every day between 6 - 17 April participants have the chance to win one of the latest DAB+ radios available in the shops.