Newsroom

09.01.2017

Norway

FM radio will stop being broadcasting in Norway by the end of 2017 as the government promotes digital radio. Digital radio offers better sound quality - an important feature in this mountainous country with many islands - and allows more frequencies to be accommodated so provides more choice for listeners.

09.01.2017

Czechia

The most listened to digital radio station in the Czech Republic, Czech Radio, is now available in new locations via a new multiplex. Czech Radio can now be heard in most locations across the Czech Republic, except for a few cities which will be upgraded to digital radio in the near future.

09.01.2017

Australia

Australia's most successful commercial digital radio station is a supermarket radio station. According to the GfK DAB+ digital radio report, Coles Radio has 153,000 listeners. Coles is one of the largest supermarket chains in Australia, with around 100,000 employees and over 780 stores.

09.01.2017

Germany

Ahead of the digital switchover in Norway Willi Steul presented a 5 point plan to make DAB+ even more successful in Germany. He noted how a DAB+ roadmap can lead to success only with reinforced cooperation between federal and state governments.

09.01.2017

Norway

Norway will become the first country in the world this week to start turning off its FM radio network as the country moves to a digital-only broadcasting system. On January 11, the city of Bodø, in the northern county of Nordland, will be the first to have its signal shut off, with the rest of the nation's signal being closed down by the end of the year. The country has been split into six regions for the turn-off.

09.01.2017

Norway

Norway is about to become the first country in the world to switch off FM. As far as national radio stations are concerned, it is converting completely to DAB. The switchover process starts this month and will continue, region by region, until the end of 2017.

09.01.2017

Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member

Australia

Joan Warner, Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Radio Australia, reflects how 2016 has been an exciting year of continued growth in audience and revenue. Exciting progress in DAB+ digital radio with 27% of metro listening to DAB+ each week and significant progress in regional rollout with permanent services recently announced for Canberra, Darwin and Hobart.

08.01.2017

Norway

Norway will eliminate its FM radio broadcasting this year, becoming the first country in the world to do so. "Radio digitization will open the door to a far greater range of radio channels, benefiting listeners across the country," said then-Minister of Culture Thorhild Widvey.

08.01.2017

Pure

United Kingdom

The Evoke H6 feels nonetheless, with a reassuring weight you don’t see in cheap DAB sets. The Pure Evoke H6’s knobs and buttons all feel good, unlike many a cheaper radio.

07.01.2017

Norway

Norway will become the first country to switch off its traditional FM radio network and go completely digital next week, amid criticism that the move may have been rushed. Other European countries including the UK are said to be keeping a close watch on the move's consequence.