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Gaydio pops up in Scotland for the Summer

24.06.2014 - United Kingdom

Manchester-based LGB&T radio station Gaydio is to broadcast on DAB in Scotland for the first time this summer. The station will broadcast across Central Scotland (including Glasgow, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Paisley & Stirling) from 14th July to 31st August. The station will broadcast throughout the Pride Glasgow festival, and the Commonwealth Games.

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Demand for digital radio in the car increases massively

24.06.2014 - Germany

According to a recent study in Germany, some manufacturers now sell more new cars with digital radio than without.

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SIRTI Promotes DAB+

23.06.2014 - France

SIRTI, the union of independent radio and TV outlets in France, launched its “Appel du 17 juin” (“Call of June 17”) to promote the introduction and extension of DAB+ in France, which began June 20. The slogan is directed toward CSA advisors, manufacturers, operators as well as private and public broadcasters.

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UKRD to launch Pirate 2 on Digital Radio

23.06.2014 - United Kingdom

Pirate FM is about to get a sister station, 21 years after it first launched in the South West. Pirate 2 will broadcast on DAB, ending the simulcast from Pirate FM, which has been in operating since the Cornwall multiplex switched on ten years ago.

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Digital Radio in the Car. What can Germany learn from the UK?

22.06.2014 - Germany - United Kingdom

In an interview with Laurence Harrison, Technology and Market Development Director of Digital Radio UK we at look the drive accelerate the market penetration of digital radio in the car in the UK and if Germany can replicate a similar growth trajectory path.

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DAB launch timescales outlined for Lincolnshire, North Wales and Somerset

21.06.2014 - United Kingdom

Local DAB digital radio multiplex operator MuxCo has provided an update on its plans to launch another three local DAB multiplexes in the coming year. MuxCo is planning to bring local radio to the DAB platform in Somerset, North Wales and Lincolnshire.

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Digital Radio Kicks Off in France, for at least the next 20 years

20.06.2014 - Radio France WorldDAB Member

From midnight on Thursday 20 June 2014, digital radio exists in Paris, Marseille and Nice and listeners that have bought a digital radio can listen to the stations authorised for transmission by the regulator (CSA).