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Appearing on DAB in Liverpool and Surrey will be Christmas FM. Christmas FM has been broadcasting in Ireland for many years, raising money for charities in Ireland. The Scottish Sun Christmas Radio starts broadcasting to Central Scotland on DAB from November 17th. And appearing on DAB in Liverpool and Surrey will be Christmas FM.

Radio JND can again be received via DAB + throughout Limburg and North Brabant. Since Thursday evening the regional commercial channel can be received again on the DAB + network of Southwest Netherlands on channel 7A.

News UK-owned radio firm the Wireless Group has announced it will launch nine (or seven, depending on how you count) new regional music stations on DAB, as well as no less than four Christmas-themed pop-up stations.

Norwegians heard less on radio in October this year than in the same month last year. Worst goes out over NRK, shows fresh figures from Media Authority.

The WorldDab is holding its annual general assembly in Paris on November 7 and 8, 2017. This international forum dedicated to digital radio brings together industry players and experts. For the CSA, this meeting is the occasion to present its strategy of cover in DAB + for the next three years.

The total national radio broadcasting has decreased in the last year, figures published by the Norwegian Media Authority today. According to the measurements made by Kantar Media, there is a decline for the broad channels owned by the largest radio houses, and some increase for new ones.

At the WorldDAB General Assembly 2017, the WorldDAB Award for Outstanding Service was presented to Thomas Saner of Swiss Public Broadcaster SRG SSR. The award is recognition for Thomas’s work on the introduction of DAB and DAB+ in Switzerland and his long service on the WorldDAB Steering Board.

THE Scottish Sun is gearing up to launch three new music-based radio stations in 2018. The DAB and online channels will go live on 1 January 2018 and will each be targeted at a different audience – offering a huge range of music.

Wireless Group is launching nine new permanent regional music radio stations on DAB at the start of 2018, plus four Christmas pop-ups on 17 November 2017.

The new station will start no later than in the first quarter of 2018 and will be broadcast on DAB+ and IP streaming platforms throughout German-speaking Switzerland.