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Finalists announced for 2012 Radio Awards

08.08.2012 - Australia

The big names of metropolitan FM radio will battle it out for Best FM On-Air Team at this year’s 24th annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRAs), with all finalists announced today.

Digital takes gold medal at Rajars

08.08.2012 - United Kingdom

According to the government's Digital Radio Action Plan, the digital radio switchover will only happen once the format's national listening average hits 50%, so there's still a very long way to go.

(Media Week (registration) (blog)) Read more

Digital Radio Passes 40 Percent Share in London

08.08.2012 - United Kingdom

In London the figure this quarter was 51.4 percent. The U.K. government has stipulated it will not implement the digital radio switchover until 50 percent of all listening is on a digital platform and DAB coverage reaches 90 percent of the population.

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MediaDAB

08.08.2012 - United Kingdom

Digital radio is coming, and there are more ways than ever to get Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) in your car. Celsus has just launched its new MediaDAB – a rival to our Product of the Year, the PURE Highway 300Di. The MediaDAB is a universal product ...

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Radio ad revenue for July

07.08.2012 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia

Sydney and Perth radio revenue returned positive growth to lead the radio advertising metropolitan markets for the month of July 2012, according to figures released today by industry body, Commercial Radio Australia.

TechniSat Digital radios now in stores

07.08.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany

The new TechniSat Digital Radio DAB + digital radio 200 (MSRP: 79.99 €) and digital radio 300 (MSRP: 149.99 €) are now available in stores. The new digital radio 500 (MSRP: 259,99 €) will follow in mid-August.

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Digital radio share at 40% in London

06.08.2012 - United Kingdom

DAB radios, owned by 41.7% of the UK population against 38.9% this time last year, account for the bulk of digital listening.

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Galaxy Radio now on DAB +

06.08.2012

Digital radio channel Radio Galaxy can now be received on DAB + in Bavaria.

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ALBERT DR 333 with color display

06.08.2012 - Germany

Albrecht has announced the launch of a new digital radio receiver. An outstanding feature of the DR 333 is the color display with touch screen interface to display additional information such as artist, album, presenter, weather, news, etc. The receiver will be available in August.

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