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Operator Norkring has started rolling out phase 4, with the number of transmission locations doubling to 20.

One of the benefits of digital platforms is that you can launch new, niche radio stations. In the ultra-competitive market of London, where a typical listener can find over 110 radio stations on their DAB receiver, there’s Fix Radio. The station has just celebrated its first birthday, and is growing both in listenership and in advertising - describing itself as an “important platform to the construction industry’s biggest brands”.

This receiver is actually a variant of the Yamaha RX-V485. In that the built-in analogue radios are FM and AM, and in this model the AM radio is changed by a digital DAB.

The top model, Tekna, is packed with most of what you need. For example, it includes leather interior, full LED light, Bose system with DAB radio, the largest infotainment system, 17 "alloy wheels and intelligent cruise control - including crash assistant and file holder.

One of the benefits of digital platforms is that you can launch new, niche radio stations. In the ultra-competitive market of London, where a typical listener can find over 110 radio stations on their DAB receiver, there’s Fix Radio. The station has just celebrated its first birthday, and is growing both in listenership and in advertising - describing itself as an “important platform to the construction industry’s biggest brands”.

It marries DAB/DAB+ and FM radio with Bluetooth streaming and a built-in CD player. The Siesta Home has 40 station presents (20 digital and 20 FM), as well as four alarms.

The Swiss government is launching a new advertising campaign in 2019 to promote DAB+ to run for years to promote the country's transition from FM to DAB+.

Pure announces the launch of Siesta Home; its most compact all-in-one audio system, featuring DAB+/FM radio, Bluetooth music streaming and a CD player.

Swiss regulator OFCOM is preparing a tender to select an agency to run a four-year information campaign on the transition to the digital radio standard DAB. The project has a budget of CHF 5.5 million, and the campaign is expected run from 2019.

To inform Swiss residents about the transition to digital radio, OFCOM will launch an information campaign to run from 2019 at a budget of 5.5m francs, and is running a public tender to advertising agencies to run the campaign.