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Upload Radio, which will be on DAB in Surrey, Wrexham and Gloucestershire, gives podcasters, individuals and local businesses the opportunity to buy an hour of airtime to broadcast anything they want, within Ofcom guidelines.

From 26 to 28 April 2017 over 300 radio media practitioners, policy makers, and academics from across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond will gather in Bangkok for the RadioAsia 2017 Conference. Organised jointly by the Government Public Relations Department (PRD), which represents the National Broadcasting Services of Thailand (NBT), and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU), the event will explore the major aspects of the theme the "Creating Radio with Passion: Looking into the World of Radio”. WorldDAB will host a DAB+ workshop at the start of the Conference on 26 April.

The new Mazda MX-5 RF is packed with everything you would expect, including a 7-inch colour display, sound system with DAB and full connectivity.

Multi-functionality, great design and sound - Sonoro's sonoroHIFI audio specialists have created a complete musical solution that doesn't disappoint.

The Kia Rio interior has been designed around the seven-inch touchscreen which features satnav, RDS and DAB radio.

Forever FM will air on DAB in Manchester, and available also to stream online wherever you are.The station won't have any news or chit-chat, it's just going to be music, as on the television show itself, the station will feature a wide selection of tunes from the '80s, '90s and '00s.

Forever FM, the fictional station that featured in Peter Kay's Car Share, is to become an actual broadcast station. It will air on DAB in Manchester and will also be available to stream online across the rest of the country.

From mid-May candidate channels will be able to submit their applications to participate in the new radio landscape in Belgium. The Minister of Media, Sven Gatz is behind the plans, which have now been approved, to reform Flemish radio by moving broadcasting from FM analogue to DAB+ digital radio.

Forever FM. the fictitious radio station on Peter Kay's BBC1 series Car Share, has been launched for real by broadcaster Steve Penk. The station won't broadcast any news - just 'uplifting singalong music' 24 hours a day.

The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Kamp, has launched an internet consultation in response to the intention under article 3.10 of the Telecommunications Act to auction up regional DAB+ capability in layer 4. There are frequencies available in the three top regional allotments: eight licenses for Northwestern channel 9D, fourteen for Southwest channel 9D, and nine available for South channel 7A.  As existing permits are not going to be extended, this is an opportunity for newcomers to get a license to broadcast on DAB+ digital radio.