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"All political parties agree on the importance of following developments in Europe. Norway begins the transition to digital terrestrial radio in less than one year, so it will not be so long before we can evaluate the results.” comments Mats Åkerlund, digital radio coordinator at Swedish Radio.

The BBC has provided additional DAB digital radio coverage in a further six areas of the UK during the last two months, as its scheme to boost national DAB coverage to just over 97% of the UK rolls into 2016.

Commercial radio is innovating listening by targeting niche audiences, with as many as 18 new national DAB/DAB+ stations set to launch this year.

In France, growth reached 30% in 2015 with a peak of 50% in December. WorldDAB has established an automotive working group to encourage the automotive industry install digital radio for the European market and beyond.

Covering the achievements in digital radio over the past 12 months, the new report details the expansion in services across France, Italy and Norway and new strategies implemented in Denmark and the Netherlands.

The main purpose of the trial is to demonstrate a simple, flexible and convenient way to get started with DAB with decreased starting costs, by using a cloud based DAB solution.

AgCom has authorised the allocation of local DAB+ frequencies for 5 new regions: Lazio, Campania, Basilicata, Calabria and Sicily.

The Bill reforms the digital radio regulatory framework to allow the roll-out of digital radio in regional markets.

"Commercial radio stations offer an amazing range of choices for listeners and advertisers. It is great to see this reflected in record audiences," said Siobhan Kenny, CEO of Radiocentre. "The next few months will see an even greater expansion of content with 18 new national digital stations being launched, providing a genuine alternative to the BBC across all kinds of music and speech and for audiences of all types."

The station will become part of the new line-up of services on the new Digital 2 / Sound Digital multiplex, which is due to go live at the end of February.