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There’s heated, power adjust Recaro sports seats (eight-way with four-way lumbar support), two zone climate air, push button start, two themes for the instrument panel, a rear view camera, front and rear parking sensors, daytime LEDs, auto lights and wipers, plus satellite navigation with camera warnings and seven-speaker audio with DAB+ digital radio.

The UK is going radio gaga, with 9 out of 10 UK adults listening to the radio each week for 21.4 hours. But with more choice than ever, how do you pick the best radio for you? Help is at hand.

The Alliance for Digital Radio strongly welcomes the CSA’s announcement of a timetable for the deployment of Digital Terrestrial Radio across France. At its plenary meeting on 9 December 2015 the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) revealed a plan for more than 40 allocations, and a hundred local allocations.

On 1 January 2016 Radio 1 will change it's name to Kiss and will thus become part of the owner Bauer Media's most popular brands. Kiss launched on the national digital radio network DAB+, which now covers 92% of the Norwegian population.

National DAB radio services have arrived in Guernsey from the BBC, after a week of testing. Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 live, plus 1Xtra, 4 Extra, 5 live Sports Extra, 6 Music, Asian Network and World Service are now broadcasting from a transmitter in Les Touillets.

The BBC has announced where it has boosted or introduced DAB coverage of its national digital radio stations since October, as its roll-out of national DAB heads towards the end.

The first draft programme for the 2016 Digital Radio Summit, held at the European Broadcasting Union on 10 February in Geneva, Switzerland, is now out. Next year’s theme is “Radio Anywhere.”

From 15 December MDR will commence broadcasting 8 DAB+ stations across 23 regions including two new DAB+ locations Dequede and Sonnenberg.

The Le conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel have released their proposed timetable of their plans for the continued deployment of DAB+ throughout France.

The Active hybrid version of the Yaris gets a new Spinne black cloth seat trim, while the Icon adds DAB digital radio.