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With the WorldDAB General Assembly 2015 less than a month away, more keynote speakers have been confirmed to take part in the conference. Graham Ellis, Deputy Director, radio, BBC; Graham Dixon, Head of radio, EBU; Julia Maier-Hauff, Secretary General, AER; and Col. Dr. Sukonrat Natee, Vice-Chairman, National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, Thailand, are among the new additions to the keynote lineup.

The classy-looking Evoke D4 also has support for Bluetooth, letting you play audio from any compatible device... Holding one of the five preset buttons saves it for quick access. You can actually save up to 15 preset FM or DAB stations but to access six and above you’ll need to press a button and scroll up using the multifunction dial.

In the UK, today, 60% of the country listen to some form of digital radio... Digital listening now accounts for 40% of UK radio’s time spent listening and two thirds of that is through DAB, so there’s a great opportunity to build cumulative audience and share if you’re on the right platforms. With radio still hugely popular in the country and growing listening figures for digital radio stations, we decided it was worth a go.

Absolute Radio in the UK launched a range of digital stations in addition to their main channel, giving people an opportunity to move across to brands that might fit them better...This meant the audience could hear their favourite songs, but still hear the stations key breakfast show. As a result, time spent listening increased.

Joan Warner, chief executive officer of Commerical Radio Australia, said in a statement: “The industry was looking for an innovative way of communicating the variety of DAB+ digital stations to audiences and to show there is something for everyone on digital radio.”

Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) has launched a new marketing campaign for DAB+ digital radio featuring Australian beatboxer Tom Thum, creatively illustrating the many different genres and stations available on DAB+ digital radio in Australia, through the use of his incredible vocal techniques.

14% of the total number of cars sold in the first half of 2015 were fitted with DAB+, that's double compared to the same period last year.

The New SUNSET Radio, playing soul, jazz and smooth grooves, will broadcast on DAB radio from 7am. Station manager Mike Shaft said, “It’s been a long time coming but Manchester will once again have a Black and Minority Ethnic music station that we can all be proud of.”

Manchester based Gaydio is to give away a £10,000 advertising campaign to celebrate its extension on DAB. Ian Wallace, Business Director of Gaydio says: “Our listeners are an advertisers dream; fiercely loyal and with high levels of disposable income... "

Have you turned on DAB radio without getting the reception you need? In places where radio signals have changed, or in areas with limited signal strength, it may be necessary to set up an outdoor antenna for better reception. Not everyone knows that opportunity and that is why we created an animation showing how outdoor antenna installed, says Jarle Ruud.