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The results for the first announcement of DAB digital only station listener numbers has been released this morning by GfK in a DAB Digital Radio Report.

Th Bush Heritage II Connect is a DAB+ radio with FM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, internet radio, Spotify Connect and multiroom abilities. With its many available presets you can use it like a simple household radio, selecting digital radio stations, FM or internet radio stations straight from the unit itself.

Ofcom have announced that the local radio multiplex licence for Suffolk has been awarded to Muxco Suffolk Limited. As part of the new service, BBC Suffolk, Heart and Smooth will join the multiplex, and two new digital-only stations, Suffolk First (Lincs FM) and Anglia (Town & Country) will also be broadcast.

Czech Radiokomunikace has launched experimental digital radio broadcasting on the DAB multiplex from the Prague-Zizkov transmitter. The broadcasts will cover Prague and part of Central Bohemia.

Entrepreneur founder of KISS Radio, Gordon Mac, has taken his new station, MiSoul, onto digital radio after three years as an online entity... "moving on to DAB is significant as, from next year, its audience will be assessed by the official radio monitor, Rajar, and it can woo serious advertisers".

A new commercial radio station is launching in Glasgow on DAB next month as part of the small-scale DAB experiment.

Including Wohrlein's "Soundmaster" compact radio with FM and DAB+; Sangean's RCR-11WF hi-fi DAB+ adaptor with high-resolution 3.2 inch touch colour display; Roadstar's nostalgic 1950's vinyl turntable with DAB+ and TechniSat presenting no fewer than nine new DAB+ digital radios.

According to second quarter 2015 Rajar findings, digital in the United Kingdom is on the upswing. All digital listening rose to about 40 percent (39.94 percent) thanks to the growth of DAB listening and ownership, says Digital Radio UK.

Broadcasters in Turkey are planning to digitise radio services. With the assistance of WorldDAB, several seminars have been organised by iTVF, the Turkish broadcast industry conference and exhibition, and with the participation of TRT, Turkish national broadcaster, RATEM (Professional Union of Broadcasting Organisations), and the regulatory body RTÜK – Radyo ve Televizyon Üst Kurulu – (Radio and Television Supreme Council).

The most awarded local radio brand in the UK has commenced its ambitious expansion plans by launching JACK and JACK 2 in Surrey and South London on DAB Digital Radio. A full launch to listeners is being planned.