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Polish manufacturer of electronic devices, ELTRA (AUDIOX) will produce DAB+ receivers.

The campaign to promote digital radio will start on 10 March 2014 and run for twelve-weeks in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Rhine-Main.

Fascinated by radio and a connoisseur of digital radio in France, Philippe Manach has gathered together all the stories on Digital Terrestrial Radio into a book which will be launched at The book will be officially presented at the upcoming Salon de la Radio in Paris, France.

36.1% of all radio listening hours is via a digital platform, up from 33% in Q4 2012. More and more people are using their mobile phones to listen to the radio, nearly a quarter of all adults and 45.4% of 15-25 year olds claim to have done so. More people are purchasing DAB radios with 45.9% of adults claiming to own a DAB set at home

Norwegians appear to be embracing DAB+ radio. 511,000 DAB+ radios were sold during 2013, representing a 140 percent increase, year over year. 81,000 sold in 2010; 1340,000 in 2011; and 220,000 during 2012. Much of the 2013 increase was attributable to the introduction of the new station, NRK's P1+, which is only available via DAB+, and many radio users sought out DAB+ radios over the Christmas season, according to Kampanje.com.

Norwegian radio listeners take the step from analog to digital with sales of DAB radios increasing by almost 140 percent from 2012 to 2013.

There is increasing interest from radio stations in Southwest Germany to start broadcasting on DAB+ with almost all major regional and local commercial radio stations having applied for licences.

The 2012/2013 unaudited figures for the short financial year (01.10.2013 - 31.12.2013) by Klassik Radio AG shows higher revenues and significant earnings growth. All growth expenditures for the national digital radio distribution and the expansion in the FM distribution, are processed in the result.

Since the beginning of February a new station has been on air in Munich. The MKR is the radio of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and provides current information and background information on church events, issues and developments in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and the world.

In the latest Ofcom update, Global Radio has also been granted permission to add a new station, with an unconfirmed name, playing music from the 70s, 80s and early 90s with particular appeal to audiences aged 35-54.