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A new independent report has urged Ofcom and Government to rethink their approach to community and small-scale radio in the UK. The report by radio consultant David Lloyd seeks to examine the scale of the impact of community radio on the most vulnerable commercial stations in the UK for the first time, and offers recommendations to Ofcom on how the two sectors might more successfully co-exist.

Media watchdog Ofcom has given green light to Bauer to make changes to FM and AM in the Birmingham region. As a result, Absolute Radio will soon disappear in this region of 105.2 FM to be only digitally received.

The Flemish public broadcaster VRT has boosted the broadcast quality of its radio stations on DAB+ from 80 kbps to 96 kbps.

MDR has expanded its DAB+ transmitter network for Thuringia to include the location Kreuzberg in the Free State of Bavaria. The connection to the Bavarian Kreuzberg in early November is possible due to a blinding agreement between the Free State of Bavaria and the Free State of Thuringia.

DAB+ is gaining momentum around the world: As WorldDAB's most recent infographic shows, more than 71 million DAB/DAB+ devices have been sold in Europe and Asia Pacific by the end of the second quarter of 2018. In the second quarter of 2017, there were still 58 million were recorded both home and car radios.

Broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, has announced a new digital radio ‘multiplex’ for the Channel Islands. It will let stations like Channel 103 and BBC Radio Jersey broadcast on DAB for the first time.

The NRK's Bjørn Aarseth will discuss the lessons of Norway's digital switchover at Radio Tech Con in London on Monday 26 November.

According to Xperi, its All in Media team, based in London and Sydney, recently supported the development of the RadioApp Alexa skill. The RadioApp streaming radio platform will now be used to provide Australian commercial and public service radio content into the DTS Connected Radio platform.

The prolonged efforts of French regulator the CSA is set to realise several major broadcasters joining calls for applications during November. Radio Classique and Sud Radio have confirmed they will apply in a national round of calls to take place on 21 November, with the most awaited confirmation expected to be from RTL, which may in turn force Radio France to also join the call.

DAB+ is gaining momentum worldwide, with more than 71 million DAB / DAB+ devices sold in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region by the end of the second quarter of 2018, according to WorldDAB's latest infographic. In the second quarter of 2017, there were still 58 million were recorded both home and car radios.