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BBC 6 Music wins prestigious Sony radio gong
16.05.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
By Mark Fordham Digital radio station BBC 6 Music has been named UK station of the year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards - commonly dubbed the Oscars of radio. This prestigious award comes just two years after the ailing station was saved from closure ...
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Driving the digital revolution
16.05.2012 - Pure - Australia
DIGITAL radio may be booming in Australia, with more than 1.2 million listeners tuning in weekly, but an obstacle to greater success has been the difficulty of adding a digital radio to a car. A solution to this hurdle is the Pure Highway 300Di, ...
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Arqiva to build digital infrastructure in Gibraltar
16.05.2012 - Gibraltar
The network in Gibraltar will comprise multiplexing and transmission for both digital TV and DAB digital radio. On each of two television multiplexes Gibraltar will be able to transmit up to six programme services. Similarly with digital radio, ...
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6 Music Sonys win "accolade for digital radio"
16.05.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
By Paul Williams 6 Music's UK Station of the Year win at this year's Sony Radio Academy Awards has been hailed by controller Bob Shennan as “an accolade for digital radio”.
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Arqiva to build digital infrastructure in Gibraltar
15.05.2012 - Gibraltar
The network in Gibraltar will comprise multiplexing and transmission for both digital TV and DAB digital radio. On each of two television multiplexes Gibraltar will be able to transmit up to six programme services. Similarly with digital radio, ...
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BBC Radio 6 Music named UK Station of the Year
15.05.2012 - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
Digital radio station BBC Radio 6 Music has been named as UK Station of the Year at the Sony Award's. It is the first time that a digital only station has won the gong, highlighting the strides being taken in the sector to win over listeners and now ...
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Clarion CZ702E confirms company's partnership with Parrot
15.05.2012 - United Kingdom
Although the CZ702E does not feature an integral DAB tuner, Clarion claims it is DAB-ready requiring only the addition of a DAB302E hide-away receiver for access to DAB, DAB and DMB-A radio stations. Finally, the CZ702E features a new design for the ...
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All 2013 VWs to have standard digital radio
15.05.2012 - United Kingdom
Digital radio, officially Digital Audio Broadcasting or DAB (the European technology is different from HD radio in the US), has been available in the UK for a number of years but automakers have been slow to offer it as standard or optional and some ...
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Black Forest Radio launches on DAB
15.05.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany
On 6 May Black Forest Radio is launched into the digital radio age. They celebrated the launch together with the 'Western way Opening' and before the 'Burg Festival Experience' in Hausach. Black Forest Radio is received in Baden-Wuerttemberg nationwide via digital radio.
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New programs for Augsburg
15.05.2012 - Bayern Digital Radio GmbH - Germany
The Media Council of the Bavarian Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting (BLM), the distribution of the two radio programs and radio hitradio.rt1 Fantasy DABplus on the local DAB coverage area Augsburg (9 C) authorizes up to 04.30.2015. The digital distribution is the latest by 1 Record July 2012
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