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More than 10 million people listened to commercial radio each week last year across metropolitan cities - the record figure represents a 1.4% increase from the year prior, and a 9.7% increase in the last five years. In that same period, the number of those listening to DAB+ in their car in metropolitan centres rose by 107.9 percent.

Sweet FM, a French radio broadcaster based in Le Mans, has launched a new promotional video aiming to educate listeners on DAB+ digital radio and its various benefits.

The path has been cleared for the launch of a second national DAB+ multiplex in Germany. 16 national commercial radio stations are expected to broadcast on the multiplex.

The DAB+ offering continues to expand in Germany with the launch of three new private radio stations in Lübeck, in the north of the country.

The path has been cleared for the launch of a second national DAB+ multiplex in Germany. 16 national commercial radio stations are expected to broadcast on the multiplex.

The Times, The Sunday Times and Wireless have confirmed the launch of Times Radio will take place later this year. The station will broadcast nationally on DAB and online, and will be in addition to talkRADIO rather than in place of it.

That radio listening is almost the same level as before FM switch off is a success story that should have received far more attention in the media. One cannot draw conclusions based on a single week's listening - radio listening in Norway remains one of the largest media coverages, and increased diversity means there is now a channel to suit every taste.

The UK arm of the media mogul’s News Corp empire is due this week to announce details of Times Radio, a DAB channel funded from the marketing budget of The Times titles.

The Bavarian regulator BLM and regional radio station Charivari have launched a pilot project to provide local content using dynamic reconfiguration whereby five local programmes are assigned to three DAB+ channels every half hour. DAB+ distribution for private radio becomes more economical because only three digital transmission signals are used for five transmission areas. This approach strengthens local radio in the digital world, making it fit for the future.

It's now possible to find out which DAB+ stations are on air and where thanks to the DAB+ interactive map just launched by the French regulator, the CSA.