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The Government has outlined its intention to see radio broadcasting switch from analogue to digital audio broadcasting (DAB). It's received backing from all areas of the industry, with the CEO of Halfords declaring: "Halfords is committed to a digital future.

The Government has announced a £21 million investment package to help prepare the market for a digital radio switchover.

The new generation of ST digital radio receivers will support a wide range of global digital radio standards including Digital Audio Broadcasting and HD Radio.

UK chain Halfords today has announced that it will no longer be selling Analog in-car radios from 2015 as the company is looking to move forward in the new digital age by saying goodbye to analog radio.

According to Schweiz am Sonntag (“Switzerland on Sunday), Radio Energy CEO Dani Büchi said that the media company plans to discontinue its FM transmissions in 2019, switching to all digital broadcasts.

Telecompaper reports that Emitel will transmit digital terrestrial signals for Polish Radio in Warsaw, Katowice and Silesian, beginning in 2014. This agreement would bring DAB+ coverage to 7 million Polish residents, and Polish Radio hopes to increase its coverage to 30 percent of the country’s territory, reaching about 56 percent of the population, by the end of next year.

Consumers are making their own choices and there is a clear upwards trend in acceptance of digital radio, with well over half the population already using it.

It's surprisingly difficult to come by audio equipment that looks as sharp as it sounds, but Ruark have nailed it with retro-futuristic styling in sleek finishes of walnut and glossy pastel veneers.

Nearly 800,000 listeners in Surrey can tune in to four local stations on DAB digital radio for the first time.

Radio World and Radio.NL report that the government of the Netherlands is considering sunsetting that country’s FM band and transitioning to digital radio broadcasting. This would mean DAB+.