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The Danish government has proposed to switch off FM radio by 2021, or within two years after digital listening exceeds 50%, in a move to accelerate the transition to DAB+ digital radio. This is following announcement of a new government media policy.

In the United Kingdom, the large-scale expansion of the more than 50 local DAB networks was completed after three years. A total of 221 channels have been adapted or taken into use. The combined coverage of the local DAB networks has increased from 72% to more than 90%.

Denmark will switch off FM no later than 2021, according to a new media policy announced by the government. The new policy states the switchoff can potentiall occur two years after digital listening figures exceed 50%.

A new government recommendation states that FM will be switched off by 2021 at the latest in order to accelerate the digitisation of radio.

Denmark's FM network will be switched off from 2021, or earlier if digital listening figures exceed 50%, from which the switchoff will take place after two years.

The first regular broadcasts of DAB + have started in the Vienna, Austria region. Twelve radio stations can be received on the channel 11C multiplex. Across the UK, the program of work to increase the coverage of DAB network, either with new transmitters or modifications to 221 local DAB sites, has been completed.

The tender will feature 4 free spaces in digital multiplex, which will work on two transmitters of the RRT Concern in Kyiv. In total, 14 radio stations can be called in the multiplex.

In 2017, a total of 304,000 DAB + radios were sold in Switzerland. According to OFCOM, the number of vehicles equipped with DAB + radios as standard has increased significantly. It stood at 66 percent at the end of 2016 and climbed to 85 percent by the end of 2017. For the first time, the number of DAB + -capable vehicles also exceeds the million mark, writes OFCOM.

In Switzerland, almost 600,000 radios were sold in 2017 and have the possibility to receive DAB +, reported by Swiss government organisation BAKOM last week.

For wireless connectivity, the Avalon N5 offers FM radio, DAB+ digital radio and Bluetooth 4.1 (compatibility with AAC codec and AVRCP profile). In wired connection, there is a mini-jack input 3.5 mm and a headphone output also mini-jack.