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The Greek Government incorporated the European Electronic Communication Code into Greek law in June 2021, mandating that all new car radios be able to receive digital terrestrial radio. Greek retail chains and supermarkets have also started selling DAB+ receivers.

In mid-July, the telecommunications company PSN Infrastruktura put into operation a new DAB+ multiplex in the Polish city of Opole. Currently, four radio stations are broadcast and a further transmitter is planned.

Kult Hit Radio reflects the cultural diversity of the region by creating a "we" feeling among the listener community. Listeners are at the centre of the station's proposition, with programme content developed interactively through audience participation. Currently available on the internet only, Kult Hit Radio will launch on DAB+ in September.

The launch of a digital radio network in Lombardy, which includes local radio stations, is great news for listeners who for the first time can listen via DAB+ to some important local radio stations in Milan and other provinces of Lombardy.

DAB+ coverage has recently increased in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps. Further DAB+ network expansion is due to go into operation by the end of the year. The network operator of the regional network is Bayern Digital Radio GmbH.

Digital Radio UK has launched an on-air campaign to support the launch of local DAB digital radio in the Channel Islands offering listeners guidance on DAB+ devices and retuning. The 40 second radio spot lets listeners know that they will need a DAB+ set to listen to all the stations now available via the new multiplex and prompts them to retune their digital radio set to listen to the new digital services for the first time.

The results of the Radioprojekt survey confirm the growing popularity of digital radio in the Czech Republic. As of Q1 2021, 10.6% of listeners use DAB+ compared to 7.2% in Q4 2020.

The EWF Emergency Warning Functionality is a combination of different services such as Alarm Announcement, Service Linking, Program Associated Data and Non-PAD, and can distribute multimedia and multilingual information. The EWB procedure is also compatible with all old DAB receivers. Modern receivers are also switched on automatically with EWB and can display information via other data services.

Listeners of BBC Radio Jersey and BBC Radio Guernsey will be able to do so digitally, following the launch of a new network.

The digital-terrestrial successor to UKW started nationwide on August 1, 2011 with programmes from Deutschlandradio and private providers. The federal and state governments as well as participating programme providers draw a positive balance of the first ten years of DAB+ digital radio.