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The Government will shortly announce details of a major expansion of local DAB transmitters, with 182 new transmitters across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The programme of work to to build out the local DAB network is scheduled to begin March 2015.

The Government is about to announce details of a major expansion of local DAB transmitters, with 182 new transmitters across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The plan will also allow modifications to 49 other sites and will take the population coverage of local stations on DAB from 76% today to 91.2% within 18 months. The first new transmitters will be built in March 2015 and the programme will complete by September 2016. In total, nearly 40,000km of roads will be covered by the local DAB signal.

In an article for Radio World magazine, Jane Ostler, Communications Director at Digital Radio UK talks about the strategies and actions implemented by DRUK to increase the adoption of DAB digital radio across the United Kingdom.

Between March 2015 and September 2016, local DAB digital radio coverage will be boosted to cover around 90% of UK homes and many more miles of on-road coverage. The agreement will allow 5 new DAB transmitters to launch bringing local DAB to Suffolk for the first time. Outlined are the changes planned for each local DAB multiplex affected by the plans.

Ford Ennals, the CEO of Digital Radio UK, has weighed in to the debate within media.info's discussion area about mono stations on DAB. "I believe that Bauer faced with limited DAB capacity made the decision to offer the widest possible choice of their stations nationally by sharing the available DAB bandwidth between them . The upside for listeners is they can now listen to Magic nationally on DAB"

Grunding presented 3 DAB+ enabled receivers at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, one of the world’s biggest home electronics fairs. Director Product Marketing & Quality at Grundig Intermedia GmbH, gave a keynote speech at the event. He believes that the new additions to the Grundig audio range have the right stuff: “The Cosmopolit 4 WEB DAB+ and Cosmopolit 8 WEB DAB+ internet radios plus the Sonoclock 895 WEB DAB+ kitchen radio represent another step towards home connectivity and combine tradition with innovation.

A major research project led by the Media Intelligence Service of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has identified a range of factors central to the successful deployment of terrestrial radio digitisation across Europe. The launch of the ‘Digital Radio Toolkit’ follows a six month-long investigation into the experiences and best practices of the three countries which are leading the launch of digital terrestrial radio in Europe: Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Leeds is to today welcome a new greatest hits radio station, set to feature some of the biggest songs of the past six decades. Presented by names including Tony Blackburn, Mike Reid and John Leslie, Bauer's Radio Aire 2 will be available on DAB digital radio.

A new seven-inch, full-colour touchscreen incorporating DAB digital radio and USB connectivity is now standard on all CX-5 models.

The UK's first major 'real life' test of the next generation of DAB digital radio involving the public has ended after four months on air, as broadcasters and multiplex operators continue to assess the advantages of using DAB+ in the UK. Unlike many previous DAB+ tests in the UK, listeners were actively encouraged to provide feedback to Folder Media about the DAB+ tests.