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Several changes in the Dutch DAB+ range
01.04.2016 - Netherlands Netherlands
Efteling Kids Radio has moved from the national commercial DAB+ network on channel 11C, with the vacant space being used by 538 Top 40. HOT RADIO hits started broadcasting on DAB+ via the MTVNL network.

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Eagle Oldies to launch in Surrey and Hampshire
01.04.2016 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The new DAB station will have a playlist of songs dating back from the 1950s through to the early 1980s, with a focus on music from the 1960s and 1970s.

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Efteling Kids Radio moving to regional DAB+
01.04.2016 - Netherlands Netherlands
The popular children's radio station will now broadcast through the regional DAB+ networks on MTVNL.

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Iconic brand returns to the airwaves
31.03.2016 - Australia Australia
Virgin Radio in the UK has made history becoming the first ever national DAB radio station to launch live from a moving train

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Final station launches on Sound Digital multiplex
30.03.2016 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Virgin Radio was the final station to launch on the second UK commercial DAB multiplex.18 stations are now live, including Share Radio, Magic Chilled, Kisstory, UCB2 and Jazz FM.

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Digital radio to be promoted in Saxony-Anhalt
30.03.2016 - Germany Germany
The Assembly of the Media Institute of Saxony-Anhalt (MSA) has decided to continue to promote digital radio in the state. The MSA is mandated to provide a funding requirement for the technical infrastructure of digital radio in 2016.

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New solution for digital radio in NRW
30.03.2016 - Germany Germany
For local radio stations in NRW, DAB radio can provide a cost effective solution for broadcasting.

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Smartphones as a new driver for DAB+
30.03.2016 - Germany Germany
Managing director of DRD Digital Radio Germany GmbH, Willi Schreiner, shares his thoughts on what the launch of the LG Stylus 2 means for mobile phone companies and digital radio technology industry more broadly.

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Radio Melody in Eastern Switzerland on DAB+
29.03.2016 - Switzerland Switzerland
Radio Melody is the sister channel of successful Ostschweizer Radios FM1 and will now be available in all of Eastern Switzerland via DAB+.

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Radio of the future DAB+
29.03.2016 - Austria Austria
Operators see DAB+ as a next step in the evolution of radio in Austria. Digital Radio Austria has given a clear commitment to the digital terrestrial transmission of radio and thus to develop the standard.

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