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It's that time of year again when most families are dusting off the old Christmas decorations from the garage or attic and untangling the lights. At ARN they're taking a digital station out of mothballs.

The playlist includes the likes of Bryan Adams, Michael Buble, Kelly Clarkson, U2, Guy Sebastian, Paul Kelly and many more. ARN's digital manager Nick Condon said: “We are very proud of how far we've come since the launch of digital radio in 2009.

Elf Radio, has returned today and will air non-stop xmas tunes until Boxing Day. This is its fourth year playing carols.

The DAB + SM10 antenna is mounted on the car roof and replace the existing antenna. Plugged it is then the auxiliary input of the built-in FM or DAB radios. Control and channel selection via the smartphone via Bluetooth. From the end of the model should be available on the Swiss market.

The CBAA Annual National Conference held in Melbourne last weekend called on the Federal Government to restore funding to two critical national projects for the community broadcasting sector.

The UK';s move to a digital radio future took one step closer today after Arqiva announced plans to invest £6 million in improving coverage to 1.5 million listeners.

Global Radio has signed a deal to transmit its Heart, Capital and Gold stations across each of the new local DAB multiplexes being launched by Arqiva, over the coming months.

The Euro-Chip concept offers cost-effective, interoperable and future-proof radio reception and can be easily installed in mobile devices and cars. Integrating the main radio transmission technology standards, whether digital (DAB/DAB+/DMB) or analogue (FM), it will help audiences access their favourite radio broadcast services anytime, anywhere and can help develop new business models which will make radio fully part of the digital economy.

Arqiva is investing £6 million to launch four new local multiplexes which will bring Digital Radio to over 1.5 million listeners in the heart of England. The company is working with the BBC, Global Radio and Oxford’s JACK fm to broadcast on the first multiplexes to launch since the Memorandum of Understanding on Digital Radio switchover was signed in June

BMW UK announced today that all new BMW models launched in the UK will have DAB digital radios fitted as standard across the entire range from January 2013. Currently BMW provides digital radio as an option on new models and as standard in some high-end models, including the 7 Series. This follows the decision of the BMW Group to fit new Minis with digital radio as standard from September 2010.