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Melbourne to switch on digital radio
11.05.2009 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia
The stations include MIX, GOLD, 3AW and new digital-only stations Pink Radio and Koffee and the Melbourne launch follows the switch-on of DAB digital radio in Perth last week. “The possibilities for digital radio in the sport loving state of Melbourne ...
(MediaBizNet, Australia) Read more
Melbourne first on the east coast to switch on digital radio
11.05.2009 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia
Commercial radio stations in Melbourne begin broadcasting the first permanent DAB+ digital radio services on the east coast of Australia.
DAB invades the hearts and homes of the Danes
11.05.2009 - Danish Broadcasting Corporation WorldDAB Member - Denmark
Digital radio (DAB) increases again - the latest figures from Danmarks Statistik (Danmarks Statistik produces and communicates official statistics) show that almost every third Danish home now have a DAB radio
Rajar: London's LBC claims 15-year audience high
07.05.2009 - Global WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
According to parent company Global Radio it is the station's highest since 1993. LBC continued to gain listeners outside of the capital, where it is available on DAB digital radio. Its total UK audience rose 3.2 per cent on the quarter and 6.7 per cent ...
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Digital radio listening rises
07.05.2009 - United Kingdom
May 07, 2009 - More than 16 million people now live in a DAB household, with digital radio listening now breaking the 20 per cent mark. At 20.1 per cent, more than a fifth of all radio listening is via a digital platform (up from 17.8 per cent in Q1 ...
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Club Asia set to launch on DAB digital radio
07.05.2009 - United Kingdom
London's "hit music station" Club Asia is all set to launch on DAB digital radio in the coming weeks. The station confirmed the plans via its website today. The release said, "Since its launch in 2003 Club Asia Radio has firmly established itself ...
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Bauer and Global lead commercial radio awards
06.05.2009 - Global WorldDAB Member - United Kingdom
- Robert Shepherd
(Broadcastnow, UK - Robert Shepherd) Read more
Austereo digital head: Content will drive digital
06.05.2009Content needs to be the key driver of digital radio take-up, according to Austereo's head of digital strategy Jeremy Macvean, though he insists the amount of new Australian radio stations will not become “overwhelming” for consumers. ...
(B&T Marketing & Media (subscription), Australia) Read more
Perth first as radio broadcasts go digital
05.05.2009 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia
“This is a historic event,” was how Commercial Radio Australia chief executive Joan Warner described the milestone. As well as giving broadcasters the capacity to multi-channel, digital radio comes with the enticing promise of interference-free ...
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Perth first to switch on digital radio
01.05.2009 - Commercial Radio & Audio WorldDAB Member - Australia
Commercial radio stations in Perth - Mix 94.5, 92.9, Nova 93.7, 6PR, 96 fm, 6ix, Radar, Pink Radio and Novanation create radio history on Monday, 4 May 2009 when they begin broadcasting the first permanent DAB+ digital radio services in Australia.