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“Radio is the mothership of the audio industry,” said Stefan Moller, the President of the Association of European Broadcasters, to a round of applause at the official opening of RadioDays Europe. Getting straight to the point, Edita Kudlacova, the ABU’s Head of Radio named some of the most important battle grounds for radio in the evolving media environment: Radio should be easy to find on any device; We will need to be very transparent with how we use date; Data must be everywhere, on air, online and on podcasts; Commercial and non commercial radio companies have to work together to make sure that radio is a first thought for everyone.

Radio Océane, one of the SIPA Ouest-France group's radio stations along with Hit West, is coming to Rennes on DAB+ this Tuesday 28 March, after Nantes, La Roche-sur-Yon and Rouen. Hit West is broadcast on DAB+ in Tours and La Rochelle. Océane, which you listen to on FM from Morbihan, Côtes-d'Armor, Finistère and the Saint-Nazaire area in Loire-Atlantique, is also broadcast on DAB+ in Nantes, La Roche-sur-Yon and Rouen.

OLDIE ANTENNE brings the milestones of music history to four more federal states and to the homes of 15 million people: In the next few days, the technical switch-on begins, and then from April the popular oldies radio station can be heard via DAB+ in Bremen and Saxony. Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein will follow in June. OLDIE ANTENNE mainly plays the greatest hits of the 70s and 80s and is delighting more and more music lovers throughout Germany with its varied programmes. With the additional federal states, OLDIE ANTENNE is now once again expanding its DAB+ broadcast area. In future, the radio station will reach people in Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein.

In 2022, RAI, the Italian public service broadcaster, published probably the most comprehensive research so far on the future of the radio and audio landscape in Europe and North America (USA and Canada). Originally in Italian only, the EBU has been delighted to join forces with RAI and HEC Pole Media Montreal to collaborate on making the publication accessible in English to the whole industry too.

From 26 to 28 March 2023, the Prague Congress Centre will host Radiodays Europe 2023, the largest pan-European conference for radio, podcasting and audio content production professionals. The main co-organiser of this prestigious gathering of professionals from public and commercial radio and independent audio content creators from across Europe is Czech Radio. Speakers will focus on the position of the public service media in the international context, Czech Radio as a source of quality and credible news and the leader of podcasting in the Czech Republic, digital broadcasting DAB+, support for new audio formats for young people and innovations in the online space or cybersecurity of media houses.

DTS, Inc., a global leader in next-generation audio, imaging and sensing technology and a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Inc. (NYSE: XPER), today announced the global launch of DTS AutoStage™ Broadcaster Portal — giving radio broadcasters access to data on listener engagement. The DTS AutoStage system, the only global automotive independent media delivery platform, is delivering next-generation, AI-powered connected radio, audio and video content for more than 52 connected car models worldwide, seamlessly combining linear broadcast with IP-delivered content that enables a powerfully personalized, in-vehicle infotainment solution.

Radioplayer – the broadcaster backed organisation working to grow radio listening across connected devices and in-car audio – today announces the appointment of Yann Legarson as its new Chief Executive Officer to lead the next phase of its international growth. Yann joins the venture from Radioplayer France, having led the launch and growth of the Radioplayer brand in France since 2020, establishing a range of successful partnerships with broadcasters, car manufacturers and technology platforms. He will formally join as CEO in May 2023.

Polskie Radio has launched a tender for the continued broadcasting of public radio stations in DAB+. The deadline for submitting bids is 21 April. According to the documentation of the procedure, the expansion of the multiplex coverage will take place by 1 October 2024 at the latest. The scope of the contract includes 'signal delivery services to broadcast stations and the dissemination of the multiplex signal in the DAB+ standard, together with the extension of broadcast coverage'.

LGBTQ+ radio station GlitterBeam will launch on DAB in Blackpool this Friday, 24 March.The station has been streaming online since July 2019, before being made available on small scale DAB in the North East of England, in Cambridgeshire and in Coventry. Founders Eugenio Ceriello and Michael Walton-Dalzell said: “We are extremely excited to broadcast in Blackpool, with its vibrant LGBTQ+ scene, and we hope to bring our “Music with Sparkle” from the Blackpool Tower, where the transmitter is."

In Saxony, radio listeners will get an even greater choice on DAB+ digital radio from the beginning of April. According to information from teltarif.de, the network operator Media Broadcast is expected to launch a state-wide multiplex in the Free State on Monday, 3 April. Various test broadcasts have already been observed from various locations in Saxony over the past few days.