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Sessions on tap for this year's edition include discussions on terrestrial digital radio and its evolution in France, a look at the importance of social media for radio stations, how to finance a webradio, and the best digital solutions for local broadcasters.

LBC, which continues to be available on 97.3FM in London, has taken the national DAB slot previously occupied by Jazz FM. Ahead of the move, culture minister, Ed Vaizey, told Campaign: "I’m a big fan of commercial radio. I’m delighted by the news that LBC is going national. It’s really important to invest in digital radio in order to secure a future for our commercial radio."

The long time and last planned before the summer pilot project for digital radio broadcast in Vienna in DAB + likely to be delayed again. Digital Radio Austria have suggested, to use the 90-year anniversary of broadcasting in Austria as an opportunity for the digital pilot. That would be in September 2014.

Digital radio specialists Celsus have started February with the green light from the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) to deliver training and accreditation to automotive technicians looking to capitalise on the growing market for in car DAB radio conversions.

The Head of Deutschlandradios, Willi Steul in an interview with Business Week, calls for FM switch off and urges for a firm date to be set.

There is an interview with Siegfried Schneider, president of the Bavarian Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting (BLM) on digital radio in the current issue of the magazine on Dr. Dish TV TecTime.

The actor, who appears in the new Ian Fleming biopic, is a big fan of DAB digital radio.

Pluxbox presents a first in Dutch Digital Radio. Ordered by the Dutch Public Broadcast (NPO) we created an application that enables radio makers to create and control a slideshow which is visible on the display of DR+. Our program pbRadiomanager can be used to control the slideshow with just a push on the button. These slides contain pictures and different apps, such as the weather, amber alerts and traffic information. But it will also be possible for the DJ to sent information about the artist that is playing.

Since becoming the first luxury brand in Australia to provide DAB+ digital radio as standard fitment to a model (the GS Line, launched in 2012), Lexus has sold almost 8000 vehicles with the technology.

In parallel to the 10-year anniversary of Facebook, Bayern Digital Radio GmbH has now joined the social network. All the latest news on digital radio enriched by competitions and events can be found on their Facebook page. We like!