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It may be older than bubble gum, quartz watches and penicillin, but radio continues to grow into new areas, according to a recent report from ratings agency AC Nielsen. Thanks to recent developments in radio technology, radio waves can now carry more data in less bandwidth, moving radio from an era that predated refrigerators, zippers and ballpoint pens to the modern era of Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB+).

Of course, first and foremost, this is a radio too, with features such as DAB and FM reception, rotary tuning and volume controls, RDS station name display, a stereo line out socket, headphone socket and portability thanks to the matching carry handle.

With the 7 usual digital radio DAB+ programs of the national mux : Rai1, Rai2, Rai3, FD4, FD5, Isoradio, GRParlamento with DLS and SLS services, new digital radio channels with local content and preferrably in the local language, were requested by Debora Serracchiani, President of the autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, during the 16th November RAI presentation. Rai digital radio services will go on air in Friuli Venezia Giulia, using the DAB+ standard. The Friuli Venezia Giulia is the second Italian region after Trentino-Alto Adige, to start testing the new standard, which allows enriching the radio alongside additional content, and avoids interference.

The likes of Roberts and Pure seem to have the retro radio market sewn up, but with designs like Hepburn and Bardot vintage-style DAB radios, there might be room for View Quest too.

BBC Radio 6 Music, a digital radio station operated by the U.K. public broadcaster, will offer some counter-programming this holiday season, announcing it will air an interview with Metallica's Lars Ulrich and two shows hosted by the "godfather of punk" Iggy Pop around Christmas and New Year's.

London, UK, November 13th 2013: Pure evolves an icon with the Evoke D4, the 4th generation of one of the world's most iconic digital radios. The Evoke is the radio that has become synonymous with DAB and has shipped over a million units since its launch in 2002 making it one of the world's most popular and best-loved digital radios.

The product in the line-up is the Evoke Mio Deutsche Grammophone Edition digital and FM portable radio – in partnership with renowned classical music label Deutsche Grammophon. The radio comes in the label's signature yellow and is etched with its DG logo.

The head of Digital Radio UK has told RadioToday that the DAB switchover could be many years away still so that listeners and broadcast companies have more time to prepare. Speaking on this week's RadioToday Programme, Ford Ennals said that the row this week between smaller commercial radio operators and industry bodies boils down to a difference of opinion about the pace of change.

The Loewe Gallery Arnhem in conjunction with Tivoli Audio will host DAB+ demo days on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 November 2013. Explanations on DAB+ digital radio will be given and various models of the American brand will be on the demonstration stand. Read more about DAB+ Demo Days at hifi.nl

The Austrian Embassy in Berlin was the venue of the event "own genre, its own regulation? - The challenge of radio convergence ". Radio experts from Austria, Germany and Switzerland met there to discuss the further development of digital radio and on current regulatory issues for radio. Central themes were the question of a deadline for switch off of the analogue FM radio as well as the need for an independent radio regulatory framework at national and European level.