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The 19th WorldDMB General Assembly in Amsterdam, The Netherlands saw the announcement of Patrick Hannon, VP of Corporate Development at Frontier Silicon as the incoming President of WorldDMB 2013-2015, picking up the leadership baton from outgoing President, Jorn Jensen of NRK Norway. WorldDMB members also elected two Vice-Presidents: Joan Warner, CEO of Commercial Radio Australia and Joachim Kraus of ARD Germany, as well as a new Steering Board.

Francis Goffin said, " this election is the international recognition of the work done by the RTBF for 3 years at the Belgian level but also at the international level, for the digital migration of radio, an issue that is a major opportunity for platform development of radio media in any digital world of today and tomorrow's consumers. "

Český telekomunikační úřad, the Czech Telecommunications Office, recently discussed comments received as part of a public consultation on the draft rules to award frequencies for digital radio in the band 174−230 MHz.

The Volkswagen Golf comes with DAB as standard.

The Ford Kuga Titanium 1.6T EcoBoost comes with DAB as standard.

Pure presents its fourth generation range of Pure Evoke with the launch of the D4 and D2.

Perfectpro brings the the first DAB + / FM radio with speakerphone for the DIY market.

KPN Broadcast Services has launched the expansion of the DAB + network of the Dutch public broadcaster NPO.

Children can tune into Fun Kids on DAB Digital Radio in London, online at funkidslive.com or through the station's mobile apps.

On Friday 1 November ABC Radio will launch a pop up digital radio station to celebrate the life and music of one of the pre-eminent singer/songwriters of his generation Lou Reed, who passed away this week.