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RTVS has increased its DAB+ capacity
10.01.2023 - Slovakia Slovakia
The number of channels distributed in the DAB+ digital radio multiplex operated by Towercom, has increased to 12. The new station called Radio Slovakia will be available on a separate channel (Service ID: 5008) for Radio Slovakia International listeners with a bitrate of 72 kbps.

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DAB+ with better coverage in Eastern Slovakia
09.01.2023 - Slovakia Slovakia
Telecommunications operator Towercom has launched a new DAB+ transmitter in the last few hours, which distributes digital radio in VHF band III. The news will certainly please listeners in eastern Slovakia, given that coverage there has improved significantly. According to SatelitnáTV.sk, the Košice - Dubník transmitter is already active, transmitting on channel 10C (213.360 MHz) with a maximum permitted power of 5 kW.

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Radio: the FM band will soon be obsolete in Haute-Vienne
09.01.2023 - France France
Since 6 December 2022, the Groupement de radios associatives libres en Limousin (Gral), has swapped the traditional FM broadcasting for DAB+. Denis Lespiaut, who has been at the head of the company for 23 years, has succeeded in pooling some fifteen radio services throughout the Limousin region, spread over 25 frequencies. The parent company, which acts like a press agency, has decided to follow the lead of a revolution taking place in the radio world: the end of FM broadcasting in favour of DAB+ (in French, radio numérique terrestre).

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Flanders: Business AM launched via DAB+
09.01.2023 - Belgium Belgium
Business AM started broadcasting today. The radio station can be heard in Flanders via DAB+ and worldwide via the Internet. "Business AM brings Talk Radio for the digital content seeker. We extract relevant news and insights from today's complex international business environment and bring local and global stories that touch people and influence our society. We are there for progressive professionals, entrepreneurs and creatives, among others. This target group will find specific content related to our 4 pillars of technology, economy, politics and business", Peter Van Oostende, Chief Radio Editor, explained earlier.

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Radio FG on DAB+ in Amiens
09.01.2023 - France France
Radio FG has started broadcasting in Amiens on DAB+. Maison FG is continuing to develop its radio offering on DAB+ in France with its four stations, FG DJ Radio, FG CHIC, Maxximum and DanceOne. FG has a weekly audience of more than 1.1 million people and 214,600 daily listeners. Radio FG broadcasts in 32 cities on FM and DAB+, including Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Strasbourg, Monaco-Nice, Toulouse, Lille, Nantes, Rennes, Orléans, Bordeaux, Nancy, Dijon, Caen and Clermont-Ferrand.

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Gaydio joins seven more DAB multiplexes
09.01.2023 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Gaydio is now broadcasting in seven more cities across the UK via small-scale DAB multiplexes. The station has been added to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Sheffield in DAB+. Kriss Herbert, Network Content Manager and mid-morning presenter said: "It’s great that Gaydio is going to be bigger than ever before, broadcasting across seven new cities for the first time, meaning that more queer people across the UK can now tune in for the best in LGBTQ+ entertainment, news and of course music."

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Ofcom begins Round 4 small-scale DAB multiplex licence awards
06.01.2023 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Ofcom has started awarding small-scale DAB multiplex licences in Round 4 of the awards process today. Glenrothes & Kirkcaldy, Ludlow, and Newport & Chepstow licences were awarded to the only applicants, whilst the two-horse race between Torbay DAB and TorDAB was won by TorDAB.

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How you listen to Absolute Radio could be changing
05.01.2023 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
"From 23rd January, we will no longer be broadcasting on AM radio. Why are you stopping broadcasting on AM? We think we sound better on digital, as it offers a much stronger signal and cuts out background noise. Lots of you agree, which is why nearly all our audience listen to us digitally. Broadcasting on AM requires running an additional transmitter which is environmentally unfriendly and not cost-efficient given the small numbers of those listening here."

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"Mein NRW DAB+": Power increases implemented
05.01.2023 - Germany Germany
The radiated power at some transmitter sites of the private digital radio network "Mein NRW DAB+" was increased in recent weeks. At the Cologne location (Colonius), the radiated power was increased from 6.3 to 10 kW. In Münster (Fernmeldeturm) the power is now also 10 kW. Previously it was 5.6 kW. The radiated power was also increased at the locations in Aachen (Karlshöhe) from 3.2 to 5 kW, in Schöppingen from 5 to 10 kW and in Wesel (Büderich) from 2.5 to 10 kW.

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Exeter's new digital radio network goes live
05.01.2023 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Exeter has a suite of new radio stations broadcasting exclusively to the city and surrounding area, following the launch of a DAB transmitter network. Exeter is one of the first of 25 locations around the country to be selected in the first round of such networks which enable new radio stations to broadcast to relatively small areas. Last year broadcast regulator Ofcom awarded the licence to operate the service to local company ExeDab, which is led by Devon’s commercial station Radio Exe and Exeter’s community station Phonic FM.

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