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UK-based Podcast Radio has confirmed it is coming to the US. Speaking at the NAB Show New York this week, Podcast Radio CEO Gerry Edwards said the 24-hour format will be syndicated to AM/FM stations and HD channels on a barter and cash licensing basis. The 24-hour format currently airs on DAB and digital channels in the U.K.

Nostalgie+ achieved a historic audience in this wave, adding 10,197 additional listeners and reaching a total of 63,537 listeners. It also became the number one radio station in terms of listening time with 191 minutes. This result places it simply in tenth place, with a rise from 1.49% to 2.35% in audience share. Nostalgie+ becomes the number one radio station in digital and DAB+. "Nostalgie+ achieves a record result even though it only broadcasts in digital and DAB+. In this last wave, the Nostalgie brand (Nostalgie and Nostalgie+) achieves an incredible 16.7% PDM," said Kim Beyns, director of NGroup.

Entrepreneur Miroslav Pýcha Miroslav Pýcha can transfer the experimental broadcasting of his revived project Rádio Sázava on the COLOR DAB+ multiplex from experimental to live operation, the Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting has decided. Radio Sázava was granted a licence for a period of eight years, i.e. until 2030. The programme is currently already available in experimental mode on the COLOR DAB+ multiplex in Prague and Central Bohemia on channel 7C under the designation TEST.

Xperi has unveiled new details about the analytics capabilities of its DTS AutoStage hybrid radio platform. The company told radio industry executives gathered at NAB Show New York that the insights the system will provide about listener behavior will be a major sales and analytics tool for broadcasters.

OFCOM has announced today (Tuesday, October 18) that ToneFM’s parent organisation, The Tone Community Media Group CIC (TCMG CIC), has been awarded the Small Scale DAB Multiplex Licence for Taunton Deane. It will enable TCMG CIC to bring a brand new digital radio service to the area. OFCOM invited applications in March for organisations to bid to take control of the new service in Taunton Deane. These new Digital Radio (DAB) will offer listeners a wider choice of content within a localised area, while being managed and led predominately by community radio providers.

Radio exists in a varied ecosystem, which is evident when you see the many different ways automotive manufacturers can implement radio functionality while still following the same technical standards. The joint WorldDAB / RadioDNS Automotive Workshops work out how to make the current functionality work better. The attendees suggest topics for discussion, based on their own experiences. The next workshop will take place on Thursday 10 November 2022.

A new DAB+ transmitter of the Czech Radio multiplex will be launched for a wide area around Mikulov. From Friday, 14 October, it will ensure the reception of the CRo DAB+ network for the inhabitants of South Moravia. The transmitter will be launched on channel 12 D with an ERP of 5 kilowatts. "The launch of this transmitter will significantly contribute to better coverage of a large part of Moravia south of Brno and also the D2 motorway from Brno to Bratislava," said Karel Zýka, Director of Technology and Administration at Czech Radio.

For the development of DAB+ digital radio broadcasting in the Czech Republic, it is essential that private radio stations also join in. Karel Zýka, director of the Czech Radio's Administration and Technology Department, said this at the Radiokomunikace 2022 conference on Tuesday 18 October. "DAB+ can only develop if commercial stations are also there," Zýka said. Czech Radio plans to launch a more powerful digital transmitter in Hodonín and seven more relay stations later this year.

Nostalgie+ is the little sister of Nostalgie, the most listened to radio station in French-speaking Belgium. Distributed only on digital and DAB+, Nostalgie+ has achieved a historic audience according to the latest quarterly report just published, becoming the leading radio station in terms of listening time.

Leading cross-auditory audio marketer RMS presents its new offer for customers and agencies in Germany's 2023 advertising market. The flagship for high-coverage national radio campaigns, the RMS SUPER KOMBI, is growing by 13 new stations. The largest offer is the DAB+ Deutschlandkombi, which goes into RMS marketing in a new composition with nine stations. Olaf Hopp, CEO NRJ GERMANY: "We are very pleased that we have been there from the start with our program NOSTALGIE, which is distributed nationwide via DAB+. DAB+ has established itself as a complementary radio transmission standard and DAB+ advertising combinations are only the logical consequence. The increasing relevance of DAB+ for both listeners and broadcasters is now logically expressed in the founding of this combination.”