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Sunshine Live is apparently planning the same path as Klassik Radio and Rock Antenne before it: the private station for electronic music wants to expand into Switzerland. Via DAB+, 2.5 million people are to be reached terrestrially. The station initially wants to broadcast its well-known German programme - with news and advertising for Switzerland.

While the company Divicon Media will operate the regional and local multiplexes from spring 2023, Media Broadcast is expected to become the network operator of the state-wide, private DAB+ network in Saxony. This emerges from the tender for remaining capacities which has now been published. The Saxon State Media Authority (SLM) has put out to tender 228 capacity units (CU) for up to three additional radio programmes in the state-wide bouquet. Interested radio broadcasters can still apply until 17 November.

Bauer Media has a history of serving ‘specialist’ music identities. But Hits Radio Pride - which broadcast on DAB in several parts of the U.K. - has exceeded expectations as an ‘always on’ brand that launched as a pop-up during Covid lockdowns. Bauer launched Hits Radio Pride as a six-month pop-up in the pandemic as Pride events closed up and down the country in 2020, and is growing hours, reach and advertiser interest more than two years later.

Spain's Constitutional Court has received 13 appeals from radio stations requesting digital radio licences. The challenge dates back to 2018 when the radio stations requested public tenders for available digital radio licences. Several reasons promoted the requests: low availability of broadcast radio licences, lack of available spectrum, an infringement on plurality and the ability operate in the digital world, leaving citizens with a reduced radio offer.

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.