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Swiss radio broadcasters have decided to switch off FM transmitters on 31 December 2024. By reverting to the original switch off date, listeners have more time to upgrade their radios. Overall, around three quarters of radio listeners have gone digital, mostly via DAB+. Only 14 percent still listen exclusively on FM.

Coles Radio serves up another top shelf survey result leading the DAB+ stations across the five metro survey areas.

With transmission capacity having been allocated to audio.digital NRW Gmbh, the state-wide DAB+ multiplex in North Rhine-Westphalia will go on air at the end of the October – exact date to be announced.

The transmitter network for the first national DAB+ multiplex will gradually increase with six new locations from April 2022. New DAB + stations are to be switched on in the coming year In Schleswig-Holstein (Hennstedt), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Güstrow, Torgelow), Brandenburg (Petkus), Baden-Württemberg (Reutlingen) and Bavaria (Pfaffenhoffen).

During the Dutch Grand Prix, a pop-up DAB+ station “Grand Prix Radio” can be listened to all week in Amsterdam, Haarlem and Zandvoort region.

Swiss radio broadcasters have decided to shut down FM as originally planned on 31 December 2024, according to a press release published by Digimig, the Swiss broadcaster working group on digital migration. On the same date, FM radio licences expire. From that date onwards, radio programmes will no longer be broadcast via FM. With the return to the original switch-off date, consumers have more time to switch technology.

Media company TEUTOCAST has been strengthened with the appointment of Jan-Uwe Brinkmann. Thanks to DAB+, NRW now has a diverse programme landscape with an attractive advertising inventory. TEUTOCAST aims to combine the power of of its nationwide marketing team, established national programmes FEMOTION RADIO, dpd DRIVER'S RADIO and SPORTRADIO DEUTSCHLAND as well as two new, regional radio offers. Said CEO Erwin Linnenbach: "This is a blueprint for the introduction of nationwide special-interest programmes related to the state - and with RAUDIO a completely new cross-media marketing genre."

DAB+ receiver sales and listeners continue to grow, with a key role being played by public broadcaster Czech radio who has implemented a strong DAB+ marketing campaign, and has launched DAB+ stations Radiožurnál Sport and, from 1 October, Rádio Pohoda. 95% of the Czech population can now receive Czech Radio radio stations on DAB+.

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