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France's media regulator, the Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel, has released its summary of radio equipment in use for the entire year of 2016 in France. The results showed that 12 percent of French households had a DAB receiver in 2016.

Under the motto "As clear as if I were there", the ARD are to start a nationwide marketing campaign for DAB+, in partnership with Deutschlandradio, on 2nd May 2017. The campaign focuses on the listening experience of radio, showing typical listening situations and the joy of listening to the radio.

German public broadcasters will, from today, begin a new promotional campaign for DAB on TV, radio, online, and in magazines and newspapers. A new DAB+ logo is being rolled out at the same time.

The top-of-the-range Grande, as well as the GXL, has DAB+ radio as standard, with an 8.0-inch touchscreen and six speakers.

A new radio station has gone live in the UK - Upload Radio allows anyone to upload a program to the station, and for content creators to book a slot for transmission. The broadcast radio stations are carried on DAB in three separate areas in the UK.

German public broadcasters will, from today, start a new promotional campaign for DAB+ on TV, radio, online, and in magazines and newspapers.

On 26th April, Norwegian pubic broadcaster NRK shut down its FM transmitters in four counties in the southern part of the country: Telemark, Buskerud, Hedmark and Oppland. NRK has built a DAB network that is says has 99.7% coverage of the population in Norway.

A new radio station has launched in the UK which lets anyone be on the radio. Upload Radio will be broadcast in three areas: Gloucestershire, Wrexham/Chester/Liverpool, and Surrey/South London - three different versions, with three different sets of programmes.

A new radio station, Upload Radio, has launched in the UK which lets anyone be on the radio. All you need to do is to record your show and upload it to this radio station, and you’re on the air - once you buy a slot.

The latest official figures from Rajar, show an increase of nearly half a million radio listeners in the past year. Roughly 90% of the UK population – approximately 48.7 million adults – are tuning in regularly to listen to their favourite digital broadcasts. DAB is still far and away the most popular platform for digital listening.