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The sonoroSTEREO 2 with Bluetooth, FM and DAB radio, USB playback and a slot-in-CD drive impresses lite magazine with its unique design, simple elegance, excellent workmanship and great features.

GfK has released the year’s first DAB+ survey results, showing cumulative audience numbers for each station. Since the first DAB+ broadcast in 2009, this is the first time that audience numbers for all DAB+ only stations have been released one week after the official metropolitan GfK radio ratings.

For the first time since the launch of DAB+ digital radio broadcasts at the end of 2009, audience numbers for all DAB+ only stations have been released one week after the official metropolitan GfK radio ratings.

The hi-spec Outlander PHEV Juro will now come equipped with Electronic Parking Brake with Auto Hold, EV Priority Mode, Smartphone Link Display Audio with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, DAB radio, and a reversing camera.

Four million new vehicles fitted with DAB+ are predicted to be sold by the end of 2021, doubling the number of current vehicles with the technology, according to projections by PwC. In-car listening remains one of the most popular ways for Australians to listen to radio and growing audiences on the road are expected to contribute to the significant growth of DAB+ over the next five years.

The first speakers for Doing the DAB in Birmingham have been announced by Digital Radio UK. Confirmed speakers include broadcaster and former Orion Media Group Content and Operations Director, David Lloyd, and Ed James, host of Heart West Midlands’ Heart Breakfast with Ed & Gemma.

Almost four million new vehicles sold in Australia by the end of 2021 will be fitted with DAB+ digital radio technology according to projections. Figures released by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA) from PwC also indicate the number of new vehicles sold with DAB+ technology will double, accounting for 60% of total sales in 2021. 862,426 new vehicles sold were fitted with DAB+ as of the end of 2016.

Projections by PwC for DAB+ digital radio show that nearly 60% of new vehicles sold in Australia in 2021 will be fitted with a digital radio, forecasting nearly double the number of current new vehicles fitted with the technology.

Projections by PwC for DAB+ digital radio show that nearly 60% of new vehicles sold in Australia in 2021 will be fitted with a digital radio, forecasting nearly double the number of current new vehicles fitted with the technology. PwC projects that close to 4 million new vehicles fitted with DAB+ will be sold by the end of 2021, up from 862,426 at the end of 2016.

Radiodays Europe (RDE) is being held at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam from 19th until 21st March. Gathering together radio professionals from 62 countries, the theme of the event this year "A Sound Future" is dedicated to the future of radio, specifically looking at the growing market for digital audio products, the challenges relating to digitization, changing consumer demands and the necessary innovations for existing business models.