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The most listened to digital radio station in the Czech Republic, Czech Radio, is now available in new locations via a new multiplex. Czech Radio can now be heard in most locations across the Czech Republic, except for a few cities which will be upgraded to digital radio in the near future.

Australia's most successful commercial digital radio station is a supermarket radio station. According to the GfK DAB+ digital radio report, Coles Radio has 153,000 listeners. Coles is one of the largest supermarket chains in Australia, with around 100,000 employees and over 780 stores.

Ahead of the digital switchover in Norway Willi Steul presented a 5 point plan to make DAB+ even more successful in Germany. He noted how a DAB+ roadmap can lead to success only with reinforced cooperation between federal and state governments.

Norway will become the first country in the world this week to start turning off its FM radio network as the country moves to a digital-only broadcasting system. On January 11, the city of Bodø, in the northern county of Nordland, will be the first to have its signal shut off, with the rest of the nation's signal being closed down by the end of the year. The country has been split into six regions for the turn-off.

Norway is about to become the first country in the world to switch off FM. As far as national radio stations are concerned, it is converting completely to DAB. The switchover process starts this month and will continue, region by region, until the end of 2017.

Joan Warner, Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Radio Australia, reflects how 2016 has been an exciting year of continued growth in audience and revenue. Exciting progress in DAB+ digital radio with 27% of metro listening to DAB+ each week and significant progress in regional rollout with permanent services recently announced for Canberra, Darwin and Hobart.

Norway will eliminate its FM radio broadcasting this year, becoming the first country in the world to do so. "Radio digitization will open the door to a far greater range of radio channels, benefiting listeners across the country," said then-Minister of Culture Thorhild Widvey.

The Evoke H6 feels nonetheless, with a reassuring weight you don’t see in cheap DAB sets. The Pure Evoke H6’s knobs and buttons all feel good, unlike many a cheaper radio.

Norway will become the first country to switch off its traditional FM radio network and go completely digital next week, amid criticism that the move may have been rushed. Other European countries including the UK are said to be keeping a close watch on the move's consequence.

Norway is the first country to switch off the FM radio networks, this will be of great interest to many other countries across Eurrope who may also be considering a digit switchover.