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The UK now has many formerly local radio stations on national DAB radio, like KISS and Capital Xtra; and now, some UK radio stations are using DAB to help them expand overseas.

UK station Panjab Radio has launched its service on DAB+ in Oslo and Akershus, Norway. Panjab Radio have increased its DAB+ reach across Europe by recently launching on DAB+ in Germany.

WorldDAB's Technical Committee meeting (WorldDAB committee members only) will conclude the EBU Digital Radio Week 2016 on 11 February. The week takes place in Geneva during the week of 8 February and will cover a series of meeting and discussions on digital radio including case studies on hybrid radio, smartphones and radio in the car.

Issued to the public broadcaster, RTV Slovenia, the initial network should be operational by September 2016 and is planned to cover 70% of the population.

What is in-car digital radio? Should your next car have it fitted? Automotive website carbuyer.co.uk explain DAB and the advantages to having it in your new car or retro fitted.

ANCOM (the National Authority for Management and Regulation of Communications) have invited views on the spectrum bands that could be available to tender, the number and type of multiplexes and the services that would be offered.

The Pure Evoke F3 is a DAB radio, one that packs in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to let it stream internet radio and audio from your phone. It includes plenty of features and is easy on the eye. Sound quality is decent too, being far better for music than pretty much any single-speaker Evoke model to date.

All of the stereos we recommend come with digital radio, or DAB – which is becoming an increasingly common feature in cars. DAB radio allows you access to a much larger number of radio stations, as well as generally offering better reception.

Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) have relaunched their DAB test, with two transmitters in Istanbul and Ankara, reports WorldDAB.

For such a budget portable radio, the little Blighty (made by radio specialists View Quest) is rather well-featured. It has FM and DAB tuners on board (and DAB+ for the countries that support it), ten presets to save your favourite stations, and a battery life of ten hours.