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At today’s SNRL annual General Assembly, CSA Advisor Patrice Gélinet called for a speedy deployment of DAB+ across France and insisted on the need to convince the Bureau de la Radio to move forward. “Arguments on the cost are no longer valid because DAB+ is much less than FM, not to mention AM…” A timetable will be published by the end of 2015, “We plan a launch around 2016. I cannot give a specific date, but I will fight for a launch for calls in early 2016” said Gélinet.

Make Plain recently confused passers by with an appearance in front of the Kursaal in Locarno. The Ticino folk music duo showed what happens when radio falls silent. The DAB+ campaign went hand-in-hand with a draw for a DAB+ radio with a Ford Fiesta attached.

Ravensburg can now receive DAB+. In addition to radio listening with better reception and sound, DAB+ offers a comprehensive mix of regional and nationwide programs.

The coverage boost will come courtesy of three new transmitters going live: North Hessary Tor (for Tavistock), Poron (Millpoint/Torpoint) and Ivybridge, part of a process that when complete will see local DAB coverage being boosted to cover over 90% of households in the Plymouth area.

Good news for those who work in noisy environments Sahaga releases Norway's first PPE certified hearing protection with DAB+, FM and AUX in. Pop@work allows you to listen to all the new digital radio channels on DAB+ and is in accordance with the European standards EN 352-1: 2002 and EN 352-8: 2008 and fulfills the requirements of PPE-directive 89/686/EEC.

Latest Ofcom report on digital radio reports DAB as the most popular platform for digital listening in the UK accounting for 66% of digital listening in Q3 2015.

The Nottinghamshire area is the first in the UK to have over 50% of radio listening take place via a digital platform. Digital Radio UK has welcomed the publication and CEO Ford Ennals says the numbers will grow as more transmitters area turned on: “It’s great news that the Nottingham multiplex area is the first in the UK where digital listening is over 50%. With 54% of adults having a DAB set, DAB technology has now achieved critical mass and there are more homes with a DAB set than are receiving TV either with Freeview or Sky”.

The only way to maintain terrestrial sound broadcasting with the same characteristics it has today without losing their identity; universal and free, remains DAB/DAB+. If anyone thinks that online radio could fill this gap, at least for now, is quite wrong.

Norkring Belgium will be expanding its DAB+ network in conjunction with eight commercial radio stations. Next Spring, Norkring will broadcast in DAB+ from Genk (Limburg) Egem (East and West Flanders) and Schoten (Antwerp).

The Italian association of local TV and radio broadcasters, Aeranti-Corallo has announced the establishment of two new network operators (Toscana DAB and Radio Digitale Toscana) to boost the dissemination of DAB+ in Florence, Pistoia, Prato, Arezzo and Siena.