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Amber Radio to launch on DAB in Norfolk
21.08.2023 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Amber Radio is a local radio station for Norwich and Norfolk launching in early September. The new station will be available on DAB via the Norfolk local digital multiplex and will include a line-up featuring familiar names from the county’s former commercial station, Radio Broadland. The idea for the station, which will run as a not-for-profit venture, was developed during lockdown by Mike Stewart, the original Programme Controller of Radio Broadland and later MD of the former SGR fm in Ipswich and Colchester. Mike Stewart said: “Our aim at Amber Radio is to bring back real local independent radio to Norwich and Norfolk."
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Victory Radio has launched on its second small-scale DAB mux
21.08.2023 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Victory Radio is now broadcasting on a second multiplex, this time in Winchester. The station is the latest to join the Winchester multiplex, which is owned and operated by UK DAB Networks.
Victory Radio began broadcasting in 2021 as an online station, then joined the Portsmouth multiplex in April last year.
Bob Bruce, Victory Radio’s owner and Managing Director said: “The future of the radio landscape is constantly evolving and at Victory we want to play our part in that."
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Happy Radio UK expands DAB coverage across the North West
18.08.2023 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Happy Radio UK is to further expand its coverage on DAB across the north-west of England later this month.
The station, which is currently on DAB in Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside, North Wales and Blackpool, will be available on the new DAB small-scale multiplexes for Stockport, Preston, Warrington and mid Cheshire.
Co-founders Darren Proctor and Max Eden said: “We are focused on getting uninterrupted DAB coverage of Happy Radio throughout the north-west."
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DAB+: all set for expressions of interest for Lombardy, Piedmont and more
18.08.2023 - Italy![Italy Italy](/assets/flags/it-ed6e2b1f4508b8d75c63827fa7d8d0bd.gif)
In about ten days' time, the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy will publish the DAB notices (for expressions of interest in obtaining available usage rights) for Lombardy, Piedmont, Valle d'Aosta, Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria, Campania and Sicily. It is very likely that in some critical areas, such as Lombardy, the expression of interest procedure will be followed by a competitive one, given that the rights of use envisaged by the (provisional) National Frequency Allocation Plan approved by Agcom are fewer than the consortia that will request them.
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Radio Serie A with RDS kicks off: 'Thanks to the whole RDS team,' says Massimiliano Montefusco
18.08.2023 - DAB Italia WorldDAB Member - Italy![Italy Italy](/assets/flags/it-ed6e2b1f4508b8d75c63827fa7d8d0bd.gif)
"With great satisfaction, on 19 August we officially start Radio Serie A with RDS with the new football league season, I thank the Lega Serie A for choosing us as a partner in this very important industrial project," RDS General Manager Massimiliano Montefusco says on LinkedIn. The broadcaster - with three locations in Milan, Florence and Rome - will make its debut at 7 a.m. with broadcasting on the DAB Italia mux.
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radio SAW: DAB+ for the Altmark, launch in Lower Saxony
18.08.2023 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
This year, VMG Medien and its strongest brand radio SAW are taking significant steps to position themselves even better digitally. "Among other things, we are investing extensively in the technical infrastructure of the DAB+ network," explains Harold Grönke, managing director and programme director at the Saxony-Anhalt media company headquartered in Magdeburg. "And we are doing so both in Saxony-Anhalt and in our broadcasting area in eastern Lower Saxony. By the end of the year, about 500,000 listeners will be able to receive our programmes either better or for the first time via DAB+."
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Emitel will carry DAB+ broadcasts in three more Polish cities
18.08.2023 - Poland![Poland Poland](/assets/flags/pl-71565849aa0e8a6f892f1f8fd203a95a.gif)
A tender is underway for the broadcasting and coverage expansion of the Polish Radio DAB+ multiplex. The public broadcaster has decided that broadcasting in Katowice, Łódź and Opole will be carried out by Emitel. The scope of the contract includes 'signal backhaul services to broadcast stations and the dissemination of a multiplex signal in the DAB+ standard, together with the extension of broadcast coverage'. This work will be carried out from 1 October 2023. In some of the areas covered by the contracts, the extension of coverage may take place this autumn, in others from 1 January 2024.
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BRMB name returns to Birmingham on DAB+
16.08.2023 - United Kingdom![United Kingdom United Kingdom](/assets/flags/gb-1674fbf6dc097793ed59ab21f9925986.gif)
Some of the original team behind BRMB in Birmingham is bringing the radio station name back to the city. Ofcom has approved a name change for Big City Radio to BRMB which will broadcast on 89.1 FM and DAB on the north and south DAB small-scale local multiplexes. Big City Radio will move to online only, to make way for the new service. On Monday 4th September at 11:52am, Les Ross MBE will officially relaunch BRMB on FM and DAB across Birmingham along with the West Midlands Mayor Andy Street.
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FFH confirms interest in broadcasting 80s Radio Harmony in NRW
16.08.2023The FFH media group has confirmed its interest in expanding to North Rhine-Westphalia: "We can confirm our intention to broadcast '80er radio harmony' via DAB+ in NRW," an FFH spokeswoman told SatelliFax. However: "At the moment, there are no agreements ready to go ahead, neither for NRW nor for other federal states".
A few days ago, programme providers were informed about upcoming changes in the state-wide digital radio multiplex "Mein NRW DAB+" (channel 9D). According to this, bigFM and 80er-radio harmony are to replace the stations Zound 1 Mix and Zound 1 Max. The online magazine Radiowoche had first reported on the changes.
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Apollo Radio now also on DAB+
16.08.2023 - Germany![Germany Germany](/assets/flags/de-f019892c041af467039bbe73df453b05.gif)
You can receive Apollo Radio in the regions of Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz via DAB+, the new digital radio standard, around the clock. DAB+ is a modern technology for digital radio and allows you much better reception in Saxony and many additional features.
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