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Central German broadcaster MDR is planning a new DAB+ station for children. Subject to approval, the station will be commercial free and play a mixture of children and pop music.

More and more Norwegians are listening to digital radio, and the number of cars with digital radios has increased markedly since last year—21 percent now, versus 12 percent a year ago.

If you are looking for a DAB radio to listen to while you do a bit of DIY, then this one from the Aldi Workzone range could be just the job. Setting up was no trouble. Luckily we line in a strong signal area for DAB so we set up stations pretty quickly.

The Culture Minister has said the point at which a decision will be made on when to switch off FM radio transmitters is drawing closer.

The GfK radio ratings survey collects information on platform of listening across AM/FM, DAB+ digital radio and internet for the metropolitan markets of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. This the first time individual station figures for the DAB+ digital only stations have been released.

DAB+ has been part of the metro market space since 2009, today CRA has released some audience numbers for the commercial radio DAB+ only stations. It includes the Top 10 Commercial DAB+ only stations and the Top 3 Commercial DAB+ only stations by market.

For the first time since the launch of DAB+ digital radio broadcasts, audience numbers for commercial radio DAB+ only stations have been released showing that the extra DAB+ only stations have attracted 1.36 million listeners each week in the five capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.

Commercial radio stations in the metropolitan capitals have signalled their intention to start focusing on sales for DAB+ only stations, with the announcement of DAB+ digital only station listener numbers released today by GfK in a DAB+ Digital Radio Report.

Australia has released the first, ever, public audience research into DAB+ radio listening in Australia's capital cities. The report shows that sales of DAB+ devices have reached more than 1.9 million. Twenty seven vehicle manufacturers in Australia are now including DAB+ digital radio and 276,822 vehicles with DAB+ have been sold.

Today CRA has released some audience numbers for the commercial radio DAB+ only stations. It’s an average of the GfK results from surveys 2, 3, and 4 this year. It see’s that the DAB+ audience is now at a high of nearly 3.2 million people, across the five state metro markets.