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Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavaria Radio) continues to invest in its DAB+ infrastructure. Its current plan is to build another 21 DAB+ multiplex transmitter sites by the end of 2015, which will provide coverage for 97.3 percent of the population of Bavaria.

Starting in 2015, a unique programme with high-quality offerings is due to bring a breath of fresh air to the German radio scene. For this purpose, the "Privates Radio Deutschland" (PRD) company is setting up an independent umbrella brand for various special interest channels that cover a variety of different interests and topics. The model used will be the successful development of special interest titles in the magazine market since the 1970s.

The station, based in Kinning Park, Glasgow, will broadcast on DAB digital radio across the central belt and worldwide online. Eklipse will broadcast a mix of rolling Scottish sports news, talk and rock music.

I don't think you need to worry too much about FM radio being turned-off. It may never happen, unless the transmitters become unmaintainable.

DAB radio is now live in Monaco. Read the article on the digital radio rollout in Monaco Matin.

The Danish government has altered the timeline for the country’s transition from DAB to DAB+, shifting it to occur between 2016 and 2018, according to Radio.NL.

Today, RAJE (a network of local radio stations in the southeast of France) was added to the DAB+ multiplex that covers Nantes and Saint-Nazaire, reports lalettre.pro. RAJE has two frequencies (90.3 and 102.5) that cover Avignon and Nimes.

Digital Radio Germany and Switzerland’s MCDT will co-sponsor an automotive workshop for DAB+ on May the 13th, at the Zurich Marriott Hote

Every A6 comes with leather seats, sat-nav, DAB radio and cruise control, which all help make it feel like a convincing premium package.

Called the ST-3, it features a whole host of extra kit as standard, building on the ST-2’s specification to include keyless entry, automated lights and wipers, DAB radio with satellite navigation and an auto-dimming rear view mirror.