Digital Radio

Ofcom has received two applications for the DAB digital radio multiplexes covering North Lancashire, Cumbria and parts of South West Scotland.

The Swiss radio industry is planning to gradually phase out analogue radio broadcasting via FM by the end of 2024 at the latest.

One of Global's lesser-known radio services, The Arrow, has quietly closed down and played its last track.

Smooth Chill is the latest new radio station from Global - replacing the almost 15-year-old Chill service.

Global's country music playlist Smooth Country is getting upgraded and going on DAB in a number of places across the UK.

Four years after launching a small-scale DAB multiplex in Portsmouth, Ash Elford writes for RadioToday about the experience so far.

A number of DAB Workshops are planned in various parts of the UK to help anyone planning to apply for a Small Scale DAB multiplex licence.

Female-focussed digital station JACK Radio is to broadcast an award-winning football podcast each week during the 2019-20 football season.

Bauer Digital Radio has announced its intention to apply for the DAB multiplex licences for the Morecambe Bay, North and West Cumbria and Southwest Scotland areas.

Ofcom has received a number of applications to run a DAB digital radio multiplex covering the Channel Islands.

Concerns have been raised in Parliament over the future ownership of Small-Scale DAB and funding options for Community Radio stations.

A new company has launched to help make small scale DAB radio work for communities around the UK.

Ofcom is proposing to make all small-scale radio multiplexes offer DAB+ services only, and has ruled out a further full mux for Manchester.

Ofcom will start advertising small-scale DAB licences in early 2020 after a consultation on the process.

Nation Broadcasting is looking for radio stations of all genres and sizes to work alongside it on upcoming DAB digital radio projects.

Digital station Chris Country is to air two American syndicated shows from Bobby Bones as it refreshes its weekend schedule from this month.

Radioplayer has appointed Laurence Harrison to the brand new position of Automotive Partnerships Director.

Ofcom has made revisions to the technical rules that digital radio (DAB) broadcasters need to follow.

Nation Broadcasting has upgraded its DAB multiplex in Glasgow with the launch of a second transmitter.

Three digital radio multiplexes could now be created to cover Morecambe Bay, north and west Cumbria and south west Scotland, as Ofcom revises its plans for DAB in the region.

Ofcom has announced that it plans to advertise two new muxes, one for the Morecambe Bay area, and one designed to cover North and West Cumbria and Southwest Scotland.

The Channel Islands are to gain their first commercial DAB multiplex shortly as Ofcom starts the process of awarding a licence.

Simon Mason, Head of Broadcast Radio Technology at Arqiva, writes about the rise in demand for digital radio and driverless cars, for RadioToday.

The last three months of digital radio listening in 2018 remained almost the same quarter on quarter, with a slight increase from 52.4% to 52.6%.

Ofcom has today published a consultation proposing changes to the technical rules that DAB broadcasters need to follow.

Bauer is taking Absolute Radio 90s off the D1 national DAB multiplex again after just a year, and replacing it with Kisstory.

Chris Evans returned to the radio this morning with the same show, different station.

Bauer is taking heat Radio off national DAB and removing presenters, turning it into an online-only station.

Policy makers, broadcasters and car makers are gathering at the Brussels Motor Show this evening to raise awareness of new EU rules requiring all new car radios to be capable of receiving digital…

Wireless is creating two new digital radio services for its Virgin Radio brand - Virgin Radio Anthems and Virgin Radio Chilled.

Ford Ennals, CEO, Digital Radio UK, shares his thoughts on the last 12 months.

Gold is moving from 128 kbit/s stereo to DAB+ in London from January.

Glasgow's small-scale DAB multiplex is celebrating St Andrew's Day with a few new services.

A special project to boost digital radio take-up in Northern Ireland has been announced at the Belfast Media Festival.

Ofcom has today published details of the responses to the call for expressions of interest for small-scale DAB locations.

Ofcom is to advertise a new local radio digital multiplex licence for the Channel Isles in the first quarter of 2019.

New DAB transmitters in East Anglia, the South West, Kent, South Wales and North East Scotland are now fully working and carrying programmes from SDL.

WorldDAB, the association which promotes DAB digital radio around the world, today announces the roll-out of a new DAB+ logo for international markets.

Internet soul music radio station Crackers Radio has started broadcasting across Cambridge on the local SSDAB minimux.

A total of 19 new transmitters are ready to be turned on in the coming weeks to bring coverage of the second national digital radio multiplex to a further 4 million people.

NME 1 is now available on DAB+ via a local DAB multiplex in parts of central London, and has launched a new skill for Alexa devices along with its sister station NME 2.

Digital Radio UK has confirmed the final conference agenda for Drive to Digital 2018: The Future of Radio.

Encore Radio is coming off three DAB digital radio multiplexes at the end of September to focus on its online stream.

Ofcom is now taking expressions of interest from people wanting to operate small-scale DAB multiplexes and radio stations wanting to broadcast on them in the future.

The annual digital radio event, Drive to Digital, will see Bob Shennan, Dee Ford and Margot James address delegates this year.

The first nine inductees into the Digital Radio Hall of Fame have been announced.

London digital station Thames Radio is to be rebranded as Nation Radio, ahead of the launch of the brand in Scotland.

Absolute Radio 70s is coming off DAB in London and being removed from its slot on Sky TV too.

Arqiva has announced the Sound Digital Limited national DAB multiplex is to expand to an extra four million people.

Digital Radio UK is looking for looking for people to be part of the first ever Digital Radio Hall of Fame.