Digital Radio

If you run a radio station and would like to go national on DAB, Sound Digital wants to hear from you.

Herefordshire & Worcestershire will get Orion Media's Free Radio 80s from May 5th.

An additional 10% of cars also have digital radio available as a cost option, meaning that 75% of new cars in the UK now have digital radio available as standard or as an option.

The majority of van models from Ford and Vauxhall now coming with digital radio as standard, Digital Radio UK has announced.

51 applications to run one of 10 local DAB multiplexes on a nine-month trial have been received by Ofcom.

UK-based digital radio manufacturer Pure and the Digital Radio UK organisation are welcoming Norway's plans for DAB.

A new direction for commercial-free TeamRock as it signs a new deal with 7digital.

The latest figures for cars with DAB as standard is up from 50% to 61% in the last 12 months.

Three groups who were all turned down for an FM licence have come together to apply for a small-scale DAB multiplex.

MKFM is leading a bid for a local DAB multiplex trial to operate six radio stations in the area.

The BBC has launched a further seven national DAB transmitters during March, bringing the total number of transmitters to 307

Fancy a 24 hour radio station playing nothing but Steve Penk wind-ups?

Communicorp UK is taking Heart North Wales off the Wrexham, Chester and Liverpool multiplex from April 1st.

Downtown Country will launch 'this Spring' according to owners Bauer Media.

Sound Digital won the two horse race for D2 because of its technical plan, confirmed station line-up and ability to cross promote DAB on analogue radio.

The decision was made in record time - within two months of the closing date.

Ed Vaizey MP has officially switched on the new local DAB expansion programme at a car conference in London.

Absolute Radio, Classic FM and talkSPORT plus over 60 locals will all get automatic five year licence extensions.

And on the seventh day, Premier Christian Radio secured a 12 year contract to stay on Digital One.

A number of new presenter are joining the London DAB station Share Radio, which has also just received its first award nomination.

Parts of Cornwall, Shropshire and Scotland get national BBC stations on DAB for the first time.

Listen2Digital, one of the two bidders for the second national commercial digital multiplex, has received the pubic support of private equity firm LDC.

A new logo and European standard for digital radio has been announced, seeing the start a new era of cross-nation collaboration for the consumer.

Ofcom is advertising a new local radio multiplex to provide DAB digital radio stations in Suffolk.

Ed Vaizey MP has revealed how he feels some of the existing broadcasting rules are overly restrictive and out-dated.

Former Tees presenter Mark Page wants one of Ofcom's 10 small scale DAB trial licences, to broadcast to Teesside.

Sound Digital Ltd has taken the opportunity of follow-up questions to confirm its commitment to providing a second national DAB multiplex.

The UK and Norway are leading the way with in-car DAB take-up from manufacturers, followed by Switzerland, according to a new survey from WorldDMB.

BBC Radio 2's pop-up service playing and featuring country music starts this Thursday for four days, and here's what it sounds like.

Ofcom is to officially trial new technology which will provide small scale DAB services for a fraction of the current costs.

The Bradford & Huddersfield will be getting two extra services in the next few weeks - Panjab Radio and Asian Sound Radio.

The missing sports radio station from Listen2Digital's D2 bid has been revealed.

Here's what happened at the digital radio event at New Broadcasting House this morning.

A major digital radio expansion was announced by Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy, speaking at today’s Drive to Digital: NOW conference held at BBC New Broadcasting House.

A quarter of all listening to the radio is now being done on a DAB radio set, according to the latest RAJAR results for Q4, 2014.

The applications for D2 are out, and here's what we discovered when reading through them.

Yorkshire Coast Radio will be added to the recently launched DAB multiplex for North Yorkshire in February.

In detail: the two bidders for the second national commercial DAB multiplex explained.

Sound Digital's station line-up for D2 includes Virgin Radio and talkRADIO, joining 13 other digital only radio stations #url#

The fight for Digital Two just got interesting as Orion Media partners with Babcock to submit a bid against Arqiva, Bauer & UTV.

Following the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s publication of a Framework Agreement for the expansion of local DAB radio, Ofcom has today published predicted coverage maps for each local…

Ofcom has approved the separation of the Northamptonshire multiplex from the Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire multiplex.

A bunch of spin-off stations have launched today across the North of England and in Scotland, going under the internal name of City Network 3 from Bauer.

The Government is about to announce details of a major expansion of local DAB transmitters, with 182 new transmitters across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Absolute Radio, one of the few remaining stereo radio stations on the national Digital One platform, has gone mono today as Magic launches nationwide.

A recent competition on Classic FM saw nearly 100,000 listeners enter for a chance to win a DAB digital radio. It's another indication that digital radio is set to be the hot present over Christmas.…

A record number of just under 1 million copies of the fifth edition of the DAB digital radio magazine have been printed by Digital One, the national commercial digital radio network operator. The…

PURE Digital?s Bug radio, designed in conjunction with Wayne Hemingway, is the must have celebrity gift this season. Having already featured as the radio of the Mercury Awards ? with 50 Bugs given…

Vauxhall has launched an additional model into its new Astra range, the SXi Digital - the first car in its class to offer DAB digital radio as standard.

Many people view Sony as a benchmark brand: one against which they measure all others. And why not? It's globally recognised. It accounts for far more audio product sales than any other…