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Catch-up video from IBC’s WorldDAB briefing is now available, focusing on small-scale. This is a canny thing to do, ensuring that many more people can watch these sessions. https://www.ibc.org/video/new-opportunities-and-new-audiences-on-dab/9083.article? (James Cridland)

Redtech By Frédéric Brulhatour Geneva December 22, 2022 After multiple postponements, Switzerland’s FM switch off is planned for Dec. 31, 2024. The main reasons for the digital migration are to minimize operational costs and increase diversity through a more extensive frequency offer.DAB+ allows more radio stations to operate, which is currently difficult given the saturated FM band. Local radio stations can also broadcast over a much larger area than that limited by their FM signal. Moving completely away from FM will minimize costs for stations, which will no longer need to fund two broadcast technologies. In addition, digital broadcasting, whether via DAB+ or the Internet, offers listeners better listening quality and associated services.Three-quarters of radio listening in Switzerland is already digital (DAB+ and online) — only 13% is exclusively FM. Switzerland decided it would stop using FM over 10 years ago, but there has been some pushback. “Today, the radio landscape has evolved, but not necessarily in the direction imagined 10 years ago. If the transition to DAB+ is obvious, I’m not sure that being so determined about stopping FM is a good thing,” says Sébastien Rey, director of Rh?ne FM, one of the regional radio stations with a concession. “As experience in other countries shows, maintaining simulcasting beyond the scheduled dates should be considered.” (Article continues) https://www.redtech.pro/switzerland-prepares-to-cut-fm/

15.03.2022 - Spain In the context of rising electricity prices, and with EU appeals for the sustainability of resources and the corresponding progressive adoption of renewable energy sources to reduce dependence on other sources of electricity, it may be worthwhile to open a reflection on the energy efficiency and sustainability of radio in Spain. Says Javier Sanchez: "Not only are notable electricity savings achieved thanks to the fact that DAB+ is much more energy efficient than FM, but also the number of transmitters and transmitter centers is reduced, with the reduction in operating costs that this entails." (GorkaZumeta.com)

15.03.2022 - Italy Roberto Sergio, director of Rai Radio, spoke to Italia Oggi: "Both I and the top management of RDS believe that the time has come to push decisively on switching off the FM and strengthening the DAB. We are proposing the start of the shutdown of the plants starting from 2025, to arrive at a complete switch off to digital in 2030. If we give up the towers, the traditional systems, we will have crazy savings in the electricity bill, we will consume less energy, we will pollute less without all those towers." (Italia Oggi / Radiospeaker.it)

Radio World By T Carter Ross This morning (Mar. 15), a helicopter carefully maneuvered a new antenna into place atop Paris’s iconic Eiffel Tower as part of TDF’s efforts to increase digital radio coverage in the ?le de France. The new antenna increases the height of the Eiffel Tower to 330 meters and marks the third time the tower’s height has been increased thanks to the addition of a broadcast antenna. At its original construction in 1889, the tower reached 312 meters, but the addition of a new television antenna in 1959 increased it to 318 meters, and a DTT digital television antenna added another 6 meters in 2005. It was not announced which digital radio multiplex would make use of the new antenna or how quickly it would go into service. A report from France Bleu Paris noted that the installation was successful, despite a little rain and mist. Reporter Rachael Saadoddine captured the installation on video: https://www.radioworld.com/global/a-dab-boost-adds-6-meters-to-eiffel-tower

In the UK, the last remaining bastion of died-in-the-wool, "original-flavour"-only DAB receivers is the range of own-brand radios sold by the major supermarket chains. Which brand will be last to switch? With the new UK digital radio tick mark now specifying DAB+ capability (among other welcome things) to qualify, it can't be long now. With DAB+ services already on air across the UK, and more certain to follow, Wohnort recommends that the own-brand ranges be avoided until they include DAB+. Caveat emptor! http://www.wohnort.org/dab/

In recent years, FM has been getting closer to its limits and in several regions of France, FM is saturated, meaning new radio stations cannot develop, and limiting the choice for listeners. In addition, many radio stations cannot be received in more remote locations. In response Arcom (the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication), issued licences for 25 national radio stations on the motorway axis of Paris-Lyon-Marseille, with the stations launched on 12 October 2021. Coordinating the entire radio ecosystem and informing listeners about DAB+ remain challenging, with progress too fast for some, and too slow for others. https://ledrenche.ouest-france.fr/le-dab-peut-il-cohabiter-avec-la-fm/

German broadcaster NDR1 has launched a DAB+ radio giveaway campaign, targeting radio listeners at work. Popular radio personality Schorse is on tour and will personally deliver a DAB radio every day from 7-25 March. To participate listeners simply need to fill out a form saying why they need a new DAB+ radio at work. The DAB+ receivers have been donated by receiver manufacturer Technisat. https://www.ndr.de/ndr1niedersachsen/Viel-Spass-bei-der-Arbeit,spassbeiderarbeit332.html

Is it 12? 24? 32? UK DAB Network's YouTube channel takes a look at just how far you can push a DAB+ multiplex and the tradeoffs required. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZtuhcS5CO4

Radio Today 24 February 2022 Union JACK Radio, Union JACK Dance and Union JACK Rock have all disappeared suddenly from the national SDL DAB multiplex. All three services are operated from Oxford by the JACK Radio Group along with three local/regional stations – JACKfm, JACK 2 Hits and JACK 3 Chill. Both Arqiva (on behalf of SDL) and JACK Radio Group would not comment when contacted by RadioToday after the move at midnight yesterday. Union JACK Radio, Union JACK Dance and Union JACK Rock are still available online. Earlier this week, three national services were put up for sale by their investor, who says they no longer wish to fund the business alone. Other services operated by the group remain on the air and unaffected by this move. Valuation and Insolvency Agents Williams & Partners Ltd has been engaged to find a buyer, either individually or together. The website says the business has established its reputation amongst advertising agencies over the last three years resulting in advertising spots from some of the countries best known businesses, as well as key Government advertising and generated sales of c?168,000 in 2020, c?495,000 in 2021 and forecasts between ?750,000 and ?850,000 of advertising sales in the current year all without expanding its audience numbers. The three Union JACK services on the Sound Digital mux had almost a quarter of a million listeners and almost 1.1m listening hours in the latest RAJAR. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/02/three-national-union-jack-radio-stations-disappear-from-dab/

Radio Today 23 February 2022 Three national DAB+ radio licences have been put up for sale via the Insolvency Marketplace website IP BID. The names of the radio stations have not been revealed, but the write-up describes a young national, independent commercial radio group that uniquely targets a particular genre of music and owns 3 national DAB+ licences. Valuation and Insolvency Agents Williams & Partners Ltd has been engaged to find a buyer for the services, either individually or together. The website says the business has established its reputation amongst advertising agencies over the last three years resulting in advertising spots from some of the countries best known businesses, as well as key Government advertising and generated sales of c?168,000 in 2020, c?495,000 in 2021 and forecasts between ?750,000 and ?850,000 of advertising sales in the current year all without expanding its audience numbers. The three stations have almost a quarter of a million listeners and almost 1.1m listening hours in the latest RAJAR. The description continues to say the business, assets and licences are being offered for sale because the sole funder no longer wishes to fund the business alone and has not been able to find a co-funder and would prefer a new owner to take over the DAB+ licences, with or without the radio stations which currently remain on air. Radio Today has contacted the Group for comment. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/02/three-national-dab-services-up-for-sale-by-sole-owner/

Termination of operation of the medium wave transmitter Rimavská Sobota On 31 January 2022, the Slovak Radio and Television will end the operation of the SV Rimavská Sobota string radio transmitter in the Uzovská Panica locality on the frequency of 1521 kHz. The transmitter in the Rimavská Sobota locality broadcast with a radiated power of 10 kW and was used to broadcast Radio Patria 's national broadcast from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. At night, it was supplemented by the broadcasting of the RTVS Rádio Devín program service . The RTVS decision reflects a change in listeners' preferences and allows RTVS to continue modernizing its terrestrial broadcasting. The funds so far intended for signal propagation via the Rimavská Sobota medium-wave transmitter will be invested in the development of Slovak Radio's digital services, in particular in DAB + broadcasting. https://www.rtvs.org/ako-naladit-radia?fbclid=IwAR148sC5m0zXqEzJkM-J1Rx3UBPmDIFuMyrRb9zYjP-ft_W0NpJEl1wolK8 (translated)

Radio Today 4 January 2022 The recently launched Channel Islands local DAB digital radio multiplex is now full following the launch of GB News Radio on the platform today. The multiplex, owned by Nation Broadcasting, serves 170,000 residents across Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney with 29 radio stations. Nation’s founder Jason Bryant told RadioToday: “What a great start to 2022! We’re delighted to complete the lineup with this final commercial speech service complementing the amazing existing local, national, speech and music services broadcasting across Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney. “The Channel Islands is now home to the most diverse choice of stations and we look forward to seeing a dramatic growth in DAB listening on the Islands in 2022. “We are now operating a waiting list for any audio services wishing to add coverage in the Channel Islands and interested parties should get in touch.” GB News Radio also launched across most of the UK on Tuesday morning via the Digital One multiplex. https://radiotoday.co.uk/2022/01/channel-islands-local-dab-digital-radio-multiplex-now-full/

January 1, 2022 Prague (dpa) - Radio reception on medium wave (MW) and long wave (LW) has been history in many parts of Europe for years. Now, in the Czech Republic, at least the public broadcaster will stop transmitting on MW and LW as the new year starts on Saturday. The powerful transmitters on the frequencies 270, 639 and 954 kilohertz could also be received in large parts of Germany. The reason given for the move was the widespread availability of terrestrial digital radio DAB+ and the high costs of broadcasting. Those still listening using medium waves were to be persuaded to switch with a campaign. The radio station Cesky Rozhlas set up a telephone hotline to answer questions. It was not known at first whether the transmitters would be retained or used for other purposes. The antenna of the medium-wave transmitter Liblice B east of Prague is considered the highest structure in the Czech Republic, with a height of 355 metres. Impuls, the most-listened to private radio station, wants to remain faithful to medium wave for the time being. It broadcasts its second programme, with pop and country music, on analogue transmission. https://www.dpa-international.com/topic/czech-radio-switches-medium-wave-2022-starts-urn%3Anewsml%3Adpa.com%3A20090101%3A220101-99-556702

Radio Prague International 31 December 2021 Czech Radio (?esk? rozhlas) will stop broadcasting on long and medium wave as of midnight on Friday. Their stations will be available via DAB + as well as on the internet. Until now, the public broadcaster's Dvojka and Plus stations could be heard on medium wave, and the Radio?urnál station also on long wave. DAB + digital signal expands the range of services and covers 95 percent of the Czech Republic. Author: Brian Kenety https://english.radio.cz/czech-radio-stopping-long-medium-wave-broadcasting-midnight-8738043 (Midnight will be local time - 23:00 UTC - Mike)

RBR+TVBR By Adm Jacobson December 30, 2021 As 2021 comes to a close, the subject of AM radio’s continued viability in the coming years has arose anew, driven by the decision of companies including Cumulus Media to surrender the licenses of stations that have had their fair share of challenges. While some may shed a tear over these station’s final broadcasts, there is a bigger, more fundamental question that needs to be asked: Did the U.S. radio broadcast industry fail to future-proof itself when it decided to embrace in-band, on-channel HD Radio instead of progressing to DAB, which much of Europe and Australia have adopted? Yes, and no. While HD Radio has been an underperformer since George W. Bush was in the White House, shifting to DAB would have created two situations the industry worked very hard to successfully avoid. First, media brokers trade AM and FM radio stations based on valuations largely tied to a “POP” statistic derived from a signal contour, and the total reach of a facility. In 2005, that made sense. Today, it’s sort of stupid, given the ZoneCasting follies set to commence, with FCC approval, and the push by narrow-sighted marketers for addressable advertising across every platform — even those built for reach, the greatest tool a savvy and seasoned marketer could ever want or desire. The valuation model is broken. This supports our belief that the industry failed to future-proof itself 20 years ago in not going the DAB route, which has kept radio quite healthy in Europe and in Great Britain, despite the rapid consolidation of owners across the U.K. in recent years. DAB listening estimates for London and the U.K., according to RAJAR, are quite healthy. But what about stick value? Who cares. The value is the brand. There’s a reason why Kiss, Heart, Capital, Xfm, Absolute Radio, GHR, TalkSport, LBC and Magic, among other brands, attract listeners and advertisers. A home at 104.6 or 105.8 on the FM dial has little to do with it. If only American broadcasters put their station valuations on content, rather than signal contour and “POP” value, especially at a time when “you can listen on your smart speaker” further erodes the old-school stick value model. This tarnish to valuations is stronger, and more damaging, to AM radio stations, which didn’t receive “revitalization” with the FM translator but a Band-Aid of salvation by putting it on a band regularly consumed by the majority of radio listeners. (extract) Does this make AM radio “worthless”? Of course not. Multicultural and religious broadcasters have much to gain from the continued accessibility of AM radio, combined with audio streaming. HD Radio on AM has value. But, perhaps most importantly, and backing our belief that, no, the industry did not err in rejecting DAB, is the relationship of AM radio to iHeartMedia, the nation’s biggest licensee. KFI-AM 640 in Los Angeles WOR-AM 710 in New York KTRH-AM 740 in Houston WBZ-AM 1030 in Boston WIOD-AM 610 in Miami Full article here: https://www.rbr.com/is-am-radio-future-proof-saying-no-to-dab-impacts-the-answer/

15.12.2021 Radio France CEO Sibyle Veil and CSA Board Member Hervé Godechot shared their views on the DAB+ deployment in France at the WorldDAB Summit in November. “DAB+ is a broadcast mode that is ecologically interesting. The transmitters are more powerful and can broadcast more radio stations on the same frequency. These are important issues for us in the future.” Two new national multiplexes have been launched, covering the major motorway corridors of Paris-Lyon-Marseille and carrying 25 DAB+ stations including six national public services from Radio France. In the next 12 months, DAB+ will switch on in a further 26 areas, with a total of 465 stations carried on the new multiplexes. (Red Tech)

16.12.2021 A decade after digital radio launched, Germany is seeing accelerating growth for both listeners and broadcasters. Digitalradio Büro Deutschland, the joint-initiative between broadcasters, receiver manufacturers, and network operators in Germany, declared the 2021 the “best year for DAB+ since 2011.” According to the Büro, 2021 saw a 30 percent increase in number of digital radio receivers in German homes and cars over the prior year, and DAB+ signals are heard in about 27 percent of German households, some 11 million people. Around 20 percent of all radio listeners regularly tune to DAB+ programs. (Radio World)

WorldDAB Summit 2021 (open to all) 9 November 10:00 – 15:00 CET (09:00 - 14:00 UTC) The WorldDAB Summit 2021 will take place on 9 November, bringing together digital radio experts from across the radio industry. In one day you will have the opportunity to: Connect with expert speakers through live questions and answers Get inspired by keynote sessions from industry leaders Join us from anywhere around the world The Summit is free to attend and is open to non-members and members. Register here: https://www.worlddab.org/events/detail/595

12 October 2021 In a statement Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA) President Roch-Olivier Maistre said: "The deployment of DAB+ in France has entered a new phase with the launch on 12 October 2021 of 25 national radio stations in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, integrating all the agglomerations located on this route. Today, digital radio is already a reality for 30% of the population and DAB+ receivers are present in all new passenger vehicles sold in France. In the coming weeks and months, there will be 465 radios stations available on DAB+ covering nearly 40% of the population. The deployment of DAB+ will continue and intensify in the coming months." (CSA.fr)