World DAB Events

WorldDAB Summit 2024: President’s opening address
14.11.24
“We know that securing radio’s digital future is critical, fundamental – for listeners, for broadcasters and for society. Working together, we can send one message to anyone and everyone around the world who needs to hear it. Broadcast radio must endure. For automakers, radio must remain prominent. We make no apologies for repeating this message, loud and proud. It remains our mission to position DAB+ as the free-to-air broadcast backbone for radio’s digital future. And we hope that after today, you too will be echoing this when you get home. That way, we can and will maintain this momentum, as we move into 2025 and beyond.”
(WorldDAB) Read more…

Luxembourg: DAB+ network operator licence awarded
18.11.24, Luxembourg
Following the call for applications for the licence to operate DAB+ broadcasting and to set up and manage a 1st multiplex from 19 August 2024, the Minister responsible for Radiocommunications and Radio Spectrum Management has selected Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE) as the successful applicant. The Service des médias, de la connectivité et de la politique numérique (SMC) is currently finalising, with the Autorité luxembourgeoise de l’audiovisuel (ALIA), the public call for applications for the granting of licences for sound radio services to be broadcast on this mux. At the same time, SMC is working on the concept for the second digital multiplex for local radio stations.
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Cornell receives second WorldDAB Award for Outstanding Service
14.11.24
This year’s WorldDAB Award for Outstanding Service has been given to Lindsay Cornell, Chair of WorldDAB’s Technical Committee, and Principal Systems Architect for BBC Digital. The Award recognises an individual for an exceptional contribution to the roll-out of DAB+ digital radio and is made annually. The award was presented at the WorldDAB General Assembly in Zagreb, Croatia on 13 November, in recognition of his work within the WorldDAB Technical Committee which culminated in the development of the new ETSI standards for the new DAB+ Automatic Safety Alert system. Reflecting his long-standing commitment to DAB, this is the first time that a second WorldDAB Award for Outstanding Service has been given to one person. Cornell first received the award in 2010.
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International Radio Congress in Barcelona traces the future of radio
18.11.24
Augusto Molina (SER): ‘We are in favour of DAB, if it goes ahead’. This statement by SER’s technical director, made during the round table discussion ‘What will happen to broadcasting, does DAB have a future in Spain?’, suggests a change of position by the sector’s leading company, the private Prisa Media, on the digital transformation of broadcasting in Spain, which is more than two decades behind schedule, although it is conditional on a series of needs, mainly economic, which should be included in the future National Digital Broadcasting Plan, which the government must work on in order to bring order to this new reality.
(Gorka Zumeta) Read more…
(Cadena SER) International Radio Congress brings together experts in Barcelona…
(RTVE) Listen: The future of broadcasting on the 100th anniversary of radio…
(Gorka Zumeta) Three legs of radio’s Centenary in Spain…

Expansion programme of the first national DAB+ multiplex for 2024 successfully completed
19.11.24, Germany
Media Broadcast has successfully completed the expansion programme of the nationwide transmitter network for the first national DAB+ programme package for 2024. An additional five new transmitter sites were added in five regions over the course of the year, ensuring even better reception of the 13 public and private programmes in the respective reception areas with immediate effect. The expansion will continue in 2025. With the completion of the expansion programme planned for 2024, the transmitter network now comprises a total of 170 locations, meaning that more than 91% of the population in Germany can receive the 13 channels at home with an indoor antenna. Area coverage for mobile reception is currently more than 97%, while motorway coverage is already over 99%, which is almost full coverage.
(Media Broadcast) Read more…
(WDR) WDR to launch second DAB+ network…

Radio Netwerk Nederland achieves maximum DAB+ coverage from highest possible point in Rotterdam
18.11.24, Netherlands
Radio Netwerk Nederland and 5 of the 12 licence holders of the DAB+ allotment 42 (channel 6D) have taken an important step in digital radio coverage in South Holland. By placing the transmitter on the highest point of the Waalhaven tower in Rotterdam, a large part of the region is now provided with strong and reliable DAB+ coverage. Rapid implementation was crucial because of the December period, an important time for broadcasters. In consultation, Radio Netwerk Nederland immediately drew up a plan to get the transmitter operational as soon as possible, with an emphasis on maximum coverage both indoors and on the road.
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(Totaal TV) Major expansion of DAB+ station offering started…

DAB+ digital radio trials rolled out on Réunion
18.11.24, Réunion
DAB+ now covers 62.2% of the population of mainland France. To give Réunion’s radio stations a chance to familiarise themselves with this technology and to give the public a first taste of the advantages of DAB+, particularly sound quality, Arcom has decided to authorise a number of trials on Réunion. The trial, which began on 1 March, has already enabled more than twenty radio stations to be heard on DAB+. This experiment now marks a new stage in its roll-out, with the arrival of the Réunion La 1ère and France Inter stations on DAB+. Trials on Réunion began in March 2024 in the Saint Denis area alone. Since the beginning of November 2024, they have been extended to the south and east of the island (Tampon and Saint-André areas).
(Arcom) Read more…

Fraunhofer IIS presents first integration of new emergency warning feature into DAB+ head-end and receiver solutions
11.11.24, Germany
Fraunhofer IIS is the first technology supplier to implement WorldDAB’s new EWS/ASA alarm signaling standard into their digital radio DAB+ head-end and receiver solutions. Public and private broadcasters as well as device manufacturers can now receive the innovation through a DAB ContentServer technology upgrade from their equipment suppliers. The implementation was tested and demonstrated as an on-air showcase during the recent “Deutscher Warntag”. In emergency situations, reliable and efficient communication is essential. Digital radio is a highly robust, trustworthy medium with nation-wide reach and plays a key role in disseminating alerts and information to the public.
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Tributes paid to former Bauer and Global radio engineer and tech director Bruce Davidson
14.11.24, United Kingdom
Tributes are being paid to long-serving radio engineer Bruce Davidson who has died at the age of 60. Bruce has spent the last ten years working at Bauer Media as Broadcast and Technology Director looking after all the national and radio stations and their broadcast technology teams. He most recently oversaw the move from Golden Square to The Lantern and was relocating. Before that, he worked for Global and Chrysalis for 15 years as Group Technical Director then Technology Director leading a team of 80 technology professionals. Davidson had been a director of UK DAB multiplex operators MXR, CE Digital and DRG.
(Radio Today UK) Read more…

More DAB+ news:
(Wirtualnemedia.pl) More DAB+ stations in Warsaw…
(Český rozhlas) Radio Proglas plans to switch to DAB+ within two to three years…
(SatelliFax) Radio Zürisee to switch off FM from January 2025…
(RadioInfo Australia) Gold, smooth and CADA top of the DAB+ stations – Australia’s GfK Survey 7…
(Televizníweb.cz) RTI cz heads to Vysočina region with DAB+… 
(Norddeutscher Rundfunk) NDR puts its DAB+ transmitter in Torfhaus into operation…
(Het Kontakt) Rivierenland Radio improves DAB+ coverage with new antennas…
(Český rozhlas) Fiera multiplex broadcasts fourth station from Montenegro, Radio Sázava is also broadcasting in DAB+…
(Radio Today UK) Pure West Radio joins DAB multiplexes in North Pembrokeshire and South Pembrokeshire…
(NL NewsLinet) Mediadab and Spacedab activate planned installations in Lazio…

Radiodays Europe 2025
9 – 11 March 2025, Athens, Greece
Radiodays Europe is the event in the radio, podcast and audio world bringing together over 1,500 visitors from 65 countries over three days. 

Radiodays Europe brings you more ideas, the best innovations, latest trends, comprehensive data which you can use in your station, your podcast and in your audio company. WorldDAB members have a special discounted ticket code.

Find out more…