DAB has 56% share of UK digital listening hours
On 23 October 2025, RAJAR announced 50.1 million adults, or 86% of the adult (15+) UK population tuned in to their selected radio stations each week in the third quarter…
DAB digital radio sales reach 82 million worldwide
16 December 2019, London, UK: WorldDAB’s latest market report reveals that by the end of Q2 2019, over 82 million consumer and automotive DAB/DAB+ receivers had been sold in Europe and…
RTÉ to close DAB stations
Irish state broadcaster RTÉ is to close all of its DAB digital radio services, including RTÉ Gold, RTÉjr Radio & RTÉ Radio 1 Extra. The closures are part of major…
Ofcom: Revisions to Digital Radio Technical Codes
Ofcom requires the UK’s DAB digital radio broadcasters to comply with certain technical rules which establish a common minimum set of technical standards for the way that DAB signals are…
Sound Digital adds Four million more listeners
Four million more listeners across the UK can now receive 19 further radio stations on DAB digital radio for the first time following the launch of new transmitters covering parts…
Sound Digital Announces Imminent Completion of DAB Radio Network Expansion
UK, London, 25 September 2018: Sound Digital, the national commercial DAB multiplex operated by Arqiva, Bauer and Wireless, has today announced that its expansion programme of 19 new transmitters is…
50% of radio listening is now digital
Digital listening has reached a new record share of 50.9% – a landmark achievement for the industry which hopes will trigger action from the Government about the future of DAB.…
BBC wants to keep FM radio for longer
The BBC says it wants to keep FM radio for the foreseeable future rather than switch over entirely to digital. BBC director of radio and music Bob Shennan said that…
Forces Radio BFBS Launches On DAB+
Forces Radio BFBS is returning to national DAB digital radio next year. After nine months away we will return as a DAB+ station on January 24 2018. As the forces…
Norway completes completes switch from FM to DAB+
The switchover started in the county of Nordland in January and was completed on December 13 when the broadcasters switched off their FM broadcasts in the counties of Troms and…
BBC Radio Cymru 2 takes to the airwaves in January 2018
BBC Radio Cymru’s new second radio service is to launch on the 29th January, offering additional choice to Welsh speakers on DAB, online, iPlayer Radio and digital TV platforms. In…
BBC World Service available on DAB+ in Denmark
The BBC World Service is now available on DAB digital radio in Denmark following a national switch to DAB+. Overnight from 30th September to 1st October 2017, the Danish DAB…