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| December Radio magazine now available
Now available at radiomagonline.com: December's issue of Radio magazine. This issue features a look at Hubbard's upgrade to Audio over IP with WheatNet for KSTP(FM). We also begin a new feature called "Local Radio Spotlight" where we look at local radio owners, stations and groups and how they are using radio to serve their communities. Other features include an update on FCC contest rules, a comparison of compact transmitters and a review of the TASCAM US-366 audio interface. More» |
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| Headlines |
| Tagstation and iBiquity Join Forces for 2015 CES
The companies have been working on a complete demo for CES; and, according to the latest Tagstation blog, what they've come up with "…combines the broadcast enhancements that HD Radio and TagStation already deliver so well with ease-of-use and driver safety considerations automakers demand for their displays." More»
Customers Pushback Against Comcast's Wi-Fi Deployments
Some are less than pleased at the company's rollout of home Wi-Fi routers that "share" their bandwidth as part of a network of public hotspots. More»
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| DAB in the News |
| Digital Radio Emergency Warning Functionality Tested in Germany
Fraunhofer IIS allows for the insertion of the necessary EWF messages by way of their DAB Content Server. The test transmissions were sent by Bavaria Radio; the receivers were manufactured by NOXON; and finally the TMT IT service provided the software used for collection of the emergency warnings and the subsequent forwarding to the Content Server. More»
BBC Continues Expansion of National DAB Coverage
Many new DAB transmitters are being placed on-air, including 12 in the past two months, adding 80,000 homes to the BBC's DAB coverage, while at the same time improving coverage for thousands of others. More»
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| Triton Media Releases September Digital Ranker
The Ranker is a listing of the top-performing digital audio stations and networks measured by the Triton's Webcast Metrics® audience measurement platform. Audience rankings are done on the basis of "Average Active Sessions", with "Session Starts" and "Average Time Spent Listening also shown. More»
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| Analog to Digital Migrations |
| Netherlands May Not Renew FM Licenses
The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs has told the Parliament there that if at least half of the households in the Netherlands have a digital radio receiver in 2016, that a plan to 'sunset' FM services will be set in motion. More»
German Public Broadcaster Shuts Down MW
Radioszene is reporting that Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) (North German Broadcasting) is shutting down their MW transmitter sites and re-allocating the funds for expansion their DAB+ transmission facilities. More»
DigiMig Group Submits Plan for Digitalization of Radio in Switzerland
A group made up of representatives of SRG and Switzerland's privately owned radio stations, along with the Swiss Office of Communications has drawn up a plan for the long-term switchover from analog FM to digital (DAB+) radio broadcasting. More»
Teracom Welcomes Swedish Digital Radio Migration Plans
According to Telecompaper, Digital radio coordinator Nina Wormbs presented her report regarding terrestrial digital broadcasting on December 1. In this report, Wormbs suggested the nationwide expansion of digital radio, and complete 'sun-setting' of the FM service there by 2022. More»
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