Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Review: Bush BR10DAB

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

This Bush doesn't beat on about itself, it's DAB+ on a budget and what you see is what you get.
Review: Bush BR10DAB

Germans and Swiss snub DAB

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

The commercial radio industries in Germany and Switzerland have both rejected proposals that they should invest in developing the DAB digital radio system in their countries to replace existing FM/AM transmissions. The German argument against DAB was that the significant investment required…
Germans and Swiss snub DAB

AWESOME: Digital radio launches in Australia

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

MASSIVE SUPERGUIDE | Digital Radio officially goes live today. Here’s our massive guide on how CD quality audio over the air works.
AWESOME: Digital radio launches in Australia

Warner slams Smarthouse digital radio article as alarmist

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

CRA Chief Executive Joan Warner has slammed an article in the Smarthouse newsletter last Monday as being unnecessarily alarmist about digital radio. The article sought to beat up the fact that digital radios would have to be re-tuned to the new DAB+ transmissions in Sydney and claimed this unsurprising bit of news as an exclusive.
Warner slams Smarthouse digital radio article as alarmist

Sydney switches to digital radio

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Commercial radio stations in Sydney 2GB, 2CH, 2UE, 2DAY, TRIPLE M, 2KY, WS-FM, MIX 106.5, 2SM, NOVA, VEGA Radar, Pink Radio, Koffee and NovaNation have began broadcasting DAB digital radio services, joining stations in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane completing the five state metropolitan…
Sydney switches to digital radio

Digital radio outage in Sydney

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Digital radio services (DAB+) in the Sydney area are currently down as engineers work to prepare for a “full-time” service, according to a digital radio spokesperson.
Digital radio outage in Sydney

Delays continue for Sydney’s Digital Radio broadcast

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Commercial Radio Australia have again pushed the launch of Digital Radio broadcasts in Sydney back, this time to June 15th. This week also marks the end of the non-DAB+ test broadcasts in Sydney with CRA announcing that transmission will end to make way for DAB+.
Delays continue for Sydney’s Digital Radio broadcast

Digital radio switches on in Brisbane on May 25

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Commercial radio stations in Brisbane 4BC, 4BH, 4KQ, Triple M, b105, 97.3 FM, Nova, Radio TAB, Radar, Pink Radio and NovaNation join commercial stations in Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne on Monday, 25 May 2009 when they begin broadcasting DAB+ digital radio for the first time.
Digital radio switches on in Brisbane on May 25

Digital radio switches on in Brisbane

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Brisbane’s commercial radio stations will today launch their digital transmissions. Eleven radio stations, including Brisbane’s existing AM and FM commercial stations as well as new digital-only stations, are set to launch their signals in the DAB+ format. The new digital-only offerings are Novanation, a spin-off from top-rating Nova 106.9, and Austereo stations Radar and Pink Radio – […]
Digital radio switches on in Brisbane

Sangean's WFT-1D+ and WFR-1D+ DAB+ digital radios

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Sangean is widening the choice in DAB+ digital radios on retail shelves with the release of four new models, priced from $239 to $699. The range includes the two compact bench-sitter models, the DPR-69+ and DPR-99+.
Sangean's WFT-1D+ and WFR-1D+ DAB+ digital radios