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CRTC had initial plans for DAB to replace all AM/FM radio stations in 1996, but lack of adoption led to the decision to keep AM/FM stations. [61] All DAB bouquets in Canada have been discontinued. A few stations in Canada are now using the American in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio platform.
Official DAB+ logo [1] Official DAB logo (1990s–2018) A Pure branded DAB receiver [2]. Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) is a digital radio standard for broadcasting digital audio radio services in many countries around the world, defined, supported, marketed and promoted by the WorldDAB organisation.
List of stations on the Digital One and Sound Digital multiplexes broadcasting in the newer DAB+ Digital Radio standard. DAB frequencies: 11A - radio stations operated under the Sound Digital multiplex; 11D / 12A - radio stations operated under the Digital One multiplex (12A in Scotland and 11D in England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Lower prices, new radio stations and marketing have increased the uptake of DAB radio in the UK. [16] Digital radios were first sold as car radios in 1997, priced around £800, with hi-fi tuners costing up to £2,000 being released two years later. [ 10 ]
In the UK, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland, which are the leading countries with regard to implementing DAB, the first-generation MPEG-1 Audio Layer II (MP2) codec stereo radio stations on DAB have a lower sound-quality than FM, prompting a number of complaints. [7]
Absolute Radio 60s is a national Digital radio station in the United Kingdom owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Absolute Radio Network. It broadcasts locally on Bauer's 11B Inverness DAB Multiplex. It broadcasts nationally via Smart Speaker streaming and online web streaming.
Gold Radio is a network of oldies radio stations in the United Kingdom, which was formed by the merger of the Capital Gold network and the Classic Gold network in August 2007. The station relaunched in March 2014 as a partly-automated service, broadcasting in fewer areas, after many of Gold's local AM/DAB frequencies were transferred to Smooth ...
BBC National DAB is a digital audio broadcasting multiplex in the UK, for a number of radio stations which have UK wide coverage. The multiplex is owned and operated by the BBC and is transmitted from a number of transmitter sites across the country; it only carries BBC radio stations.