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Absolute Classic Rock

On DAB Digital Radio in London, the station launched at 12:15pm with Richard Skinner introducing Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild.

Absolute Radio sister stations

Established in 2010, this enables Absolute to carry its FA Premier League football coverage on DAB.

Airshift Media Ltd

Airshift Gateway is a modular service platform that allows broadcasters to set up value-adding services such as now playing information on website, HD Radio tags, RDS, DAB or DVB services.

B105 FM

Southern Cross Austereo also operates Buddha Radio, Loveland, Stardust and Radar Radio on DAB+ in Brisbane.

Chillerton Down transmitting station

It now transmits Wave 105, 103.2 Capital FM, Jack FM, Isle of Wight Radio, the local Arqiva (NOW S. Hampshire) DAB multiplex and the national Digital One DAB multiplex.

Cowon D2

Other features include Flash Lite, a text viewer, voice recording, FM radio with recording, TV-out, optional DMB and DAB compatibility, and an SDHC card slot.

Deutschlandradio

Dokumente und Debatten is an opt-out for the DAB broadcasting-network and the AM stations of both Deutschlandfunk and Deutschlandradio Kultur, which broadcasts coverage of the federal parliament, talk shows, and marine forecasts and navigational warnings for sailors.

DiBcom

Its chipsets are compliant with the current worldwide Digital Video Broadcasting standards DVB-T, DVB-T2, DVB-H, DVB-SH, with ATSC-M/H, ISDB-T (1seg and Full-SEG), CMMB and with DAB, DAB+, DMB in multistandard programmable platforms.

Digital News Network

DNN was set up by Capital (GCap Media), Chrysalis Radio and GMG as part of the bid to win regional DAB licenses from the Radio Authority, who later became Ofcom.

Digital One

On 11 February 2008 GCap announced that it was selling its interest in Digital One to Arqiva and that "non-core" DAB stations Planet Rock and theJazz would be closing by the end of March 2008.

Dougie Donnelly

As well as sport, Donnelly has also hosted quiz shows (the best known being Shammy Dab on Grampian TV) and has appeared on Ready Steady Cook, Banzai and The Games.

Easy Radio London

In 2007 and 2008, Easy Radio formed part of successful applications by the DAB operator MuxCo for digital multiplexes in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, Lincolnshire, North East Wales and West Cheshire, North Yorkshire, Somerset, and Surrey and Sussex.

Fernsehturm Heidelberg

Also one digital radio multiplex (DAB) is broadcast from this tower on DAB channel 12A.

Focal Radio

The station broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via the local DAB multiplex for the city as well as online.

Galaxy Digital

In January 2011, Galaxy Digital on DAB in Leicester and Nottingham was replaced by Heart Digital (a relay of Heart 106.2 from London) - this was as a result of the rebranding of Heart East Midlands as Gem 106.

Group of Seven

--- Otherwise this'll loop around dab pages ---> - the "Group of seven" industrially advanced nations (known as G8 after adding Russia in 1997).

Hong Kong Island by-election, 2007

The election returned Martin Lee and Yeung Sum of the Democratic Party, Ma Lik, and Choy So Yuk of the DAB, Audrey Eu of the Civic Party, and Rita Fan to the Council.

International broadcasting

Some international broadcasters have become available via Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) in Europe in the 1990s, and in a similar limited way in the Americas via in-band FM (IBOC) DAB systems in the US in the 2000s.

International DMB Advancement Group

The groups works to promote TV, radio and data services via DMB, DAB and DAB+ and enhanced functionalities via other networks, such as 3G and Wi-Fi.

Louisa Preston

BBC London is the BBC programme for London as well as radio station (BBC London 94.9FM or on DAB Digital radio) and consists of newsreaders Riz Lateef, Asad Ahmad, Matt Barbet, Mike Ramsden, and Victoria Hollins.

Macrodiversity

OFDM and frequency-domain equalization (FDE) based Single Frequency Networks (SFN) are a form of transmitter macrodiversity used in broadcasting networks such as DVB-T and DAB

Media in Pretoria

Once digital migration is done, South Africa will have Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) and listen to digital radio on the DAB system.

Media of Norway

A number of further specialist channels are broadcast exclusively on DAB, DVB-T, and the internet including Radio Norway Direct Norway's new English language Radio Station.

Option Musique

Option Musique can be received via FM in Geneva and Valais as well as DAB and DAB+ , cable, satellite and via the Internet.

Panorama Antennas

The company manufactures antennas to suit all frequencies from 150 MHz to 5 GHz, covering a wide range of applications including 3G, DAB, GPRS, GPS, in-building, ISM Band, M2M, GSM, P25, PMR, TETRA UHF, TETRA 800 and LAN.

Philippa Collins

During her Chiltern years, Philippa was also recording a weekday evening show for DAB station Core and covering the GWR group's syndicated showbiz evening and late night shows followed, and she briefly presented the networked "Cash Call" five nights a week.

Pi-Ramesses

Excavations were therefore begun at the site of the highest Ramesside pottery location, Tell el-Dab'a and Qantir.

Premier Christian Radio

It later added broadcasts on the internet, Freeview channel 725,(UK and Ireland), Sky Digital (channel 0123, terminated 14 December 2012), Virgin Media (channel 968, terminated 6 May 2009) and London DAB - a national DAB broadcast was added later.

Redstone fm

Redstone FM is a local DAB only radio station covering the whole of Surrey, parts of North Sussex and South London.

Religious broadcasting

God TV is available on SKY Guide 580 Premier Radio is available on MW in the London area and also nationally on DAB United Christian Broadcasters is available via DAB in both the London and Stoke-on-Trent areas, and nationally as well on DAB

RTÉ Radio Centre

From this building emanates most of RTÉ's radio output on two national channels RTÉ Radio 1, and RTÉ 2fm, as well as a number of digital radio channels available on DAB.

Starry Lee

In 2010 DAB legislator Starry Lee said she will not sign a petition to help ban import of highly endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna to Hong Kong, because her daughter loves sashimi and she does not want her daughter to get mad at her.

Swansea Sound

The transmitter is located at Winch Wen, on the side of Kilvey Hill and for technical reasons does not use the same mast on the top of Kilvey Hill as its sister station.The DAB service covers a larger transmission area than it's AM service.

Television in Malaysia

The test signals consists of a single DAB stream, Fly FM, and two T-DMB streams, TV3 and a Hot Visual, which carries a slide show with audio signal streamed from the radio station Hot FM.

The Daily Service

The Daily Service is a short Christian church service, often from Emmanuel Church in Didsbury, Manchester, England, broadcast every weekday morning between 9.45 and 10.00 by BBC Radio 4 (long wave only) and on the Radio 4 DAB breakout.

TPEG

The TPEG binary data format is designed for transmission over DAB and DMB.

University Radio York

The show was broadcast nationally on 97-99 FM and DAB, across the USA on Sirius Satellite Radio and online through the BBC Radio 1 website.

Virgin Radio

UK: Virgin Radio Xtreme (renamed Absolute Xtreme on Monday 29 September 2008, and later replaced by Absolute 80s on DAB digital radio)

Warhammer Fantasy

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