Two Irish language radio stations Raidió na Life and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta both have studios in the city, and the online and DAB station Raidió Rí-Rá broadcasts from studios in the city.

DAB digital radio is broadcast over two local multiplexes.

The Douglas transmitter also broadcasts the BBC's DAB digital radio services and Classic FM.

Thus in the UK and some other countries, the contemporary evolution of radio services is focused on Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB ) services or HD Radio, rather than satellite radio.

Other products failed or had limited success — a Psion Siemens ' GSM device, a Series 5 based STB, the Wavefinder DAB radio, an attempt to add Dragon's speech recognition software to a PDA, Ericsson cancelled a Series 5MX derived smartphone project in 2001.

Episodes of ISIRTA have frequently been heard on BBC Radio 4 Extra ( available on digital television, DAB digital radio and the web ).

Thus in the UK and some other countries, the contemporary evolution of radio services is focused on Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB ) services or HD Radio, rather than satellite radio.

Satellite radio uses the 2. 3 GHz S band in North America and generally shares the 1. 4 GHz L band with local Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB ) stations elsewhere.

Because channel 9A is not used for television services in or near Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide or Perth, digital radio in those cities are broadcast on DAB frequencies blocks 9A, 9B and 9C.

* Saga DAB radio, a British radio station

BBC Radio 4 is the second most popular domestic radio station in the UK, and is broadcast throughout the United Kingdom on FM, LW and DAB, and can be received in the north of France and Northern Europe as well.

Since then, many of the Lantern FM team, past and present, have reunited to create The Voice, a new local radio station broadcasting fron Barnstaple, on DAB and online and working towards being able to broadcast on FM once again.

AM radio technology is simpler than Frequency Modulated ( FM ) radio, Digital Audio Broadcast ( DAB ), Satellite Radio or HD ( digital ) Radio.

In the late 1980s, ISO's Moving Picture Experts Group ( MPEG ) started an effort to standardize digital audio and video encoding, expected to have a wide range of applications in digital radio and TV broadcasting ( later DAB, DMB, DVB ), and use on CD-ROM ( later Video CD ).

Part of the DAB digital radio and DVB digital television standards.

Of the national radio stations, BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Live are all available through analogue radio ( 5 Live on AM only ) as well as on DAB Digital Radio and internet services through RealMedia, WMA and BBC iPlayer.

The BBC today runs eleven national domestic radio stations, six of which are only available in a digital format: via DAB Digital Radio, UK digital television ( satellite, cable and Freeview ) plus live streams and listen again on the Internet.

The " main " radio stations, available via both analogue ( FM and / or AM frequencies ) and Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB ), are:

The new digital-only ( Internet Streaming / Sky / freesat / Freeview / DAB ) radio stations are:

BBC Radio services are broadcast on various FM and AM frequencies, digital radio or DAB, and streaming live on BBC Online ( giving the stations a worldwide audience ).

Since 31 March 2003, DAB signals have come from the NOW Digital Norfolk 11B multiplex, with transmitters at Great Yarmouth, Oulton ( Lowestoft in Suffolk ), Stoke Holy Cross, Thetford, and West Runton.

DAB signals, since 20 May 2002, have come from the Essex 12D multiplex, which has transmitters at Maitland House ( Southend-on-Sea town centre ), Colchester, Sudbury ( in Suffolk ), and Rye Hill ( south of Harlow-on a water tower ).

The DAB signals come from two multiplexes in Cambridgeshire — a rarity for BBC local radio stations, as some do not yet broadcast on digital.

The DAB signals come from the Bauer Humberside 11B multiplex from three transmitters at Cave Wold ( most powerful, three miles south of High Hunsley, and a BT microwave transmitter which also has the MXR Yorkshire multiplex ), Buckton Barn ( Bridlington, also has Yorkshire Coast Radio on 102. 4 ) and Bevan Flats ( Grimsby, also transmits Compass FM on 96. 4 ).

The DAB signals come from the Bauer 11B multiplex at Eston Nab ( near the A174 road ) and Brusselton ( near Shildon between the A68 and A6072 ).

Beginning on 1 October 2001, the DAB signals have come from the EMAP Digital Central Lancashire 12A multiplex located at Winter Hill and Pendle Forest ( near Nelson ).

DAB signals come from the EMAP Digital EMAP Liverpool 11B multiplex

DAB signals started on 31 January 2001 from the NOW Digital Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury and Telford 11B multiplex.

The station is available on DAB, thanks to eight transmitters throughout the West Midlands on the MXR 12A multiplex, with strong signals from The Wrekin and Ilmington in south Warwickshire.

DAB and DRM receivers cannot receive HD Radio signals in the US.

It transmits high power Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB ) signals for Digital One and BBC National DAB multiplexes, as well as a lower power local service to Glastonbury for MXR Severn Estuary.

It transmits UHF Analogue television signals, DVB television, FM Radio and DAB Radio.

However, as a rule of thumb it is reasonable to expect a passive radar using FM radio stations to achieve detection ranges of up to 150 km, for high-power analogue TV and US HDTV stations to achieve detection ranges of over 300 km and for lower power digital signals ( such as cell phone and DAB or DVB-T ) to achieve detection ranges of a few tens of kilometers.

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.

Digital television and cable providers, along with Sirius XM satellite radio, IBOC, DAB and digital radio broadcasters have been required to participate in the EAS since December 31, 2006.

A side effect of this lack of simulcast is that those attempting to tune into the station with a DAB Digital Radio will often have difficulty finding the station.

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.

Using the more efficient high quality MPEG-4 CODEC called HE-AAC v2, this compression method will allow the DAB + system to carry more channels or have better sound quality at the same bit rate as the old DAB system.

After having L-band DAB for several years, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ( CBC ) have also looked at the use of HD Radio, given its gradual progress in the neighbouring U. S. The CBC began HD Radio testing in September 2006, focusing on transmissions from Toronto and Peterborough, Ontario.

Although support of Chan Yuen Han ( DAB ) was far higher than Chan Kam Lam ( HKFTU ), according to earlier polls, the two organisations managed to have both elected.

He stated that " Since the foundation of the DAB, I have been asked whether I am a Communist Party member many times.

European and Australian stations have begun digital broadcasting ( DAB ).

As of yet, 3CR is not carried on DAB radio ; but the BBC have stated previously that they have plans to add the station pending review.

Since 31 July 2004, DAB broadcasts have come from the NOW Digital Berkshire & North Hampshire 12D multiplex from Coppid Beech ( at the junction of the B3408 and A329 ( M ) in west Bracknell ), Hannington and Hemdean ( just north of Caversham ).

There is no BBC National DAB transmitter in Derbyshire at the moment, though Digital One have a transmitter in Chesterfield.

For Lincolnshire, a DAB multiplex could have only been realistically established by financial investment from the Lincs FM Group, and other transmitter positions could theoretically be used.

Extra sport matches featuring football clubs such as Fulham and have received additional coverage on BBC London, through its DAB Digital Radio platform, on Sky channel 0152 and on 765 kHz medium wave ( for coverage of West Ham United, normally BBC Essex's frequency ).