Month: February 2024

The Radio Days Europe ’24 conference schedule is packed from early morning til late night for the conference days so if you fly in early here are some suggestions of how to spend an extra day from a well known Munich Radio industry local.Morning show presenter Natalie Diel from Radio Gong 96.3 loves Munich!

The mountains and lakes around it and life in the city. Bars, restaurants, pop-up stores… She loves discovering the latest spots and trends for the radio and passing them on to listeners. And she knows what you should definitely see and do in Munich.We asked Natalie to give us her recommendations of what do do in Munich for anyone coming in for Radio Days. She recommends:Start the day with…A classic Weißwurst breakfast at the “Herrschaftszeiten” in the Tal. A young and fresh pub where you can enjoy a classic Weißwurst breakfast with pretzels and sweet mustard. And for those who don’t eat meat: It’s also available in vegan 😊https://herrschaftszeiten-muenchen.de/Sights, favourite places, insider tipsViktualienmarkt: Fresh flowers, the smell of coffee, lots to see. Not to be missed when visiting Munich.Marienplatz with the town hall and carillon…And then it’s up to the Alter Peter, the tower from which you can look out over the whole city… On a clear day you can see as far as the Alps…https://alterpeter.de/turmbesteigung-alter-peter/ A detour to the Bayerischer Hof, where most of the stars who come to Munich spend the night. From Michael Jackson, Robbie Williams and the Stones.From Odeonsplatz we take the U5 to Ostbahnhof, because this is where the Werksviertel-Mitte is located, a little insider tip for a visit to Munich. Everything here is very urban: small shops in colourful containers… Mostly Munich start-ups and brands. You can take a ride on the Ferris wheel… With a view of the sheep that live on a roof here in the Werksviertel 😊A coffee in between…at “Alrighty”, the new sustainable coffee brand made in Munich with its own roastery…https://alrighty.coffee/Dinner…at Fitzroy, an Australian restaurant with Munich’s highest roof terrace. You can eat delicious food on the glazed fronts and also have a spectacular view indoors…https://fitzroy-munich.de/You can round off the evening…From the very top to the very bottom 😊 In the cellar bar “Call Soul” in Schwabing in the English Garden. Here you’ll find the most unusual cocktails in town…https://www.callsoul-breakingbar.de/About Natalie DiehlNatalie Diehl gained her first experience in TV & radio during her studies in Munich and developed a passion that has stayed with her to this day. In 2005, she started as an intern at Radio Gong 96.3, Germany’s first private radio station. This was followed by a traineeship. She worked as an editor on the morning show for several years before switching to presenting the morning programme in 2015 and has been waking up Munich and the region every day between 5 and 9 a.m. and accompanying them into the day ever since. Speaking is her thing, not only on the radio but also at events or as a podcast speaker. […]

The Digital Radio Mondiale™ (DRM) Consortium is preparing for a rich and ambitious presence at the 28th international BES Expo (Broadcast Engineering Society) on Broadcast & Media Technology, under the title “DRM Expanding in India and All Asia”.With more than 1,000 delegates, speakers and panellists from India and abroad the BES event is rated the biggest in Asia. The BES exhibition and conference will be held in Delhi, from 15 to 17 February.Several of DRM’s Indian and international members and partners like CML Microcircuits, Fraunhofer IIS, Gospell, NXP, RFmondial and Starwaves will welcome visitors in Hall 12A – Booth C1. Other DRM members like Inntot (India) and Nautel (Canada) will also be close by.

Each of the participating companies will showcase the latest developments of the DRM technology as well as the progress made in providing high-quality and economical chipsets and receivers. The DRM C1 booth will be the stage for live DRM signal demonstrations highlighting the versatility of the standard.CML Microcircuits (UK, global) is introducing its new energy and cost-saving all-band receiver module announcing the creation of a consumer tester programme for its forthcoming DRM1000 receiver module. The testing process will ensure excellent consumer experience from the DRM1000 in the expanding DRM-capable receiver market in India. CML will invite up to 25 DRM enthusiasts andlisteners to receive pre-production module versions of the DRM1000 at booth C1. They will be asked to provide user feedback on features and performance of the module to CML, in return for free participation in the programme.NXP (global and strong in India) will also present its new powerful chipset (recently introduced at CES in Las Vegas and commercially available from 2025). Fraunhofer IIS (Germany) will introduce its latest innovation for DRM transmission and reception including DRM ContentServer and MultimediaPlayer technologies (available for manufacturer integration), as well as showcasing a series of applications turning the rich DRM standard feature set into useful hands-on experiences for users and listeners.RFmondial (Germany) is a company offering professional products and services for the digital broadcasting industry (DRM Multichannel, DRM-FM, DRM-AM). At BES it will highlight its major, tested innovations in providing superefficient DRM for FM broadcasts.Gospell (China) will show their latest small, integrated and superefficient receiver solutions. And receiver manufacturer STARWAVES (Switzerland/Germany) will demonstrate its newest and attractive receiver W2401 which can make the received DRM content and live streams available through its built-in Wi-Fi hotspot, as well as an exciting novel mobile solution. STARWAVES will also introducetheir local distributor in India.The BES conference held in parallel with the exhibition will include two DRM contributions on “Digital Radio – Ingredients of Success” and “Digitising FM – the Way to a Win-Win Solution”.For the DRM Consortium Chairman, Ruxandra Obreja, BES will be a great opportunity to show how much the standard has progressed recently not only in India but in other big and significant Asian countries. “Being able to demonstrate the DRM chain from transmission to reception will be the best showcase for the strength and versatility of the DRM standard. This will be a practical explanation forwhy an increasing number of important countries are investing in digitising with DRM in AM and FM.” […]