ASIA

DRM Marks World Radio Day

The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium (DRM) Consortium will mark World Radio Day 2025 on February 13. This event chosen (since 2011) by UNESCO aims to celebrate radio transmissions by all category of broadcasters, such a public, commercial and community stations. The theme for World Radio Day this year is Radio and Climate Change, which focuses on “empowering radio stations to enhance their journalistic coverage of one of the most critical issues of our time,” according to UNESCO.The DRM Consortium marks this event by reminding all radio stakeholders of the key benefits the DRM standard can provide in tackling the negative effects of the major changes in global climate.  This is a natural emergency of huge proportions which has claimed thousands of lives and, therefore, we are welcoming the UNESCO initiative to ‘encourage decision-makers to create and provide access to information through radio…’.Digital Radio Mondiale (DRM) can be part of the global effort in mitigating the effects of natural or man-made disasters with its fully integrated disaster and early warning service called Emergency Warning Functionality (EWF).The DRM digital radio standard, which can be used in all frequency bands (below and above 30 MHz), should therefore be the major building block of a national emergency warning policy, providing full and continuous alert services, audio, text, maps in more than one language, potentially even from remotely located transmitter sites, when all other internet or TV towers fail in the disaster areas.EWF support in receivers can be ensured with no need for special chipsets or extra adaptations for this alert system. Everything needed for EWF is already in the radio receivers, built according to the specifications issued by the DRM Consortium.To ensure that this digital service is effective, key requirements (and immediate advantages) are necessary:
Send notifications to a maximum number of people in the affected areas as promptly as possible
Must cover large areas with very high reliability (with DRM being the only standard running in all frequencies and providing local, regional, national and international coverage, as required)
Must work when common information services and local services fail
Make warnings available on devices that people use on daily basis (desktop, pocket receivers, cars)
Reach devices that are still operational, if electricity fails (i.e. radio sets and other devices with independent energy source)
Be as un-intrusive as possible for daily use
Must be available and continuously on-air for the duration of the emergency in one or several languages
Control of emergency notification and immediate access by authorities
Make emergency messages available to the widest possible audience, including the visually or hearing impaired with complete and detailed information by audio and multilingual on-demand advanced text on receiver screens (Journaline)
For more information about the benefits of the DRM Consortium integrated warning and emergency system, please place ewf.drm.org in your browser to be able to access and download the documents describing in detail this life-saving digital radio service.For a quick demonstration on how a regular radio transmission can be switched to an emergency alert using a digital receiver please watch: s.drm.org/video-ewf. […]

AU & NZ

Mystery solved! Caravan owner comes forward on 2UE Breakfast with Cathy Jubb

After generating a huge response from keen radio sleuths, the case has finally been cracked! The owner of the old 2UE live broadcast caravan has come forward.Yesterday, Radioinfo’s Jen Seyderhelm reported the story of the mystery 2UE caravan, parked on Bryant Street in Rockdale Park, Sydney.At least, it used to be 2UE’s caravan. The station… Read More
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AU & NZ

AS IT DROPS: Brand new Australian music show for ACE Radio Network

The ACE Radio Network will launch a brand new Australian music show, AS IT DROPS, hosted by passionate music enthusiast Kayla Wilson, this Sunday, February 16th.The program will offer listeners a dynamic and fresh approach to Australian music, showcasing the latest tracks, up-and-coming artists, exclusive interviews and insights into the music industry. Broadcasting across the… Read More
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AU & NZ

Date change for GfK Metro Survey 2

GfK has advised of an updated survey schedule, with a date change for Metro Survey 2, which has been moved to Thursday, May 1.It was previously set down for Tuesday, April 29.There have been no changes to the reporting periods, or to any of the regional survey releases.The updated schedule is available here.
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AU & NZ

Radio sleuths hot on the trail of the mystery 2UE caravan

Radio sleuths have been hot on the trail, after yesterday’s Radioinfo story about the mystery 2UE live broadcast caravan, currently parked on Bryant Street in Rockdale Park, Sydney.The local council has slapped a sticker on the caravan, warning that if it isn’t moved it, will be towed, and sold at auction.But who owns it?Having read… Read More
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