DRM Newsletter January 2025
DRM Digital Radio
The only all-band frequencies (AM and FM), global, open, green digital terrestrial broadcasting ITU recognised standard.
Dear Friends, Colleagues and Partners,
Happy New Year to all of you! We hope that 2025 will bring to all of us the DRM successes we have been working so hard to achieve this century.
January started with a lot of activity, mainly linked to the Open House virtual discussion organised by the Indian regulator, TRAI. What was said and the process by which a FM digitisation recommendation for private broadcasters is being painstakingly devised gets a bit more information below.
This month we are also participating in a virtual digital radio workshop in Brazil (details also below) and also continuing our activity in Africa.
We are also giving more information on big events sponsored or involving the DRM Consortium (like the DRM General Assembly). Make sure that you check all of these.
Please do not forget to check the winter the schedules now posted on our website: schedule.drm.org. A word of caution as the schedules are simply what we receive from other broadcasters and organisations. Please let us know if you see any discrepancy or have an addition.
We have continued to get many questions on all things DRM and please send us your own queries to: [email protected].
We have also revised and updated some of our marketing materials. Please check the English, French, Portuguese and the recently added Arabic versions of DRM at a glance.drm.org in the easily accessible page pocket.drm.org.
Finally, please do not forget to follow and subscribe to all our LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram channels. And if you’d like more information about joining the Consortium, so you are fully involved with our work and have access to specialist experts and more information, please contact [email protected].
Latest News
DRM Participates in Discussion on FM Digitisation Organised by Indian Regulator
Act 3 of the TRAI process, started in September last year, has just happened in a virtual discussion of over 5 hours and with over 90 participants and clarifications will continue to be provided in writing. To see how the DRM representatives argued their strong case and how this was reflected in the Indian press, please go to this: DRM Presses Its Case at TRAI Open House Discussion on Digitising the Private Radio Stations Broadcasts (news.drm.org). Visit and like the related post on LinkedIn.
DRM – Only Logical, Cost-Effective Solution for Indian FM Digitisation
In its demonstrations, tests, discussions, workshops carried out over the last few years, the DRM Consortium has consistently argued that extending DRM, adopted in the AM band, to FM is the next logical step for the Indian authorities. Here are some of the key arguments for this: news.drm.org.
DRM at BES 2025 – Event Postponed to later in the Year
BES 2025 in India has been postponed to April or May. More information on exact dates and venue will be supplied shortly, so please check this page.
There is a continuously updated page with current information about DRM’s presence at BES 2025 on our website: drm.org/bes-2025. The official homepage of the exhibition is:?www.besindia.com.
DRM at?Brazilian Workshop – January 22
After nearly 20 years since the first digital radio tests in Brazil (started in 2005), and following discussions with various Brazilian broadcasters, one of the veteran digital radio experts has concluded that the time had come to revisit the topic. Please check how you can register and participate here: DRM at Brazilian Digital Radio Workshop (news.drm.org).
DRM Preparing for Key Events in the Next Months
The DRM Consortium is preparing for a comprehensive workshop to be delivered at the Digital Broadcasting Symposium (DBS), the big event organised by ABU in Kuala Lumpur, 24-27 February. ABU DBS 2025 – ABU DBS 2025
DRM specialists?will be delivering a comprehensive workshop on February 25th 1400-1530, local time.
DRM General Assembly 2025 will take place in Dubai, UAE at?Radisson Blu Hotel?on May 16-17 (following from CABSAT). Even if you are not a member there is an open invitation for you to attend on May 16th: DRM Digital Radio General Assembly Announced for May 16-17 2025 (news.drm.org).
There is a continuously updated page with current information on our website: drm.org/ga-2025.
DRM Takes Big Steps in China
If you wish to get a quick update on China DRM developments and how it is being embraced by the powerful automotive industry in this manufacturing powerhouse nation, please check China Takes Further DRM Steps (news.drm.org) and China accelerates DRM adoption in automotive industry (RedTech).
DRM in Cars – A Point of View
Hybrid seems to be another overused word nowadays. DRM Chair, Ruxandra Obreja discusses in her Radio World?blog the great DRM features that makes the technology attractive for hybrid radio. See news.drm.org and radioworld.com.
The subject of digital radio in cars and how to make better use of metadata available in DRM is also the subject of another opinion piece, published by RedTech last December, on the value of metadata accompanying digital radio: To Dash(board) or Not to Dash.
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DRM Used Imaginatively on Shortwave by RNZ
The international service of New Zealand’s public media organization RNZ Radio New Zealand 1,?RNZ Pacific?has buckled the trend of using less shortwave and acquired a state-of-the-art Ampegon transmitter with DRM capability and use. It is operational since the summer and its use of DRM is quite unique and ground-breaking. Please read more here:?This New Shortwave Transmitter Serves RNZ Pacific – Radio World.
DRM – An Update in IEEE
In its last quarterly issue of 2024, the IEEE magazine looks at some of the DRM successes announced at IBC 2024, which are also part of the year’s highlights. You can get a quick update by going to news.drm.org.
DRM – SW Transmissions from Germany at Year End
Before the year came to a close, SE-TA 2 experimental station delighted its listeners with two broadcasts. The first was a rebroadcast of a programme by C.M. Obrecht on 13 December, and the second was an original production, “Musikalischer Frühschoppen”, on 27 December.
Both broadcasts received reception reports from Germany as well as other parts of Europe.
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Upcoming Events
22 Jan - Workshop Rádio Digital, Brazil
10-14 Feb - HFCC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
13 Feb - World Radio Day
24-27 Feb - ABU DBS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
9-11 Mar - Radiodays Europe, Athens
23-25 Apr - CCBN, China
Apr/May - BES Expo and WAVES, Mumbai, India
7-9 May - eLearning Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
13-15 May - CABSAT, Dubai, UAE
16-17 May - DRM General Assembly, Dubai, UAE