Is DAB available in Australia?
Digital broadcast radio in Australia uses the DAB+ standard and is available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Darwin and Hobart. However, after 11 years, regional large cities such as Townsville and Ballarat still do not have DAB.
What stations are on DAB in Australia?
Top digital radio stations around Australia
- SYDNEY – Edge Digital.
- MELBOURNE – Double J.
- BRISBANE – Coles Radio.
- ADELAIDE – Buddha Radio and The 90s iHeartRadio.
- PERTH – ABC Grandstand and My Perth Digital.
How do I find a DAB station?
To check that Times Radio is available at your address on DAB, visit the postcode checker at getdigitalradio.com/. Times Radio should automatically appear in the alphabetical list of stations on your DAB radio. If it doesn’t, you might need to retune or re-scan to find it. It is quick and easy to do.
What frequency is DAB broadcast on?
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
| Frequencies | 174 MHz,239 MHz |
| Frequency Range | 174 MHz – 239 MHz |
| Mode | AM |
| Modulation | OFDM |
| ACF | — |
Is DAB radio available everywhere?
No. DAB digital radio is a terrestrial technology using land-based transmitters. You can only listen to stations when you are within their transmission range.
How many digital radio stations are in Australia?
CRA reports 139 stations are broadcasting on DAB+ in Australia, with up to 30 DAB+ only stations in each mainland state capital city.
Where is digital radio available in Australia?
Digital radio was launched in Australia in 2009 and 36 digital community radio stations and 40+ services currently broadcasting across five capital cities – Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. This is in line with the Government’s plans to have a staged roll out of digital radio services.
What are digital radio’black spots’in Australia?
In Australia, digital radio is in the early stages of its development. As a result, there are reception ‘black spots’ in most cities. This means that even when coverage maps indicate good reception for digital radio, local conditions might mean otherwise. The radio industry is working with government to address these ‘black spots.’
What is DAB+ radio?
Digital radio broadcasting (DAB+) utilises an audio compression encoding system called AAC+ to transmit data (a digital program stream). Digital radio receivers are able to receive and decode the digital program stream which you can then hear and, on compatible receivers, see program and station related information displayed on small screens.
What is a digital radio?
Like AM and FM radio, it is broadcast free-to-air. Digital radio does this via DAB+ technology. Digital radio is not the same as Internet radio, which is listening to radio via an online stream.