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DAB+
Deployment of digital terrestrial radio (DAB+) in France
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Every month, digital terrestrial radio (DAB+) enters a new phase of deployment. New transmitters are regularly put into service to ensure ever finer coverage of the territory.
DAB+ radio (Digital Audio Broadcasting, the "+" corresponds to a development in the worldwide digital terrestrial radio (DTR) diffusion norms) complements FM diffusion, whose frequency band is now saturated.
Every year, new transmitters are put into service to ensure increasingly detailed coverage of the country. In mainland France, DAB+ now covers more than 50% of the population. All towns and cities in mainland France with more than 50,000 inhabitants are now covered, and 557 private and public radio stations show their programming on DAB+.
DAB+ rollout in overseas France
From January 1 to September 30, 2023, Arcom had authorized a trial in the French overseas territories to show a multiplex of ten services from three sites in Martinique. On Reunion Island, more than twenty radio stations have been available on DAB+ since March 1, 2024.
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Roadmap for further DAB+ rollout
DAB+ rollout roadmap for 2022-2024
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Listen to your favorite radio station digitally
Arcom's Ma Radio DAB Plus service is regularly updated by our teams, as DAB+ technology is rolled out across the country.
You can browse the interactive Ma Radio DAB Plus map below (click on the map). Once you've entered your desired location (by department, then by town), you' ll find out which digital radios are currently available in your area.
