14 new DAB+ radio stations for the Zurich area
In the greater Zurich area, 14 local and internet radio stations—mostly alternative and ad-free—have been available via DAB+ since Monday. According to a press release from Digris, Zurich is the second DAB+ hub for independent, low-budget stations after Geneva.
A total of 61 digital radio stations can be received in Zurich. Thanks to the radio license and new DAB technology, low-cost access is possible. Stations such as Zurich's LoRa, Stadtfilter from Winterthur and Kanal K from Aarau are benefiting. Roger Schawinski's youth radio station Planet 105 will also be broadcast on DAB+. Eight of the 14 new radio stations define themselves by their music profile. Radio Tropic, for example, entertains with tropical Latin music. Radio Industrie from Zug focuses on the various currents of rap music and traces its roots in soul, funk and jazz. Toxic.fm from St. Gallen plays rock songs from the last 20 years.
20 applicants for 14 broadcasting slots
Rundfunk.FM, which became known as a summer radio project, can now be received year-round in the digital ether from January. Open Broadcast is a completely user-generated radio station that, like the music Internet radios Backstage Radio, Spoon Radio and TraxxFM, will also be broadcast via the DAB+ island of Zurich. In addition to LoRa, Stadtfilter and Kanal K, the five "word radios" also include the Basel youth and culture station Radio X and the Christian family station Radio 74. The Geneva DAB island went into operation at the beginning of June. 20 radio stations had applied for the 14 free broadcasting slots on the Zurich DAB island. The selected radios had distinguished themselves, among other things, by actively using the interactive possibilities of digital radio, the statement said. (SDA)
