What is Digital Radio?
Digital radio in Australia uses the DAB+ standard and is currently available in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin.
The Commonwealth Government owned networks, the ABC and SBS, provide their current services and a few digital-only services on the new platform, while the commercial radio stations in each market have also been given digital bandwidth. Australia uses the AAC+ codec provided with upgraded DAB+ standard.
Digital radio is a new, exciting and involving way for you to tune into your favourite radio stations. Traditionally radio programs were broadcast on different frequencies via FM and AM analogue signals. While AM/FM radio quality can suffer from interference caused by signals bouncing off walls, buildings, hills and other structures, it used up a comparatively large amount of spectrum for a relatively small number of stations, limiting your listening choices.
DAB works by turning both sound and data into digital signals at transmission, and then decoding them at the other end using digital radio receivers. The result is close-to-CD-quality sound output and much more available programs.
Offering an exceptionally high sound and signal quality, digital radio offers a range of exciting features to enhance your listening experience.
- Clearer sound and improved reception
- Extra channels potentially doubles the number of commercial stations
- Tuning by station name, not frequency, making it easy to find favourite stations
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