Broadcasters were delighted by the government's decision this month to allow clear-sounding digital radio in the United States, comparing its impact to the monumental shift from black-and-white ...

Digital modes are all the rage these days in amateur radio — hams are using protocols like WSPR to check propagation patterns, FT8 to get quick contacts on many bands with relatively low power, and ...

The radio industry's digital efforts are getting a boost from America's biggest retailer. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has agreed to sell receivers for digital radio, becoming one of the most important ...

In most major cities in the United States, the future of radio is already on the air. But hardly anyone is listening. The problem is, hardly anyone can. More than 570 stations around the county are ...

The author of this commentary is chair of the Digital Radio Mondiale consortium. Though not out of the COVID-19 woods yet, there is an increasing feeling of great separation between the sad times of ...

In today’s rapidly evolving radio landscape, digital sellers have become a driving force in a station’s success. What was once considered alternative revenue is now mandatory in most broadcast ...

Kenya has started its first live trial of Digital Sound Broadcasting (DSB) in Nairobi, launching a 12-month pilot that it says could ease chronic congestion in the popular FM (frequency modulation) ...

A new partnership between Digital One and Imagination Technologies will cut the price of digital radio systems by 50% or more. Digital One, the UK's national commercial digital radio network, and ...

Digital advertising revenue reached $2.3 billion in 2025, accounting for one-quarter of all radio industry advertising revenue and stabilizing total industry sales. That's according to RAB’s 14th ...

Department Editor Evan Hansen runs the Media section at CNET News.com. Before joining CNET he reported on business, technology and the law at American Lawyer Media. The future of radio--one of the ...

The global market for digital mobile radio is rapidly expanding. Increasingly, designers and engineers are coming up with commercial applications for digital radio technology; however, analog radio ...

Digital advertising now represents nearly one-quarter of radio industry revenue, reaching $2.3 billion in 2025, according to ...