See also: Digital Audio Broadcasting, List of radio stations in the United Kingdom, DAB ensemble, and Timeline of Digital Audio Broadcasting in the UKĮxperimental transmissions of the DAB Eureka 147 standard from the Crystal Palace transmitting station by the BBC started in 1990 with permanent transmissions covering London in September 1995. In the first quarter of 2020, 66.7% of UK people aged 15+ claimed to have access to a DAB radio set at home. In the UK, 65.8% of all radio listening hours by the third quarter of 2021 were through digital platforms, with DAB making up the majority of digital radio listening (65.3% of digital radio listening).
On the other hand, critics say that coverage is not yet sufficient and the quality can be less than that of FM. ĭigital radio in the United Kingdom is being promoted by radio stations and the broadcasting industry on the premise that it provides superior quality sound over AM, a wider choice of radio stations, is easier to use, and is resistant to the interference which other broadcast media are susceptible to. In the same year, the BBC stated it would keep some FM radio for the foreseeable future. In 2018 the criteria of over 50% of digital radio listening was met which will now require the UK Government to review digital radio in view of a potential switchover. The government has set criteria on the coverage and proportion of digital listening before this occurs. In the long term there will be a switchover from analogue to digital radio when the AM and FM services will cease. Digital radio ensemble operators and stations need a broadcasting licence from the UK's media regulator Ofcom to broadcast. In addition to DAB and DAB+, radio stations are also broadcast on digital television platform as well as internet radio in the UK. In London there are already more than 100 different digital stations available. The UK currently has one of the world's biggest digital radio networks, with about 500 transmitters, three national DAB ensembles, one regional DAB ensemble, 48 local DAB ensembles and an increasing number of small-scale DAB ensembles broadcasting over 250 commercial and 34 BBC radio stations across the UK.
In the United Kingdom, the roll-out of digital radio has been proceeding since engineering test transmissions were started by the BBC in 1990 followed by a public launch in September 1995. A typical DAB digital radio receiver with the Digital Radio Development Bureau DAB digital radio marketing logo
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