CEO of Digital Radio UK, Ford Ennals, is arguing that the growth in UK digital listening is being driven by the continued expansion of national commercial digital stations, the fitting of DAB in just about all new cars, and the rise in online listening in homes driven by the strong take-up of smart speakers.
This is also the year when the U.K. government will play a key role working with the radio industry on a Radio and Audio Review supporting the long-term health of the radio sector and by determining the future of the U.K.’s national and local commercial radio station analog licenses.