The satellite will provide direct digital radio broadcasting to Africa for the Washington-based WorldSpace Corp.
Ford Ennals, CEO of Digital Radio UK, said he was "delighted" with the results.
Listeners who already have a digital radio may have to retune to receive the new local services.
The FCC is embroiled in a similar fight right now over dueling digital radio systems for public-safety organizations.
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In 1996 Struble, a midlevel executive at then-CBS-owner Westinghouse, was ordered to evaluate the outlook for digital radio.
The capacity of the force's digital radio system is also being boosted in the run-up to 2012 Games.
Demand for digital radio sets has risen steadily over the last 12 months.
The omens are good that 2003 will be a watershed for digital radio.
All Freeview television channels, BBC Radio Bristol's 104.6 FM, national analogue, digital radio channels and mobile networks were affected.
The Zune also has a radio receiver for both analogue and digital radio.
Some think that date is unrealistic due to the slow take-up of digital radio and the current lack of coverage.
As chairman of the Digital One consortium of commercial stations, he has been instrumental in promoting the move to digital radio.
Having the government assess different rates to different digital radio providers is fundamentally unfair and distorts the market away from new entrants.
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This has not been helped by the fact that some big manufacturers have yet to start making or selling digital radio sets.
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Digital radio, because of error correction requirements inherent in two-way radio communication, is substantially more fragile than the older analog radio systems.
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Soon she will launch a digital radio channel and two new books.
At question time on 30 June 2010, Tory Lord Renton of Mount Harry said there were still "many things wrong" with digital radio.
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She feels Philips, Sony and other electronics firms are missing a huge opportunity because people who convert to digital radio rapidly become firm fans.
There is no set date for the switchover from FM to digital radio although the government is keen for it to happen in 2015.
The Digital Radio Working Group (DRWG) says that by 2015, less than half of all radio listening could be via traditional FM or AM sets.
In a recent interview with the BBC's digital radio station 6 Music during the ICA shows, singer Anderson denied the band were considering a split.
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This bipartisan bill will correct the incredible inequity in how different digital radio formats are treated under the law when it comes to setting royalties.
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"I'm very pleased with what the board approved last Friday, " said Stuart Lynn, president of Icann, in an interview with the BBC's Go Digital radio programme.
"Digital radio continues to transform the way people listen to the radio and one third of all listening to digital platforms represents an important milestone, " he said.
Payal Khan, an accent trainer for Infowavz, told the BBC Go Digital radio programme that she spent a lot of time teaching people to speak clearly and slowly.
According to Radio Joint Audience Research Limited (Rajar) figures, 49.8% of homes in the three counties area have a DAB digital radio, compared with 42% of UK homes.
It can also be heard on more than 250, 000 DAB digital radio sets, as well as in 1.5 million Freeview homes, three million cable homes and on the internet.
Over the last dozen years, the U.S. Army has spent a lot of time and money figuring out how to use digital radio technology to lift the fog of war.
Among other features, the processor enables feature-rich vehicle interfaces, and vivid digital radio and audio within the RCC unit in Audi's MIB High system, which debuted in the 2012 Audi A3.
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