DRM | DRM South Africa Group Makes the World Radio Day Special

 

The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium (DRM) Consortium (www.drm.org) has marked World Radio Day 2025 in style on the big radio day,13th February https://www.drm.org/drm-marks-world-radio-day/. Radio is beginning its second century of service as one of the most dependable and widely utilized forms of media in the world, according to UNESCO, as radio reaches up to 90% of the population in key markets and commands the largest share of ad-supported audio listening and remains the most trusted medium worldwide (according to www.worldradioalliance.com).

This is nowhere truer than in Africa. Our colleagues in the DRM South Africa group (www.drmsa.org) have taken the initiative to celebrate the global radio day in style and spread the word about the great advantages of the Digital Radio Mondiale – DRM standard in their country and around focusing on the power and great benefits of DRM digital radio.

The leader of the DRM group and media expert, Mr Aldred Dryer, has given a substantial interview to Ubuntu Radio (government radio) in South Africa on the essence of digital radio, the features and benefits of this only all-standard broadcasting frequencies open standard DRM: https://surl.li/fgnyds.

In his Ubuntu Radio interview Mr Dryer explained that the energy, spectrum savings and efficiency link directly to the theme of the World Radio Day 2025 “Radio and Climate Change” and also to the situation in his own country and his native Johannesburg where the spectrum cannot accommodate any more FM stations at the moment and energy prices remains an issue.

The DRMSA Group chairman also highlighted the Early Warning Functionality (EWF) as an important part of the DRM standard, one of the two standards recommended for the radio digitisation in his country(known as Digital Broadcasting Sound -DBS) and other parts of the continent. DRM broadcast in FM but also AM (like mediumwave) has the flexibility to reach a particular area and only that area, if required, with audio, text, pictures in one or several languages.

Karel Verhoef, as a senior member of the DRMSA Group, also gave an interview to the first DRM member in the country, Radio Pulpit (www.radiopulpit.co.za), stressing that DRM is a standard for sustainable broadcasting. In his opinion, radio is evolving, and DRM is part of its future. DRM should be embraced so it can lead the way for the good of communities in South Africa and elsewhere.

Raising awareness about DRM, a standard for all frequency bands and all people, Aldred and As Karel Verhoef mentioned in his Radio Pulpit interview, radio is evolving and DRM as its future should be embraced so it can lead the way for the good of communities in South Africa and elsewhere. DRM SA group leaders are also scheduled to give interviews to LMRadio and Breeze FM (Zimbabwean and Zambian radio station).

Congratulations to All!