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DRM in Dallas, November 8-12

The Digital Radio MondialeTM (DRMTM) consortium will hold the first-ever DRM International Symposium for North and South America at the Wyndham Hotel Dallas North on Friday, November 12th.

DRM has developed the world’s only non-proprietary, digital radio system for short-wave, AM/medium-wave and long-wave (also called DRM) that is approved by international standardization bodies for use worldwide. DRM revitalizes radio with clear, FM-like audio quality and excellent reception, free from static, fading and interference. Early DRM capable consumer receivers are already on the market, with a variety of DRM-capable products slated to launch in 2005.

The DRM symposium caps a week of DRM events (November 8-12) in Dallas to be hosted by founding DRM member DRS Broadcast Technology (formerly IDT Continental Electronics). DRM’s board meetings will take place November 8-11, and the newly-formed DRM U.S.A. Group – for American broadcasters and others interested in DRM -- will meet on November 11.

The symposium will feature live, DRM short-wave broadcasts demonstrated on a variety of DRM-capable receivers. A range of live DRM broadcasts will originate overseas (demonstrating digital sky-wave reception), while others will be local broadcasts from within Dallas (demonstrating ground-wave reception). And for the first time ever, DRM test transmissions from Chile and Ecuador will be transmitted across Latin America and into the U.S. DRM member Christian Vision will relay test broadcasts from Santiago, Chile, and DRM member HCJB World Radio will send test broadcasts from Quito, Ecuador. At the symposium, digital radio experts from 8 countries, including the U.S., Canada, Ecuador and Peru, will outline the technical, regulatory and marketing aspects of DRM implementation.

“DRM’s broadcast schedule to North America continues to grow, and we welcome future broadcasts from Latin America,” says DRM Chairman Peter Senger. “We invite members of the broadcasting industry to come to Dallas to experience DRM’s superb clarity and excellent reception first-hand, and to find out how to implement DRM.”
“DRS-BT has been actively involved in DRM’s development since the consortium’s inception, and we are delighted to showcase the advantages of this radio system to media companies based in the U.S., Canada and Latin America,” says Adil Mina, DRS-BT’s Vice President, Business
Development.

Symposium speakers will include DRM Chairman Peter Senger (Deutsche Welle); DRM Vice Chairman Jan Hoek (Radio Netherlands); DRM Technical Committee Chairman Donald Messer (IBB/VOA); DRM Commercial Committee Chairman Michel Penneroux (TDF); Adil Mina and Daniel
Dickey (DRS-BT); Jeff White (Chairman, DRM U.S.A Group); Mike Adams (NASB); Charles Jacobson (HCJB World Radio, Ecuador); Paul Linnarz (KAS Peru); Stefan Meltzer (Coding
Technologies); Michael Schlicht (Fraunhofer IIS); and John Sykes (BBC).

It takes place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wyndham Hotel Dallas North, 4801 LBJ Freeway. To register for the symposium
and/or the DRM U.S.A. Group meeting, email projectoffice@drm.org

North American radio listeners can now hear DRM broadcasts from DRM members BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle, National Association of Short-wave Broadcasters (NASB), RCI, Radio Netherlands, Swedish Radio International, and Radio Vaticana. DRM broadcasts from China Radio International, Radio Kuwait and TDP Radio (a commercial, dance mix station from Belgium) are also available in North America.

About DRM
DRM’s founding members joined forces in 1998 to create a digital system for the broadcasting bands below 30 MHz. The consortium now includes 85 members from 27 countries. DRM has received the endorsement of the ITU, the IEC and ETSI. It gives broadcasters the capability to enhance new or existing audio programs with complementary text. More than 65 radio stations worldwide have begun DRM broadcasting.

DRM’s Live Broadcasts Schedule and additional
information are at www.drm.org (English), and the DRM Koordinations – Komitee Deutschland web site (German) is at www.drm-national.de.