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DRM highlights global broadcasts, new launches and AI demonstration on World Radio Day · RedTech daily podcast - Powered by AI

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  Welcome to the RedTech daily podcast powered by AI.
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  I'm Marguerite Clark.
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  In today's episode, we'll cover the highlights from the Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium's
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  showcase on World Radio Day, including global broadcasts, new launches, and an AI
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  demonstration.
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  The Digital Radio Mondiale Consortium used UNESCO World Radio Day to stage a series of
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  unique broadcasts, technical demonstrations, and AI-enabled education showcases.
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  These activities highlighted the capabilities of the DRM digital radio standard, designed for
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  use across AM, shortwave, and FM bands.
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  The initiative focused on supporting education and public-value services in areas lacking
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  reliable internet access.
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  Two live, interactive training sessions involved over 60 participants from five
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  continents.
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  During these sessions, DRM experts showcased how AI tools can convert text into audio and
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  deliver multilingual lessons via digital radio.
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  Shortwave partner transmissions covered Africa, Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, with
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  reception reports from Austria, Brazil, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, New Zealand,
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  Norway, and the Netherlands.
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  A groundbreaking DRM demonstration in FM broadcasting took place in South Africa.
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  The DRM South Africa Group launched a transmission from Northcliff, Johannesburg, on
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  91.25 MHz with a 70-watt transmitter output.
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  This demonstration delivered multiple services on a single FM frequency, including educational
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  and informational programming, and highlighted Journaline for text-based information alongside
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  audio.
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  Ruxandra Obreja, chairman of the DRM Consortium, emphasized the initiative's aim to
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  deliver education at scale.
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  She stated, "We used educational content to be broadcast on DRM worldwide.
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  We wanted to show how sophisticated, multilingual lessons can reach hundreds of
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  millions of students without access to basic education.
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  DRM, available through digital signals and empowered by AI, is a way to allow so many
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  people on all five continents to progress as individuals and as part of their communities."
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  These coordinated broadcasts and demonstrations illustrated the global reach of the DRM
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  standard and its potential role in education, information delivery, and public communication
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  services.
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  That's all for today's episode of RedTech daily podcast.
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