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Newspaper, magazine and TV companies have tip-toed into the digital age with a nervy, wide-eyed reluctance. But as far as commercial radio is concerned, the sooner our homes have a DAB set in every room, the better.
When people buy a digital set, their listening increases by nearly one-fifth. Commercial radio desperately needs this media time, Alasdair Reid explains (see opposite). No, 2005 hasn't been a great year for radio.
On the brighter side, the uptake of DAB sets has been fast, doubling every year since 2002. There are some good reasons for owning a digital radio: they are not too expensive (the cheapest is pounds 49) and digital radio is free once you've bought a set, unlike most digital TV services; there are roughly double the number of stations available and you can wave goodbye to that irritating hiss and crackle of the old analogue sets.
But they are not selling fast enough. Experts believe one in three households will ...