DRM---- the Digital Radio on the Way

Abstract

Short-wave together with medium-and longwave broadcasting still has large listenership worldwide. With the newly developed digital system DRM will overcome these reception problems and bring high audio quality, which will change the whole broadcasting scenario. This paper will give an overview of DRM including its development history, the standardization, the receiving technology, the key features and state of the art. The emergence of DRM lights the way ofdigital radio ahead.