In the United States, Spanish is the primary language for ten per cent of the population while in New York, where the top radio station is Spanish, that number is 30 per cent. The same article says that Spanish radio has increased its total share of the listening audience from five per cent three years ago to 6.5 per cent in 1998. In Toronto and Montreal, Canada's largest radio markets, private and public broadcasters hope to begin DAB transmissions later in 1998. DAB signals will soon reach 35 per cent of Canada's population soon after multiplexes in Vancouver begin transmitting, . By the end of 1998, more than 100 million people in Europe will be within range of DAB transmissions.
Tests continue in Australia, India, China and Singapore.
A Banner Year 1997 was the most successful year in a decade for Canadian radio. July 1997 Diversity in U.S. Radio U.S. radio listeners have access to a wide range of musical tastes as a result of radio industry restructuring. Eleven of the 17 have different music-based formats. All other stations combined represent 64.2 per cent of hours tuned, up from 63.6 per cent in 1995. July 1997 Canadians' Listening Patterns Women over 18 listened to radio for an average of 22.8 hours a week during 1996.