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The BBC has committed to build-out its national networks to 97% and at least five new local multiplexes will launch in the next year.{{When|date=October 2023}} Significant signal boosts in London, Manchester, Leeds have improved coverage for thousands of households and there are more to come during 2013–14.

The 2014 DCMS Digital Radio Action Plan can be found here:

[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-radio-action-plan Digital radio action plan]

* Digital listening now 35.6%, up 14% year-on-year from 31.3%{{When|date=December 2022}}

* DAB is the most popular device for digital listening (65% of all digital hours) and 24 million adults have access to a DAB digital radio, up 10% year on year

* All platforms show growth in hours, with DAB up 13% year on year, online/apps up 37% and DTV up 7%

* 51% of the population tunes in via a digital platform each week, up 13% year-on-year

* Digital listening hours up 14% year-on-year from 320 million to 366 million

* The share of analogue listening in home is below 50%, at 49.7%

Following the Government's statement on digital radio at the end of 2013 it has now published a range of supporting documents [https://archive.today/20140502160619/http://emarketing.formoda.co.uk/t/r-l-pwduty-jjsdrouk-o/ here]. These include a preliminary analysis of the effect of a switchover, as well as a number of documents addressing technical and communications issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worlddab.org/country-information/united-kingdom|title=United Kingdom &#124; Country Information &#124; WorldDAB|website=www.worlddab.org|access-date=29 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612113305/https://www.worlddab.org/country-information/united-kingdom|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>