"Prior to the switch off, BBC Arabic radio content reached 39 million people a week, 12% of which was via radio — a figure some radio stations can only dream of."
This makes no sense.
Here's the NYT Times quoting the BBC
"BBC Arabic programming reached more than 39 million people per week, but only around 12 percent listened to radio programming, and only 5 percent of its audience listened exclusively to BBC Arabic Radio."
Prior to that it quotes the BBC as saying BBC Arabic television will continue. It's available on three satellite channels. The 39 million includes all who watch BBC Arabic Television, use the website or used to listen to their live radio programming on shortwave, local FM relays or via the internet.
As to shortwave in authoritarian states all China has to do to stop their local population listening to DRM is to turn on a jamming transmitter, the signal drops out with the minimum of interference on the same channel. It's more effective against DRM than analogue shortwave broadcasts,
Millions of people will continue to listen to free to air radio around the world mostly on FM as apart from mainly countries with a large land mass there's little if any AM stations still broadcasting. This includes many of the smaller Arab states.
These "new receivers" that they show are the conferences each year seem to be prototypes from companies hoping manufacturers will come forward and make a large order for them to market locally.
Swiss company Starwaves is supposed to be launching one next month. If it's available for individual consumers at a reasonable price I'll post a link, bear in mind though there's few DRM broadcasts to listen to.
Starwaves do have a DRM app for Android phones and tablets at £4.99, good reviews on Amazon. Was launched last year.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/STARWAVES-GmbH-DRM-SoftRadio/dp/B08X3T8TGV
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