New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has come out with its detailed recommendations on how private radio broadcasters in India should move towards digital radio. The plan sets the stage for starting services in 13 cities, including the four biggest metros and nine other large cities. The proposal has been under discussion since last year when the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting asked TRAI to frame a policy.

A consultation paper was released in September 2024, followed by months of discussions and an open house in January 2025. The regulator says it studied over 40 responses and more than a dozen counter-comments before finalising the new framework. The idea is to give private broadcasters a way to run both analog and digital channels side by side, while ke

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