RDS Milestones

1974

Pre-developments start

1980

First Field Trial at Bern/Interlaken, Switzerland

1982

Tests start in Stockholm, Sweden Evaluation of 8 systems in Helsinki RDS Baseband Coding agreed Second Field Trial at Bern/Interlaken

1983

Industry/Broadcasters meeting at EBU Juoin Industry/Broadcaster Field Trial in Munich, Germany RDS adopted by EBU and Industry - submitted to CCIR

1984

First presentation of RDS in Detroit, USA Ford starts RDS car radio development RDS Specification EBU 3244 published

1985

Large scale pre-operational trial in Germany EBU recommends RDS introduction Industry/Broadcasters confirm first receivers target from 1987

1986

First presentation of RDS at NAB Dallas, USA RDS CCIR Recommendation published

1987

Ireland, France and Sweden introduce RDS First RDS Receivers shown at IFA Berlin, Germany Volvo markets World’s first RDS Car Radio

1988

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy and UK introduce RDS Blaupunkt, Grundig and Philips mass produce RDS Car Radios

1989

RDS enhancements: EON developed and tested in UK Portugal, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland introduce RDS Presentation of RDS in Washington DC, USA and at NAB Las Vegas, USA

1990

First presentation of RDS at Broadcast Asia, Singapore and in South Africa RDS European Standard CENELEC EN 50067:1990 published

1991

RDS EON Receivers shown at IFA Hong Kong introduces RDS First presentation of RDS in China

1992

RBDS Standard completed in USA South Africa introduces RDS RDS European Standard CENELEC EN 50067:1992 published

1993

RDS portable radios become available RDS Forum created

1994

RDS-TMC endorsed by EC for Trans European Road Network DGPS implemented in Sweden

1995

RDS Paging Assocation created EIA activated RBDS promotion in USA