2013 Scion FR-S Sports Car With HD Radio™ Technology Hits Dealerships Nationwide

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

HD Radio Technology comes standard on all Scion models, including the new FR-S Sports Car

• What: Scion announced this week that the highly anticipated 2013 FR-S Sports Car with HD Radio Technology standard is now at dealerships across the country. The FR-S will join the Scion family, including the iQ, tC, xB, and xD which already offer HD Radio Technology. Scion offers HD Radio Technology standard across their entire vehicle line-up. The Toyota and Lexus brands also offer HD Radio Technology on most vehicles.

• HD Radio Technology is or will be available as a factory installed feature from 28 automotive brands including Acura, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, Hyundai, Jaguar, Kia, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, MINI USA, Porsche, Ram, Rolls-Royce, Scion, SRT (Chrysler), Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.

• Where: The Official 2013 Scion FR-S Press Release can be found at the following link:

• http://pressroom.toyota.com/releases/2013+scion+fr-s+hits+dealerships+nationwide.htm

• Why: Automakers are continuing to embrace HD Radio Technology at a rapid pace, offering consumers a variety of new and exciting stations in crystal-clear digital sound, including on-screen information that displays song titles and artist names, and the popular iTunes® Tagging feature which enables listeners to tag songs for later download and purchase through iTunes. The recently launched Artist Experience feature is also growing very quickly as more broadcasters are supporting the feature and automakers are launching radios that display the artist images and station logos. 

• Today, there are over 2,100 AM & FM stations broadcasting with HD Radio Technology with more than 1,400 additional digital only FM HD2/HD3 multicast channels sending new exciting programming.

• To get a sense of the dynamic, fresh new formats on these HD2/HD3 Channels, check out the full list here: http://hdradio.com/#stationGuideWidgetry.

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Steve Baldacci 
Senior VP Marketing 
iBiquity Digital Corporation 
443-539-4340 
baldacci@ibiquity.com 

James DeRidder
Director, OEM Marketing
iBiquity Digital Corporation 
248-537-3267
deridder@ibiquity.com

Note to editors: “HD Radio” and the “HD Radio” logo are proprietary trademarks of iBiquity Digital Corp. The “HD” in HD Radio™ is part of iBiquity Digital’s brand name for its advanced digital AM/FM system. It does not mean hybrid digital or high-definition digital; both of these are incorrect.