Skip to content Skip to menu

HD Radio Press Room

MEDIA ALERT: America’s Best Selling Car To Offer HD Radio™ Technology

Wednesday, August 24th, 2011

Toyota Announces HD Radio Technology with iTunes® Tagging in the2012 Camry

What: Toyota announced today that they would be offering HD Radio Technology with the popular iTunes® Tagging feature in their 2012 Camry model. The new vehicle along with HD Radio Technology will make its debut at dealerships this fall.

19 automotive brands have announced that HD Radio Technology is or will be available as a factory installed feature including Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ford, Hyundai, Jaguar, Kia, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes-Benz, MINI USA, Rolls-Royce, Scion, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.

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. The popular iTunes® Tagging feature is also continuing its rapid adoption with automakers. Earlier this year, Toyota announced the adoption of HD Radio Technology starting in 2011. Scion recently announced that they are making the technology a standard feature with their 2012 audio products.

Today, there are over 2,000 AM & FM stations broadcasting with HD Radio Technology with more than 1,300 additional digital only FM HD2/HD3/HD4 multicast channels sending new exciting programming.

To get a sense of the dynamic, fresh new formats on these HD2/HD3/HD4 channels, check out the full list here: http://hdradio.com/#stationGuideWidgetry.

Where: Your local auto dealerships nationwide.

When: Today (8/24/11)!


# # #

For more information, contact:
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.