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IEC-62106-9, RBDS – RDS variant used in North America

In May, 2021, the NRSC-4 Standard was incorporated into the European version of the Radio Data System (RDS) as IEC-62106-9, RBDS – RDS variant used in North America.
This document may be obtained from the IEC here:


The version of NRSC-4 which was retired as a result, NRSC-4-B, United States RBDS Standard, Specification of the radio broadcast data system (RBDS), April, 2011, is archived on the NRSC web page here: