DAB+/FM radio recommendations (Europe/Denmark)

Hardware
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I am basically looking for a “grand dad radio”, i.e. a box with an areal, a speaker and some buttons that can play FM and DAB+ radio (maybe also mp3/internet radio). But as I am actually not a grand dad, I would also like to control the unit via Home Assistant automatons; start playing a preset station at a specific time, reduce volume when receiving a phone call.

I do already have a “frontier silicon” based radio, which I am not totally happy with (i guess the functionality also depends on the manufactures implementation), though I have found some useful posts around here. Anyway, I am looking to buy an additional radio for my workshop, so it might as well be one that is known to work (almost) perfectly with Home Assistant - any recommendation of a make/model (that is currently available in Europe)?

I am not interested in a big, fancy (and expensive) rack (small external speakers are OK though) or to build my own (I already have too many electronic hobby projects going on at the moment),

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This could’ve been my post, today! Looking for the same thing - preferably with a CD player integrated aswel (but that’s not a must)

Did you ever found a device that suits your needs?

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Woow… I’ve completely forgotten this old post :smiley: the sort answer is ‘no, I did not found the device I was looking for’ - but after having a closer look at/playing around with the FSAPI and my existing Frontier Silicon based device, I found out how to control the basic functions with simple http requests, which I put into some small shell-scripts, which then can be executed with the shell-command service in Home Assistant.
It’s not a super elegant solution - but it works well enough that I have stopped “actively” looking for a new device; I can turn of/off, select preset radio stations and control the volume by the use of ‘picture cards’ (where a ‘tap action’ call the relevant script) or in automations (e.g. lower the volume when I get a phone call, or turn on and slowly increase volume in the morning).
If you happen to have a Frontier Silicon device there are some documentation in the link below. I can also share some of my setup - but be warned; it is really messy :smiley: