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posted by martyb on Tuesday April 21 2015, @03:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the digital-killed-the-fm-star dept.

The Government of Norway announces

[April 16], the Ministry of Culture announced a national FM-switch off, to complete the transition to digital radio. Norway is making [a] historical move into a new radio era, being the first country in the world to decide upon an analogue switch-off for all major radio channels. With DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) and digital radio, listeners will be provided with more radio channels and greater diversity in content.

[...]The DAB-coverage in Norway now exceeds FM-coverage. DAB provides Norway with 22 national channels, as opposed to five channels transmitting nationwide on FM.

[...]Switch-off starts in Nordland county 11th January 2017 and ends with the northernmost counties Troms and Finnmark [13th December] 2017.

Official announcement in Norwegian. Also covered at Ars Technica.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by morgauxo on Tuesday April 21 2015, @07:29PM

    by morgauxo (2082) on Tuesday April 21 2015, @07:29PM (#173637)

    I'm pretty sure that broadcast band AM radio is what is meant. Otherwise.. yah, FM isn't going away any time soon either due to ham radio traffic.

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  • (Score: 2) by subs on Tuesday April 21 2015, @09:37PM

    by subs (4485) on Tuesday April 21 2015, @09:37PM (#173686)

    Yeah, we're mixing terms here a bit with modulation & frequency band. I think he meant analog AM on mid- to long-wave. That shit's here to stay, because it's dead simple, reliable and works with pretty much anything under the sun. Beyond line-of-sight is also quite a neat feature, especially out on sea (it's used extensively over the Atlantic and elsewhere by commercial airplanes to do position reports and such crap).