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Norway to be First Nation to Switch Off National Analog FM Stations

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

"gewg_" writes:

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 marcello_dl on Tuesday April 21 2015, @07:17PM

    by marcello_dl (2685) on Tuesday April 21 2015, @07:17PM (#173636)

    DTV was bad enough. People who cared about quality already had satellite. Now with DVB we have the same crap distributed in more channels, with even less reliability than satellite, plus new tv or double remote.

    DAB solves a problem no one has, that is, audio quality in an environment with a high noise level like even the most insulated car is. IF it solves it.
    Hooking the cellphone to a pair of speakers seems like the option of the future for me.

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  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday April 21 2015, @09:35PM

    by VLM (445) on Tuesday April 21 2015, @09:35PM (#173685)

    Hooking the cellphone to a pair of speakers seems like the option of the future for me.

    For years its been pretty hard to find a car stereo that won't bluetooth pair. Even (especially?) the $30 value after market models.

    • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Thursday April 23 2015, @03:05PM

      by urza9814 (3954) on Thursday April 23 2015, @03:05PM (#174316) Journal

      Bluetooth? Most have an aux input these days, which is so much better...