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Title: In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio
Post by: sonicus on June 02, 2015, 07:52:10 AM

Who's next ?  
 
http://dolphin.com/tech/archives/566.html (http://dolphin.com/tech/archives/566.html)
 
I still like my FM radio here is the USA . What is the sentiment about this amongst the public in Norway and our European friends in the  Alembic World ?  
 
Wolf

Title: In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio
Post by: pauldo on June 02, 2015, 08:27:06 AM

Public radio and WMSE (91.7) would be deeply missed . . .

Title: In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio
Post by: lbpesq on June 02, 2015, 08:44:56 AM

An excuse to make everyone buy new radios?
 
Bill, tgo

Title: In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio
Post by: sonicus on June 02, 2015, 09:03:20 AM

I would miss KCSM /KPFA/KQED/KLAX/KDFC ..etc.... in my area.
 
Hopefully all the stations in Norway will be able to get the equipment change over taken care of.  
 
What Bill mentions will likely have the hardest impact on the public to have to buy new radios if the digital stream to their computer is not available for whatever reason or not convenient . A carpenter or a painter  for example will want a radio to take to work instead.
 
Wolf

Title: In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio
Post by: keith_h on June 02, 2015, 10:06:54 AM

If it goes like TV did fringe areas will be hurt. For driving long distances I expect to have more dead air than you have with analog as even though you might lose stereo and get some fade analog you can still listen to analog radio. With digital it will just cut in and out or off altogether. This might not be a problem in a smaller country like Norway but in a large open country like the US or Canada it will be.  
 
Keith

Title: In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio
Post by: terryc on June 05, 2015, 03:12:58 AM

On a plus note it frees up a lot of frequencies for anyone to form their own radio station!
It is a sad loss though but digital does have a lot more choice.

Title: In 2017, Norway will be first country to shut down FM radio
Post by: rv_bass on June 05, 2015, 06:00:53 AM

I remember when WNEW in NY went from the best Rock station to all talk radio.  That was a bummer.