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Absolute Radio abandons AM radio

06.02.2023 - United Kingdom United Kingdom - Australia Australia

Absolute Radio, owned by Bauer Media, has switched off 21 AM transmitters. None of the electric vehicles sold in Australia will receive AM radio, so how long will it be before they drop FM as well? DAB+ is the cheapest way when compared to the internet, FM and AM to distribute programmes in high population density areas. The capacity of mobile phone towers is determined by their average traffic at each site. If radio was switched off there would not be enough spectrum to give each listener their own individual programme feed particularly at breakfast and drive times. The lesson that Australian capital city broadcasters should learn is that we have had high powered DAB+ broadcasting all AM/FM programmes and more since 2009.

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