DAB + and FM switch-off: "There is no turning back"

16.09.2014 - Germany Germany

The competition between FM and DAB + should not be determined by "dictatorship", Helmut Markwort called on the German Radio Award. Rather, the listener should decide how they want to receive radio. He expressed himself clearly against the plans of some German radio makers who see in 2025 the end of the classical FM radio. Germany Radio-director Willi Steul is one of those who are behind this date. "The medium of radio will lose in the long term if we do not digitise it," said the 63-year-old in an interview with RADIO SCENE.

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