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Norway first country to switch off FM radio and use digital radio
14.12.2017 - Kenya Kenya
Norway on Wednesday completed its transition to digital radio, becoming the first country in the world to shut down national broadcasts of its FM radio network.

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NRK stops FM coverage in Norway
14.12.2017 - Norway Norway
The last remnants of the FM signals for the NRK and the major commercial radio channels were turned off this morning. The rest of the country has already been through the process, but Finnmark, Troms and Svalbard are the last to carry out the digital transition today.

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ABC and SBS launch DAB+ in Darwin and Canberra
14.12.2017 - Australia Australia
ABC and SBS have teamed up to launch a digital radio (DAB+) service in Canberra and Darwin. This gives listeners in the two regions access to a range of new stations.

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Norway first country to switch off FM radio
14.12.2017 - Singapore Singapore
Norway on Wednesday completed its transition to digital radio, becoming the first country in the world to shut down national broadcasts of its FM radio network.

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Digital killed the radio star: Norway completes transition to digital radio, shuts down FM radio
13.12.2017 - Turkey Turkey
Norway on Wednesday pulled the plug on its remaining national analogue FM broadcasting system, making it the first country in the world to transit to solely digital audio broadcasting (DAB). But not everyone is happy. Finding an FM radio signal in ...

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Norway becomes the first country in the world to shut down FM radio and move entirely to DAB+
13.12.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
As scheduled, the country's most northern regions and the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic switched to DAB+ this morning.

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Norway the first to turn off FM radio
13.12.2017 - Norway Norway
Norway completed its transition to digital radio on Wednesday, becoming the first country to shut down national broadcasts of its FM radio network.

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Norway becomes first country to end national radio broadcasts on FM
13.12.2017 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Norway has completed its transition to digital radio, becoming the first country in the world to shut down national broadcasts of its FM network.

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FM transmitters switching off in South Tyrol
13.12.2017 - Italy Italy
Switching to the digital standard DAB+ means for RAS the possibility of reaching 99.5% of the province's population with a signal of 22 digital radio programs using only 84 transmitters

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Norway has turned off its FM radio
13.12.2017 - France France
Norway wrapped up its switch to digital terrestrial radio (RNT) on Wednesday (13 December), becoming the first country in the world to switch off national frequency modulation (FM) broadcasts. The switchover, which began January 11, according to its promoters to improve the quality of sound, increase the number of channels and enrich the features at a cost of dissemination eight times lower.

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