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IBC is the ultimate place to show off the new technology. This view was supported by WorldDAB Project Director Bernie O'Neill, “We were excited to include the top executives from Norwegian public and commercial radio, NRK and P4 in the final day session, where they presented the latest radio listening figures from Norway, revealing the true impact on radio listening halfway through this year's national FM switch-off process.”

In Norway, radio audiences have reached the same levels as before the start of the FM switch off in January 2017. The first Norwegian regions who made the transition to DAB already show strong audience levels.

During the WorldDAB session at IBC2017, Patrick Hannon, WorldDAB president, highlighted the above figures in his keynote speech, while reconfirming the request to European Union authorities to stop the sale of analog-only radio receivers in Europe.

At the IFA trade show this year, digital radio specialist Pure displayed a trio of new radios, the "Siesta Rise S", "Pop Midi S" and "Pop Maxi S". All three devices are FM/DAB+ Duo solutions from Radiowecker, via a portable small variant, to the compact model for the domestic four walls.

Back in July I reviewed the gorgeous Swiss-designed Geneva Touring radio with its FM/DAB tuner and Bluetooth capability. This month it's the turn of the Geneva Classic S radio which also features dual FM/DAB tuner and a Bluetooth input. The Classic S ...

The radio audience reaches the same levels as before the start of the FM shutdown in January 2017. The first Norwegian regions that have made the transition from FM to digital already show strong audience levels.

Norway, the first country to switch off FM radio to move 100 per cent to DAB, has reported that the first region to have made the radical change, Nordland County, has said viewing figures have remained the same while advertising has risen.

In 2017, Norwegian radio will be moving from analogue to digital technology. The conversion to digital radio is done regionally. In the administrative region of Nordland, the first region in which the FM stations were switched off, listeners are currently reaching the same values ​​as 2016: in the second quarter of 2017, 64.2% of the population of Northern Germany listened to radio, compared with 64.8% in the second Quarter 2016.

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Today it was historically quiet at FM in Sogn and Fjordane, Hordaland, Rogaland, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. Now all nationwide radio broadcasts are on DAB and other digital platforms. "This means more channels and a larger radio offer for all those living here," says Ole Jørgen Torvmark, Director of Digital Radio Norway.