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Norway leads digital radio wave
11.01.2017 - Norway
“A digital radio wave moving across Europe, with Norway leading the way,” is how Patrick Hannon, WorldDAB president, described Wednesday’s switch-off of FM broadcasts in Nordland county.
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Norway becomes the first country to shut down national analogue radio
11.01.2017 - Norway
Today, Norway will start shutting down analogue radio signals nationally, becoming the first nation in the world to broadcast digital radio only.
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Wednesday marks the beginning of Norway's FM switchover
11.01.2017 - Norway
The Norwegian government has said the cost savings will let broadcasters invest more in programming, and give listeners a better and more reliable sound that will be more easily receivable in a country with lots of mountains and rocks.
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Norway ignores bad reception and starts FM radio switch-off
11.01.2017 - Norway
The Norwegian government has said the cost savings will let broadcasters invest more in programming, and give listeners a better and more reliable sound that will be more easily receivable in a country with lots of mountains and rocks.
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Leading the charge; Norway signals the end for FM
11.01.2017 - Norway
The decision to completely switch off all FM services is not one which has been taken lightly by Norway’s government, and was announced two years ago in April 2015 with the process to begin this month, in January 2017.
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The facts: The Norwegian FM switch-off
11.01.2017 - Norway
The digital switchover doesn't mean there is suddenly FM silence across Norway. If you switched off everything at once everywhere there would probably be difficulties. The digital switchover is a year long process. Norway is divided into regions and the switch off will happen region by region.
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What Norway's digital switchover means for Belgium
11.01.2017 - Belgium
- Norway
Francis Goffin from RTBF explores the progress of DAB+ in Belgium and the possibilty of hosting their own digital switchover in the coming years.
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Norway: first country to stop FM for DAB+
11.01.2017 - Norway
The 11th of January 2017 at 11: 11 marks an important milestone for radio in Norway and for radio in general. Norway is indeed the first country that has decided to stop broadcasting in FM.
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Norway starts FM switch-off in move to digital radio
11.01.2017 - Norway
The switch-off will start in the town of Bodo, northern Norway, at 11.11am and will be rolled out across the nation throughout the year. Countries such as the UK, Switzerland and Denmark will be monitoring the move as they are considering similar measures, although not before the end of the decade.
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Norway first country to switch off FM radio
11.01.2017 - Norway
Norway has become the first country in the world to begin switching off its FM radio network. For the moment the scheme applies only to northern Nordland, but the whole country will be digital by the end of the year.
(euronews) Read more