South Tyrol starts switching off FM

29.06.2026 - Italy

South Tyrol has taken a decisive step toward a fully digital radio landscape, though not yet a complete FM shutdown. In mid‑April, the province’s public broadcasting agency, Rundfunkanstalt Südtirol or Radiotelevisione Azienda Speciale in Italian (RAS), confirmed the switch‑off of all remaining FM transmitters for Radio Rumantsch, which serves the Romansh-speaking population in Graubünden, Switzerland, marking the end of that network’s analog era. The move underscores the province’s steady, technically driven transition toward a digital‑first broadcast ecosystem. For a mountainous region with a multilingual audience and a complex cross‑border media environment, the shift is more than a technical milestone. It reflects a long‑term commitment to spectrum efficiency, operational sustainability and resilient public‑service broadcasting.

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