Will the Czech Republic ban the sale of radios without a digital tuner?
The operators of digital radio networks are calling for a complete ban on the sale of radio receivers that, in addition to analogue broadcasting in the FM band, do not allow reception of digital DAB+ broadcasts. For car radios, a Europe-wide regulation that all newly manufactured cars must have a radio capable of receiving DAB+ applies from 2022. "Only radios that include a DAB tuner should be sold in shops. Not just FM. To sell pure FM radios today is unfair on customers - it will restrict them and that restriction will only get worse. The radio has a long life and those people will eventually have to throw it away. Change may come through legislation - as with cars - or through pressure on dealers. But radios without a DAB tuner should simply not be imported here anymore," says Karel Zýka, technical director of Czech Radio.
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