14.12.2017
Norway first country to switch off FM radio and use digital radio
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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14.12.2017
NRK stops FM coverage in 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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14.12.2017
ABC and SBS launch DAB+ in Darwin and Canberra
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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14.12.2017
Norway first country to switch off FM radio
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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13.12.2017
Digital killed the radio star: Norway completes transition to digital radio, shuts down FM radio
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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13.12.2017
Norway becomes the first country in the world to shut down FM radio and move entirely to DAB+
As scheduled, the country's most northern regions and the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic switched to DAB+ this morning.
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13.12.2017
Norway the first to turn off FM radio
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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13.12.2017
Norway becomes first country to end national radio broadcasts on FM
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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13.12.2017
FM transmitters switching off in South Tyrol
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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13.12.2017
Norway has turned off its FM radio
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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