11.01.2017

Countdown to a digital only Norway begins

Laurence Harrison, Market Development Director, Digital Radio UK reflect on his trip to Norway ahead of the digital switchover.

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11.01.2017

Norway leads digital radio wave

“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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11.01.2017

Norway becomes the first country to shut down national analogue radio

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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11.01.2017

Wednesday marks the beginning of Norway's FM switchover

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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11.01.2017

Norway ignores bad reception and starts FM radio switch-off

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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11.01.2017

Leading the charge; Norway signals the end for FM

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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11.01.2017

The facts: The Norwegian FM switch-off

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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11.01.2017

What Norway's digital switchover means for Belgium

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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11.01.2017

Norway: first country to stop FM for DAB+

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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11.01.2017

Norway starts FM switch-off in move to digital radio

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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