There are about 5 different threads around RD about the Norway story. It's not going to happen here because there's been absolutely no movement here towards DAB, whereas the Norwegians have been working on it for 20 years. Market forces aren't causing FM to go away in Norway. It's being driven by governmental actions. Our government hasn't done squat about radio.
As for radio fighting against digital, I don't see it that way. What I see is every company that owns radio stations building a digital presence. That was the whole motivation between Clear Channel changing its name to it's online subsidiary. For some reason, this article doesn't mention that.
There is no fight against digital. Everyone knows digital is the way to go. The fight is over the devices. The electronics manufacturers have stopped innovating products for radio, and are totally focused on phones. The smart phone is the new transistor radio. So yes, it would be great if phones could receive FM. But it doesn't change the fact that broadcast radio stations are available either through apps or other online platforms. We already see the best known on-air hosts and stations available online.
Apple wants to own everything. The music industry knows that. Apple practically killed the music industry's distribution system. No more brick & mortar music stores. So Apple is not going to give other companies free access to their platform. Truthfully, there's nothing anyone can do about that. If they don't want to allow FM on their phone, and the government isn't going to force them, then it won't happen.
At the same time, we have factual evidence that 249 million people listen to the content created by broadcast radio every week. Radio companies don't own their FM frequencies. They're owned by the government. Radio companies would be just as happy with digital radio if it was available here. But it's not, and the same government that owns FM isn't going to convert the country to DAB.
