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They say that "conditions are right":
http://www.radioworld.com/article/norway-conditions-right-to-end-fm-broadcasts/274642
http://www.radioworld.com/article/norway-conditions-right-to-end-fm-broadcasts/274642
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Accidentally made a dupe post.
JoshTheRadioDude
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Oh, great. Now iNiquity will start to get ideas.
That *is* a surprise. I wasn't expecting that, not at all. Norway were ahead of us in digital TV switch-over but only by a 2 or 3 years.
Just across the North Sea here in the UK, and analogue radio switchoff still feels light years away. LW is about dead, but MW is hanging on in there and FM is still by far the most common way to tune in.......most car radios are still AM/FM- including mine.
To be fair that article only says 'conditions are met'- it doesn't give a switchoff date and one could still be a few years away.
99.5 percent population coverage is very high in a sparsely populated country like Norway!!
Just across the North Sea here in the UK, and analogue radio switchoff still feels light years away. LW is about dead, but MW is hanging on in there and FM is still by far the most common way to tune in.......most car radios are still AM/FM- including mine.
To be fair that article only says 'conditions are met'- it doesn't give a switchoff date and one could still be a few years away.
99.5 percent population coverage is very high in a sparsely populated country like Norway!!
They have quite an extensive DAB network, which covers much more than just the major cities. Coverage maps are available on NRK's DAB website. They were going to cut off FM by 2017, but moved the cut off date out, and will leave FM open for local & «nærradio» stations (their equivalent of LPFM's). DAB has only so many channels available, and the NRK channels take up many of them. LW still survives in the north, for mariners.
That's actually a very good point, Landtuna.
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I wouldn't say LW is dead. I (over here in the U.S) DX LW a lot, and can sometimes pick up BBC 4 on 198kHz. LW is better than MW I'd say, because of a much larger coverage area. But hey, I'm old fashioned.
KML0224
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http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/19/8453165/norway-end-fm-radio-2017
Looks like there's a date in place now.
Looks like there's a date in place now.
The deeper reports indicate that a significant motivating factor for the government operators of radio service is the cost savings of being able to operate fewer transmitters with lower powers while providing the full channel array even in the smallest Norwegian towns.
It's significant to note that this is a country of just over 5 million people... a bit bigger than the Phoenix, AZ, metro. A whole different set of logistics and much more of a "nanny state" environment as well.
Maybe some of those cost savings can be used to engage a pressure washer for the every square inch of Oslo that for the past 20 years has become a graffiti jungle. First they should translate it all so that they know what is going on in their little country. They can report it all on their new digital radio stations.
landtuna
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And, interestingly, one of the most researched "happy" countries in the world.
Also one of the places where certain drugs are legal.
Norway probably has the highest standard of living in the world right now. Well run country.
They have several popular commercial radio stations, some of which have FM frequencies in every major city, so although the government there controls the FM channels (like the FCC and it's Canadian counterpart control frequency allocations here), there is privately owned and operated radio there.
The last I read, the Norwegian government may still allow for private, commercial FM radio and local radio on FM after the switchover.
They have several popular commercial radio stations, some of which have FM frequencies in every major city, so although the government there controls the FM channels (like the FCC and it's Canadian counterpart control frequency allocations here), there is privately owned and operated radio there.
The last I read, the Norwegian government may still allow for private, commercial FM radio and local radio on FM after the switchover.
All the local (not national) stations outside of the three or four largest cities will be left on FM. That is over 200 stations.
The government, in a manner similar to the BBC, operates a number of national radio services. There are some national private stations. All of these will go to DAB.
This is not a large country. In area, it is about 15% smaller than California and in population it has just 15% of the population California. The total population is about that of the Phoenix, AZ, MSA.
Additional reports indicated that less than 25% of Norwegians have DAB radios at present and the entities pushing for a digital conversion are all involved closely with the new systems, and their manufacture and installation. The listener has not been consulted.
Norway, outside of a couple of Emirates, has the highers per-capita production of petroleum in the world. This accounts for the average per-capita income being in the top 10 world wide and finances Nordic style welfare state.
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