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Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:44 pm
by Sidney1st
Norway have are switching over to Digital Radio and the UK parliment is discussing it today.

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I know they've been planning for this for a number of years now in the UK.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:48 pm
by dsr
That's the way governments think. They can save £20m by switching off the analogue signal; 2 million car drivers can pay £150 each to convert their car radios, which would cost £300 million. But the government saves money.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:53 pm
by Sidney1st
They'll make money on the VAT too won't they from the sales of digital equipment for cars?

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:55 pm
by Commy
My DAB sounds like it's underwater when I get anywhere near hills.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 12:57 pm
by Rick_Muller
dont drive through Buckinghamshire if you have DAB and expect it to work... Signal is awful and drops every 20 seconds - I end up using my mobile data on my phone and running the radio through Bluetooth to my car stereo.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:04 pm
by minnieclaret
read an article that stated the 50% figure for UK has already been passed and this could be voted through before year end.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:12 pm
by ClaretEngineer
I should hope they offer a government will offer a scheme to contribute towards the cost of replacing / upgrading radios then.

DAB only recently has become standard in new cars, though some still don't offer it.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:12 pm
by bob-the-scutter
I don`t know how DAB is broadcast, but town centres, the lake district, most of Yorkshire, Rossendale Valley and more places I could mention it doesn`t work. A waste of money!
Wait for internet radio.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:12 pm
by Bacchus
Chap on the radio yesterday (I think) who is apparently involved with the whole drive towards DAB reckoned it would probably be 5 years before we switch off FM here. To be honest,with Brexit and the NHS and all I'd say this was a fair way down the agenda right now.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:25 pm
by dsr
Norway's only got a tenth of our population, and yet there are apparently 2m car radios and who knows how many domestic ones that won't work. How much is switching off the FM and AM signals actually going to cost? Or will people just stop listening to the radio?

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:25 pm
by Wile E Coyote
Commy wrote:My DAB sounds like it's underwater when I get anywhere near hills.
that would be handy for talk sport, one day i truly hope they are underwater.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 1:58 pm
by SalisburyClaret
You can't beat Long Wave

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 2:39 pm
by wilks_bfc
SalisburyClaret wrote:You can't beat Long Wave
Atlantic 252

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:15 pm
by Sidney1st
wilks_bfc wrote:Atlantic 252
Now that brings back some memories from when I was a kid.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:18 pm
by gawthorpe_view
If you've got a portable radio, stock up on batteries, DAB radios go through them very quickly.

Re: Norway switches off FM Radio

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 8:23 pm
by Croydon Claret
wilks_bfc wrote:Atlantic 252
Used to wake up to Kevin & Andy every morning 8-)