[cma-l] FM in Norway Isn’t Dead, Says Norwegian Local Radio Association

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Reports of FM’s death in Norway are premature. That’s according to the
Norwegian
Local Radio Association <http://www.lokalradio.no/> (NLF – Norse Lokalradio
Forbund in Norwegian) which sent a press release saying that 200 local
commercial and community radio stations outside the country’s four largest
cities will continue broadcasting in analog. Waves were made in the
international press the last few days with the initial report that Norway
will shut down FM radio service in 2017
<http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2015/04/21/norways-digital-radio-transition-is-an-outlier/>.


However, according to the NLF, only 23 local radio stations in Oslo,
Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger, along with major national broadcasters,
will make the transition from analog to digital DAB broadcast. The group
also highlights a recent report from the Government Statistical Bureau that
says only 19% of listening is on broadcast DAB, below the 50% threshold set
as a prerequisite for the change.

Apparently, the analog switch-off still requires approval in Parliament,
where it has majority support, but opposition from the Progress Party –
part of the governing coalition – and the Green Party. Part of the
objection is based on claims by groups like the NLF saying DAB’s adoption
was spurred by lobbying from the Digitalradio Norge AS company, not by
consumer demand. That should sound familiar to HD Radio critics in the US.
More:
http://www.radiosurvivor.com/2015/04/22/fm-in-norway-isnt-dead-says-norwegian-local-radio-association/

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