<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>This is all very sad. Call me a dinosaur but I just prefer FM to DAB as a listener and a broadcaster.
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<div>All technicalities aside - FM is warmer sounding, more resilient and more familiar.</div>
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<div>OK I am over 50 and the older you get the less likely you are to embrace change but I am not in the minority.</div>
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<div>People like FM and their old FM receivers.</div>
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<div>I've been running a community station for 9 years. We would go along with trying out a cheap DAB option but if we're forced to move off FM I would seriously consider calling it a day.</div>
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<div>Steve Saville - Forest FM</div>
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From: James Cridland <james@cridland.net><br>
To: cma-l <cma-l@commedia.org.uk><br>
Sent: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 10:36<br>
Subject: [cma-l] Sweden to "switch off FM"<br>
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Sweden is to switch off FM in 2022 if conditions are met - and if not, in 2024 anyway: <a target="_blank" href="http://media.info/radio/news/sweden-to-switch-off-fm">http://media.info/radio/news/sweden-to-switch-off-fm</a>
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<div>Of note in the press release that I quote here: one simple line...</div>
<div>"Community radio will continue to broadcast on FM for the time being."</div>
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<div>[As an aside: <a target="_blank" href="http://media.info/daily">http://media.info/daily</a> will get you a daily newsletter with radio news and information.]</div>
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