Norway

The nation’s digital switchover offers lessons for other countries

Spokesman says, it was "mistake to turn off the national FM network before DAB was well-developed"

There could be an existential problem looming for Norway's digital radio service in the 230-240 MHz band

Two different perspectives on this nation’s DAB digital radio adoption

The total number of GatesAir transmitters deployed in that country stands at 1218

Will have deployed 1218 transmitters in support of the country’s transition to DAB

France’s CSA has approved seven sites in the Hauts-de-France (the north of France) for DAB+; Germany will remain a VHF country for the foreseeable future; and in Norway, over-the-air radio listenership appears to have stabilized

Three months after the national FMs were shut down, a listener survey shows the new digital stations have up to one-third of all radio listening

The lessons learned during the shutdown have become a roadmap for other countries considering switching to digital

Frontier sells 45 millionth set of receiver chips

Frontier sells 45 millionth set of receiver chips

But the Norwegian Media Authority published some data that show local FM stations (not subject to the shutdown) have increased in listenership

Norway is shutting down national FMs, while Sweden is expanding VHF FM stations

The Norwegian Media Authority will levy fines based on calculations from the National Communications Authority for “non-licensed” coverage of the transmitters on the various networks

Authorities informed Metro Group of fines to be levied if they didn’t desist soon

State-owned broadcasters had demanded that local radio stations in cities turn off their FM signals simultaneously

P4 and Radio Norway will shut down their FM transmitters in eastern Norway; NRK stopped transmitting on FM in the area on Sept. 20

But overall listenership is down

In December, the national FM radio stations will shut down in the Troms and Finnmark areas in Norway

Croatia's Electronic Media Agency announced the 16 radio stations that will soon start broadcasting over DAB+

Digital radio producer Pure launches three DAB radios with the Norwegian Mariusgenseren pattern

Over-the-air digital radio is used by 1.9 million people daily, corresponding to 72% of radio listeners and is thus by far the largest of the radio platforms

Stations will shut down on Sept. 15 and Sept. 20

The country’s electronics industry reports that 35% of the population says they bought new radio in the first half, compared to 19% in the same period last year