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Norway’s Switchover Proves Challenging but Necessary
The nation’s digital switchover offers lessons for other countries
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Norway’s Center Party Calls for Re-establishment of the Country’s FM Service
Spokesman says, it was "mistake to turn off the national FM network before DAB...
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NATO Takes Issue With Norway’s DAB+ Spectrum Allocation
There could be an existential problem looming for Norway's digital radio service in the...
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Norway’s FM Shutdown, Six Months Later
Two different perspectives on this nation’s DAB digital radio adoption
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GatesAir Ships Transmitters to Norway to Support DAB Transition
The total number of GatesAir transmitters deployed in that country stands at 1218
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GatesAir Ships More Transmitters to Norway
Will have deployed 1218 transmitters in support of the country’s transition to DAB
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Digital Radio News From Europe
France’s CSA has approved seven sites in the Hauts-de-France (the north of France) for...
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Stakeholders Continue to Analyze Early Results of FM Switch-off in Norway
Three months after the national FMs were shut down, a listener survey shows the...
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Norway’s FM Switch Off Is Important Topic at RadioDays
The lessons learned during the shutdown have become a roadmap for other countries considering...
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Digital Radio Receiver Chip Sales Are Brisk
Frontier sells 45 millionth set of receiver chips
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Initial Surveys Indicate Decrease in OTA Radio Use in Norway
But the Norwegian Media Authority published some data that show local FM stations (not...
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Norway and Sweden Have Contrasting Approaches to Radio
Norway is shutting down national FMs, while Sweden is expanding VHF FM stations
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Norway’s Metro Group Faces Fine for Oslo FMs
The Norwegian Media Authority will levy fines based on calculations from the National Communications...
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Metro Group Gives in to Pressure and Shuts Down Oslo FMs
Authorities informed Metro Group of fines to be levied if they didn’t desist soon
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Some FMs in Norway Defy Shutdown Orders
State-owned broadcasters had demanded that local radio stations in cities turn off their FM...
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National FMs Will Shut Down in Norway in December
P4 and Radio Norway will shut down their FM transmitters in eastern Norway; NRK...
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Norwegians Aware of, Listening to More New Digital Radio Content
But overall listenership is down
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Digital Radio Norway’s DAB Tour Continues as National FM Shutdown Nears Completion
In December, the national FM radio stations will shut down in the Troms and...
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DAB+ Radios Continue to Sell Well in Norway and the Netherlands
Digital radio producer Pure launches three DAB radios with the Norwegian Mariusgenseren pattern
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Radio Usage Is Now Stabilizing in Norway
Over-the-air digital radio is used by 1.9 million people daily, corresponding to 72% of...
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Norway’s FM Sunsetting Nears Completion
Stations will shut down on Sept. 15 and Sept. 20
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Norway Sees Increase in DAB+ Radio and Car Adaptor Purchases
The country’s electronics industry reports that 35% of the population says they bought new...
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Survey: Over Half of Norwegians Not Happy With DAB Switchover
The Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet recently commissioned the research company Ipsos to survey people there...
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Norway Welcomes Smaller Digital Stations
New digital radio stations are attracting more listeners, survey finds
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ACX DAB Antenna Debuts in Norway
Switchon AS has developed a DAB splitter/amplifier combo that goes between the old FM...
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Overall Radio Listening Has Declined in Norway
FM shutdowns triggered listener losses but media said this was expected, probably temporary
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Norwegian National FM Networks Continue Shutdowns
In 2017, the NRK, P4 and Radio Norway will disappear from the FM band...
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The Sunsetting of FM Continues Apace in Norway
NRK will terminate FM broadcasts in southern and western Norway as scheduled on June...
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NRK Preps FM Switch off in Southern, Western Norway
As of June 21, will transmit in digital only in Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland,...
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Norway’s Nkom Considers What To Do With Silent FM Channels
NRK has almost 1200 transmitters and Radio Norway almost 700 — by the end...
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Norway DAB Stakeholders Respond to FM Shutdown Criticism
Radio listening in Nordland has gone from 74% prior to the FM shutdowns to...
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Measurements Indicate Overall Audience Loss in Norway FM Shutdown Regions
Enough time has gone by since the first FM shutdowns to examine audience measurements...
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Eivind Engberg Provides Norwegian FM Shutdown Update
The second county in Norway shut down some of their FM transmitters this week
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In-Vehicle DAB Adaptor Manufacturers Note Increasing Sales
In Nordland — the first county in Norway with its national FMs turned off...
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Norway: Initial Listener Reactions to FM Shutdown Aren’t Positive
But dyed-in-the-wool FM holdouts have quite a few options for tuning in to FM...
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Norwegian Government, Industry Helped Stakeholders Prep for FM Shutdown
For starters, NRK opened an information center and staffed it
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Norwegian Radio Listeners Are Still Negative on Recent FM Switch-Offs
Broadcast engineer Eivind Engberg reports on listener reactions to the change
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How Well Is the FM Switch-Off Going So Far in Nordland?
The event was broadcast live on television with international press and radio people from...
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Which Country Will Abandon FM Next?
Now that Norway has started its transition from FM to DAB, it seems fair...
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Norway Leads Digital Radio Wave
The country’s year-long FM phase out begins, parts of Italy and Switzerland to follow
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Norway Begins Historic FM Switchoff
National and local urban stations to go DAB-only by the end of 2017