While Norway prepares to shut down FM, one group–the National Association of Broadcasters–is trying to unlock FM receivers in smart phones; receivers built into smart phones, but not allowed to be activated.
Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Benn, for sharing this report from NPR’s All Tech Considered:
UPDATE: KQED posts this tutorial on activating your FM receiver chip by contacting your mobile phone provider.
The City Hall (Radhus) in Oslo, Norway. (Source: Public Domain)
(Source: Radio.no)
NORWAY TO SWITCH OFF FM IN 2017
Within two years from now, the shutdown of national FM-networks begins in Norway. The switchover will begin in the North and will be implemented region by region.
Thursday, the Ministry of Culture announced a national FM-switch off, to complete the transition to digital radio. Norway is making an historical move into a new radio era, being the first country in the world to decide upon an analogue switch-off for all major radio channels. With DAB and digital radio, listeners will be provided with more radio channels and greater diversity in content.