Tag Archives: FM Radio

In the US, radio audience continues an upward trend

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(Source: CNN Money via Andrea Borgnino)

It turns out that radio still gets results.

Amid all the changes in television and digital media, a report from Nielsen released Tuesday found that radio’s nationwide audience reached an all-time high during the second quarter of 2015.

According to Nielsen, about 245 million Americans ages 12 and up used radio during the that span.

It was a continuation of an upward trend for radio, which has seen its national audience swell to record highs in each of the last two years. In the first quarter of this year, radio eclipsed television as the country’s top reaching medium.

Continue reading on CNN.com…

Norway FM Radio stations: “We’re not dead yet.”

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Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Bill Patalon, for sharing the following via RadioWorld online:

FM Radio Not — Yet — Dead in Norway, Says NLF

Last week it was reported that Norway would be switching off all FM radio broadcasts as early as 2017. According to the Norsk Lokalradio Forbund, the Norwegian Local Radio Association, however, only 23 local radio stations in Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Stavanger, as well as major national broadcasters, are set to make the transition from analog to digital DAB broadcast anytime soon, while 200 local stations outside the cities will continue to broadcast in analog for the near future[…]

Read the full article at RadioWorld online…

Unlocking the trapped FM receiver in your smart phone

RadioDialWhile 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.

This radio will help you navigate the London underground

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London Underground circuit board radio

(Source: DailyMail.co.uk)

Underground radio stations have a rich history in the UK – but this device gives the term a whole new meaning.

A designer has created a fully functioning radio, which has the entire London tube map built in as its circuit.

The impressive 45cm by 45cm contraption is accurately labeled with each of the 270 stations and took three months to make.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2208390/Iconic-London-map-recreated-working-radio.html#ixzz283O8W8Jy