{"id":12999,"date":"2015-04-17T21:10:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T01:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12999"},"modified":"2015-04-19T08:51:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T12:51:48","slug":"unlocking-the-trapped-fm-receiver-in-your-smart-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/unlocking-the-trapped-fm-receiver-in-your-smart-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking the trapped FM receiver in your smart phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RadioDial\"<\/a>While Norway prepares to shut down FM<\/a>, one group–the\u00a0National Association of Broadcasters<\/a>–is trying to unlock FM receivers in smart phones; receivers built\u00a0into smart phones, but not allowed to be activated.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Benn, for sharing this report from NPR’s All Tech Considered<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> KQED posts this tutorial on activating your FM receiver chip by contacting your mobile phone provider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While Norway prepares to shut down FM, one group–the\u00a0National Association of Broadcasters–is trying to unlock FM receivers in smart phones; receivers built\u00a0into 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3781,3],"tags":[1584,1384,20,3782],"class_list":["post-12999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-news","tag-fm","tag-fm-radio","tag-npr","tag-smart-phones"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3nF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28605,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/fcc-asks-apple-to-activate-iphone-fm-receivers\/","url_meta":{"origin":12999,"position":0},"title":"FCC asks Apple to activate iPhone FM receivers","author":"Thomas","date":"October 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Dan Van Hoy, who forwards the following story from The Verge: FCC chairman Ajit Pai wants Apple to turn on the FM radio that\u2019s hidden inside of every iPhone. 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One needs to select speaker and not earphone as expected. It works fine here. 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