{"id":22839,"date":"2016-12-17T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22839"},"modified":"2016-12-17T09:14:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T13:14:00","slug":"norway-becomes-first-country-to-go-fully-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/norway-becomes-first-country-to-go-fully-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway becomes first country to go “fully digital”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>(Source: RadioInfo<\/a> via Kris Partridge)<\/p>\n

11th January 2017 is a historic day for the medium of radio.<\/p>\n

Norway becomes the first country in the world to move towards fully digital radio transmissions. As a result of this, the national FM network will be switched off.<\/p>\n

The FM networks will be switched off <\/a>region by region, starting in Nordland 11th January. The event will take place in Bod\u00f8 and the final switch-off will be done at 11.11 pm CET.<\/p>\n

The heads of NRK radio and commercial radio will be in Bod\u00f8 to represent the Norwegian radio industry. Also, head of BBC radio, Helen Boaden, and head of radio at EBU, Graham Dixon, will attend.<\/p>\n

An international seminar for European broadcasters will be held the day before the historic move to FM switch-off and an international press-conference will be broadcast on radio.no at 2 pm CET.<\/p>\n

The final program will be published nearer to the event.<\/p>\n

Read more at: https:\/\/www.radioinfo.com.au\/news\/norway-makes-radio-history<\/a> \u00a9 Radioinfo.com.au<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: RadioInfo via Kris Partridge) 11th January 2017 is a historic day for the medium of radio. Norway becomes the first country in the world to move towards fully digital radio transmissions. As a result of this, the national FM network will be switched off. The FM networks will be switched off region by region, […]<\/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":[4097,1584,5584,432,2367],"class_list":["post-22839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fm","category-news","tag-am","tag-fm","tag-kris-partridge","tag-mw","tag-norway"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5Wn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44138,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/uk-analog-commercial-broadcasters-given-permission-to-go-digital-at-their-discretion\/","url_meta":{"origin":22839,"position":0},"title":"UK analog commercial broadcasters given permission to go digital at their discretion","author":"Thomas","date":"July 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Kris Partridge, who shares the following article that notes the UK will not follow a Norway-style digital switch-off.\u00a0Rather, broadcasters will be allowed to switch off individual AM (and eventually FM) transmitters once they determine it is no longer a cost-effective strategy. 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