{"id":31258,"date":"2018-03-19T05:48:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T09:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31258"},"modified":"2018-03-19T05:48:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T09:48:28","slug":"bbc-mothballs-idea-of-forced-move-to-digital-broadcasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/bbc-mothballs-idea-of-forced-move-to-digital-broadcasting\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC mothballs idea of forced move to digital broadcasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: The Telegraph<\/a> via Mike Hansgen)<\/p>\n

BBC to keep broadcasting on FM<\/strong><\/p>\n

For years fans of wireless radios have campaigned to stop the apparently inevitable march of progress as Britain prepares to switch off its crackling analogue signal and become totally digital.<\/p>\n

But now, the BBC will announce that it has shelved plans to force listeners to replace their analogue radios with DAB sets.<\/p>\n

In a move that will also be welcomed by the two million motorists with analogue car radios, the corporation will admit for the first time that FM broadcasts must continue to keep audiences on side as music streaming and podcasts threaten its traditional strongholds.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read this article on The Telegraph (content behind paywall).<\/a><\/p>\n

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(Source: The Telegraph via Mike Hansgen) BBC to keep broadcasting on FM For years fans of wireless radios have campaigned to stop the apparently inevitable march of progress as Britain prepares to switch off its crackling analogue signal and become totally digital. But now, the BBC will announce that it has shelved plans to force […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3781,3],"tags":[3123,680,104,2478,2720,1584,3422,375],"class_list":["post-31258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-fm","category-news","tag-analog","tag-analog-radio","tag-bbc","tag-dab","tag-digital-broadcasts","tag-fm","tag-mike-k8rat","tag-united-kingdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-88a","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":31258,"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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