Norway To Turn Off FM Radios In 2017

Norway’s Minister of Culture has announced that in 2017 a national FM-radio switch off will take place and the nation will complete its transition over to digital radio. It is believed to be just the first of many nations to make the move over the next decade.

In the government's statement:

“This is an important day for everyone who loves radio. The minister’s decision allows us to concentrate our resources even more upon what is most important, namely to create high quality and diverse radio-content to our listeners.”

Digital broadcasting will provide Norwegian listeners more radio channel. content than ever before. There are already 22 digital channels in Norway, as opposed to a mere five FMs. While Norway is the first country to set a date for the FM switch-off, other nations across Europe and Southeast Asia are in the process of going all digital.