Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Media: The FM Bets Are On

Which country will be the first to switch off FM? Norway has long been in the lead. Apparantly. It's been a little over two years since the government in the land of the midnight sun decided to switch off FM in January 2017. Given some preconditions. Denmark later followed with 2019 as a tentative FM switch-off date, whereas Sweden as the third Nordic country said 2022 only last month.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Media: Sweden Joins FM Switch-Off Club

Creative Commons licensed photo by Hans Kylberg. 

Swedish Minister of Culture, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, today announced that Sweden have joined Norway and Denmark in setting a date for switching off FM and replacing it with DAB+. She explains the reasons behind the government's move in a letter to Swedish daily Dagens nyheter.