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The comparatively low costs of Small Scale DAB make it possible that even financially weaker local radio stations can spread their program via DAB+. The broadcasting of event radios or campus radios, which is limited in time and place, is also possible.

At CES. Ford Motor Co. Executive Director of Connected Vehicles and Services Don Butler, noted how the consumption of radio remains a constant. “When we look at surveys, more than half our users and owners continue to listen to radio inside the vehicle, and we don’t see that changing. We still want to make sure we provide broadly accessible means of entertainment and information to people and radio plays a huge part in that as well.”

In 2016, 2.28 million new cars were sold with a digital radio, the first time the two million mark has been breached. Digital technology allows motorists to access over 400 radio stations, and will become an increasingly important in-car feature with the Government committed to switching off the UK’s analogue radio coverage once DAB coverage reaches 50% of listeners – currently coverage stands at 45.5%.

Under the motto "only the latest hits!" the station wants to compete above with the other established FM radio stations in Berlin. It is mainly aimed at the ever-growing group of digital radio owners and listeners in Germany.

During the last week of December, the Flemish Parliament approved the new plan of the Flemish Media Minister Gatz, which provides a focus on digital radio in the Flanders region.While the big news from Norway is that the FM shutdowns will start during the week of January 9th. At the end of December, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine National Council decided to contact the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine regarding amendments to the plan for radio frequency resources throughout the country.

This week, FM broadcasts in one area of Norway finally fall silent. The majority of radio stations move over to broadcast on DAB+, alongside online and DTV. But why bother with broadcast radio, people are asking, when streaming is all we need? Let’s do the maths.

Norway switches off its analogue FM radio networks in January 2017 in favor of terrestrial digital radio DAB+. On the 11th of January at 11.11 am the first switchover will take place in the province of Nordland as part of a ceremony in Bodø.

This week, FM broadcasts in one area of Norway finally fall silent. The majority of radio stations move over to broadcast on DAB+, alongside online and DTV. DAB+ is broadcast radio, just like FM. You need a new receiver, but it works exactly the same: broadcasting from a tower, being received on an antenna.

The days of FM radio are numbered, at least in Norway. Beginning later this week, Norway will begin switching off its FM radio network as it transitions to Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB). It’s the first country to commit to such a change, though depending on how it goes, other countries may soon follow suit.

FM radio will stop being broadcasting in Norway by the end of 2017 as the government promotes digital radio. Digital radio offers better sound quality - an important feature in this mountainous country with many islands - and allows more frequencies to be accommodated so provides more choice for listeners.