Tag: DAB
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Norway To Shut Off FM Radio By 2017
Norway are to become the first country to shut down FM radio. The technology is apparently just too outdated for Norway to stand anymore, and therefore by 2017 the country will be fully FM free, instead using Digital Audio broadcast, or DAB radio as their default broadcasting method. The Norwegian Ministry Of Culture decided that […]
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BBC Cuts Funding to Radio 4 Long Wave – End in Sight
The BBC has announced that it will be ceasing funding for its Radio 4 Long Wave station, which is the historic home of Yesterday in Parliament and Test Match Special. Radio 4 Long Wave has been broadcasting for 44 years on the 198 kilohertz frequency, using a special type of glass valve. These glass valves […]
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Ford DAB integration is coming – on the road as early as 2012
Ford plan to be miles ahead of the competition when the digital radio switchover begins by integrating Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) into all of its car range beginning in 2012. The upcoming new Ford Focus will be the first equipped with the DAB feature as standard, with all new models following becoming digitally enabled. Ford […]