In an interview, Klaus Schunck chairman of the German commercial radio organization VPRT warns against the Norwegian example of falling listening figures when closing FM broadcasting. He believes that commercial radio can accept a transition to DAB only when FM listening is below 10%.
The interview was made in the light of the failure to push through a transition agreement in the German government coalition setup.
Even with a political will to introduce terrestrial digital radio, one should keep eyes on the actual listening habits, said Klaus Schunk, who can imagine a change, but under very clear conditions. - Today there are about 300 million FM receivers in Germany.
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Note: Today FM listening in Germany is at 80 % on a weekly basis with DAB+ still below 5 %. After the national channels FM switch-off in Norway DAB listening is at 60 % with a 30 % listening on FM local radio and cross-border, mainly Swedish public service.
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