The unique initiative to shut down the FM network in Norway not the success story expected .
In 2017, Norway's nationwide FM network was shut down and replaced with digital terrestrial radio DAB+. This after a decade of debate that was characterized by a compact resistance both in public opinion and in the editorial and readers’ pages of the daily press. Today, Norway is still the only country in the world to have shut down its national FM network. Switzerland was supposed to be the second country to do the same, but its government recently changed its plans to shut down FM at the end of this year. The public broadcaster SRF, which shut down its FM network a year ago and thereby lost many listeners, has now announced plans to restart FM in 2026.
The fiasco in Switzerland has received a lot of attention in other countries that have DAB radio on their agenda. Considering how Norway up until 2017 was beating the drum for its DAB initiative both at home and abroad, it is remarkable with the total silence today. Why? Read more about this here: