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Title: Sweden Tacks Away from Norway on FM Radio
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on March 19, 2017, 1811 UTC

STOCKHOLM — Sweden is going in the opposite direction from its neighbor Norway, and has decided to expand the number of VHF FM channels available there, as opposed to shutting them down.

http://www.radiomagonline.com/around-the-world/0020/sweden-tacks-away-from-norway-on-fm-radio/38708

Title: Re: Sweden Tacks Away from Norway on FM Radio
Post by: BoomboxDX on March 23, 2017, 1037 UTC

Interesting article in same publication: Norwegian truckers are perturbed that DAB doesn't work as well, so they aren't receiving road reports as well as they did when the national networks were on FM. Apparently the Norwegian government decided to start the phase out of the national FM networks in the northern provinces, which are arguably more prone to winter weather for longer periods.

Overall, radio listening has dropped in the areas of FM shutdown, but listenership for the commercial FM stations still on the air in those areas has shot up.

http://www.radiomagonline.com/around-the-world/0020/measurements-indicate-overall-audience-loss-in-norway-fm-shutdown-regions/38727