Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio
Over 60% against ... but &quot;more channels&quot;. OK solely money driven then.<p>I have somewhere around 12 FM radios, ranging in price from £10 to £lots and 40 years old or newer. They all still work and often give LW and SW too.<p>In the UK at least DAB is mp2 and an excuse to put out thousands of channels at horrible bit rates. Like down to 64k streams. OK for a noisy car, terrble for at home or headphones.<p>They all work and put out sound in sync (nb except the new denon micro system that for some reason must be using digital stage in processing fm meaning the sound comes .5s later). I <i>often</i> leave the radio on in several rooms when moving around, so this is especially annoying.<p>They degrade in poor signal &quot;nicer&quot; than DAB and remain listenable longer. FM has infinitely better coverage across the country.<p>For the battery powered ones they&#x27;re <i>at least</i> an order or two of magnitude better battery life. DAB is horrific for portables.