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- The government proposes to make Digital Audio Broadcast, commonly known as DAB (and its latest version, DAB+), the main broadcast platform for national radio stations, so you will no longer be able to receive these stations via your old FM/AM radio, but this switchover is not set to happen until at least 2032.
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Jul 15, 2024 · FM will be around for a while yet – there is currently no fixed date to announce a switchover to digital radio. In 2020, the government delayed the planned digital switchover, allowing radio stations to renew analogue licences until at least 2032, avoiding disruption to AM and FM.
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For this reason, the Digital Radio & Audio Review, published in October 2021, concluded that there should be no mandated switch-off of FM services until at least 2030.
- When Will The UK Switchover to Digital?
- What's The Reason For The Delay?
- Er, When Will That Be then?
- What Has to Happen Before this?
- What About The Car situation?
Ed Vaizey, UK minister for culture, communication and creative industries, revealed that he wasn't going to put a date on the digital switchover (very helpful) but did announce that the government was entering into "phase two" of the digital radio switchover which will bring a new national multiplex, called Digital 2, to expand the reach and the am...
We are sorry to say it is YOU. Well, you if you haven't yet bought yourself a DAB radio and gone digital. Vaizey didn't mean this in a horrible way (we don't think), but explained that he has always said that "it is the radio listener that will push the drive to digital." He said that at the moment "it is not the time to switchover but is emphatica...
Tentatively, the switchover will be seven years from now – in 2020. Vaizey wouldn't be pushed on an actual date but people in the know tell us this is a decent date to expect the digital switchover to take place. Ford Ennals, CEO of Digital Radio UK, is personally backing 2020, for example, believing that it "is not a bad target." He explained at t...
A lot. Before a date for the switchover can take place, over 50% of the UK needs to be listening to digital radio. And herein lies the 'chicken and egg' situation. Essentially, the government doesn't want to set a date until more people are DAB ready. But to get more people DAB ready the digital radio industry want a date from the government. This ...
This is where it gets interesting. Unlike the TV switchover, the transition from analogue to digital in radio has to include cars.
• A digital switchover date should only be announced when no more than 30per cent of listening remains on analogue; • The target date for a digital switchover should be revised upwards as 2015 is...
Sep 14, 2010 · This report sets out the Consumer Expert Group’s recommendations to address the impact of a Digital Radio Switchover on consumers.
Mar 12, 2014 · Under the previous Labour Government the Digital Britain report set a provisional date of 2015 for the switch-off of the majority of analogue radio services in the UK. That now seems hopelessly optimistic.
Dec 22, 2023 · In a significant move toward modernisation and improved connectivity, the United Kingdom is gearing up for a Digital Switchover set to take place in 2025. This monumental shift will reshape the landscape of broadcasting, affecting millions of households and ushering in a new era of digital communication.
