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Author Message sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4247 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, June 02, 2015 - 7:52 am:    Who's next ? http://dolphin.com/tech/archives/566.html I still like my FM radio here is the USA . What is the sentiment about this amongst the public in Norway and our European friends in the Alembic World ? Wolf pauldo Senior Member Username: pauldo Post Number: 1507 Registered: 6-2006 Posted on Tuesday, June 02, 2015 - 8:27 am:    Public radio and WMSE (91.7) would be deeply missed . . . lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 6082 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Tuesday, June 02, 2015 - 8:44 am:    An excuse to make everyone buy new radios? Bill, tgo sonicus Senior Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 4248 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, June 02, 2015 - 9:03 am:    I would miss KCSM /KPFA/KQED/KLAX/KDFC ..etc.... in my area. Hopefully all the stations in Norway will be able to get the equipment change over taken care of. What Bill mentions will likely have the hardest impact on the public to have to buy new radios if the digital stream to their computer is not available for whatever reason or not convenient . A carpenter or a painter for example will want a radio to take to work instead. Wolf keith_h Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 2231 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Tuesday, June 02, 2015 - 10:06 am:    If it goes like TV did fringe areas will be hurt. For driving long distances I expect to have more dead air than you have with analog as even though you might lose stereo and get some fade analog you can still listen to analog radio. With digital it will just cut in and out or off altogether. This might not be a problem in a smaller country like Norway but in a large open country like the US or Canada it will be. Keith terryc Senior Member Username: terryc Post Number: 2377 Registered: 11-2004 Posted on Friday, June 05, 2015 - 3:12 am:    On a plus note it frees up a lot of frequencies for anyone to form their own radio station! It is a sad loss though but digital does have a lot more choice. rv_bass Junior Username: rv_bass Post Number: 32 Registered: 8-2014 Posted on Friday, June 05, 2015 - 6:00 am:    I remember when WNEW in NY went from the best Rock station to all talk radio. That was a bummer.