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America wants AM radio everywhere, Norway wants DAB radio everywhere. Strange.
by roschdal 2y ago
America wants AM radio everywhere, Norway wants DAB radio everywhere. Strange.
- tempaccount1234 2y agoBecause it’s cheaper to run DAB than FM and running both with the same content costs too much. But for range, DAB is even worse. The neighboring country’s stations here already stop working five miles behind the border. FM covers 50 miles and since local AM transmission have stopped, in my car I can listen to stations 300 miles away. It sounds like crap but it’s still usable and I tune in often. For sports coverage it was good enough and I miss the times where it was possible to listen to full games while driving. The FM replacement doesn’t cover as much area and there’s no consistent internet coverage to listen via app (and it’s illegal to play with your phone while driving, so once the app cuts out, you can’t restart it)
- rsynnott 2y agoIreland had DAB radio mostly everywhere, but turned it off a few years back; back to FM. Analogisation!