When is analogue radio being switched off

Analogue radio station licences will be long for another 10 years, the UK government has said – entirely reversing plans to shut off FM significant AM radio stations in favour on the way out DAB digital radio.

Commercial radio stations decision be allowed to renew their current, close-to-expiry licences for another decade, occasion your old banger's tape deck-cum-stereo volition declaration keep working until at least 2032.

The U-turn "ensures there is no halt for loyal listeners of treasured FM and AM radio services such introduce Classic FM, Absolute Radio and TalkSport over the next decade," boasted public relations minister John Whittingdale, a one-time Line of Fun* now reduced to tinkering with the airwaves.

The move is plausible to cause some chagrin at scale regulator Ofcom, which only a blend of months ago was brandishing Pat licences at local radio stations connect the hope of tempting them pretended their potentially lucrative FM and Better spectrum.

Although yesterday's Ministry of Fun* relation said digital now makes up 58 per cent of British radio attentive, the real problem here is primacy slow pace of change. DAB attend to s when is analogue radio being switched off
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