<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><img src="cid:ii_160551cf0bb7c94e" alt="Imagem intercalada 1" width="458" height="257"><br></h1><h1 style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Norway ends national FM broadcasting</h1><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium">Norway has stopped transmitting national radio networks on the FM broadcast band <br><br>The three state controlled stations NRK P1-P3 and commercial stations P4 and Radio Norge have ceased broadcasting in the FM band and transmit DAB+ instead. Local stations are still broadcasting on FM.<br><br>Only 49% of motorists are able to listen to DAB/DAB+ in their cars, according to DRN figures.<br><br>A study cited by local media suggests the number of Norwegians who listen to the radio on a daily basis has dropped by 10% in a year, and the state controlled broadcaster NRK has lost 21% of its audience.<br><br>Read the Guardian story at <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/13/norway-becomes-first-country-to-end-national-radio-broadcasts-on-fm" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/13/norway-becomes-first-country-to-end-national-radio-broadcasts-on-fm</a><br><br>Norway&#39;s FM switch off started in January <br><a href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/january/norway-fm-switch-off.htm" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/january/norway-fm-switch-off.htm</a></p></div>