I wonder what is the rationale. Will be shitty if all FM radios become bricks because of some stupid push to obsolete them.
Or is there a smarter plan, like using the bandwidth for something more worthy than FM radio?
UPDATE
Some more FM advantages:
Fast channel changing.
Better reception. There is a station in my city that transmits both DAB and FM. Their DAB signal has chronic cut-outs but their FM station is good enough. And in general, weak FM signals are still useful while weak DAB signals are unusable. So a DAB-only policy marginalises people who live remote from the cities.
I don’t think there are any other uses for the FM band.
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