[grc] Norway to switch off FM in 2017 – Radio.no

[Frieda Werden]

I predicted in a talk at a regional AMARC meeting in Hungary back in the
1990s that US community radio's FM reservation would eventually meet the
same challenge as faced Indian reservations after the discovery of oil
under their land.  It is my belief that the expectation of a move to
digital was a factor in the surprising generosity of the FCC in assigning
so many analog FM spaces to LPFM.  Those are short-term licenses that can
easily be non-renewed when it's time to sell off that spectrum.  In Canada
we've had hints from Industry Canada of a plan that would privatize all
radio broadcasts to a single digital radio operating company, freeing up
the rest of the spectrum for whatever. Witness also the FCC's giveaway of
all the satellite radio spectrum to two (now merged as one) private digital
operators, with the right to control content on all channels.  This issue
of the future of spectrum access is one of the main reasons I'd like to see
an AMARC North America organized to discuss regional regulatory and
technological issues together.

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Elizabeth Robinson <
elizabeth.robinson at kcsb.org> wrote:

> As Frieda may remember (or not since she was off the AMARC board by
> then)the ITU (International Telecommunications Union, kind of the
> international equivalent of the FCC) has pushed for digitization and had
> told all TV stations that they had to convert to HD.  The deadline may have
> been 2013 originally.  And there was an effort to stampede radio stations
> in the same direction with some resistance from Community Radio.  Because
> the equipment was beyond the means of most CR stations, there were concerns
> that a deadline would destroy many stations.  As importantly, many Third
> World governments began to drag their feet on approving CR sector
> recognition and licensing on the grounds that it would all be for nought.
> I haven't looked back at any documents on this; rather pulling it from my
> addled brain but I think this is something for us to think about.  I
> remember somebody at a GRC saying 'Well, let's just let them have HD and
> we'll take the entire FM spectrum.
>
> Cheers to all in CR land and spare a thought for Nepal, the first Asian
> country to have community radio, Radio Sagarmatha, the name of the mountain
> that the western trekkies call Mt. Everest.
>
> Elizabeth
>
> On Apr 23, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Rip Robbins wrote:
>
> The article states that analog is being shuttered, and "radio" will be all
> digital.  That is very much in line with proposals floating at FCC.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org [mailto:grc-bounces at maillist.peak.org]
> On Behalf Of Otis Maclay
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 10:27 AM
> To: Frieda Werden
> Cc: owner-grc at peak.org
> Subject: Re: [grc] Fwd: Norway to switch off FM in 2017 – Radio.no
>
> no.
>
> actually, they're creating more channels everywhere else in the world
> because  their digital radio is not in-band-on-channel (iboc) like ours.
> they're just switching to another frequency where there are far more
> potential stations.
> the NAB wouldn't  let us do that here.
>
> O.
>
> --------------------------
> Why not give veterans a monthly stipend when they walk in the door,..
> THEN figure out how much they're supposed to get?
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Frieda Werden <wings at wings.org> wrote:
>
> Is this the way US will kill community radio in the end?
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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> From: Des Preston <despreston at yahoo.com>
>
> Date: Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 6:12 PM
>
> Subject: Norway to switch off FM in 2017 – Radio.no
>
> To: Frieda Werden <wings at wings.org>
>
>
>
>
> http://radio.no/2015/04/norway-to-switch-off-fm-in-2017/
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>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> Frieda Werden, Series Producer
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Frieda Werden, Series Producer
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