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In Reply to: RE: swtiching off fm in uk posted by ziggy on July 22, 2009 at 23:42:39
Do you really believe them Ziggy? I reckon the ABC would cease analogue transmissions tomorrow if they could, given how heavily and incessantly they are promoting DAB+.
I know they said in Limelight that you could use your old FM analogue tuner till it "wears out". But a couple of months ago, they weren't saying DAB+ sounded better either. Now they have done a complete turn around and are saying it sounds better.
Of course this is complete and utter garbage, but I think it makes their position pretty clear to me. At the moment they are having to pay Broadcast Australia to maintain both an analogue and digital broadcasting infrastructure. I am sure given that the ABC usually has to beg for money at each budget round, they would much rather be paying just for digital.
I will be (pleasantly) surprised if we are still receiving analogue FM broadcasts in 5 years time at the quality level we are getting now.
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