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SWITZERLAND: End of FM, no date but not until 2034.
The main private radios have fought to keep the FM. The early stop of its use by the public broadcaster resulted in a major failure.
In December 2025, the Swiss Parliament had decided to allow the broadcasting of FM radio programs even after the expiration of the broadcasting licenses in 2026. The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) has just finalized the procedure for issuing FM licenses from 2027.
As a result, private radios can continue to use their current frequencies and not have to participate in a new tender. On the other hand, SRG can also recycle all the frequencies it used until the end of 2024
It remains to be seen what the public broadcaster plans to do. He plans to reactivate FM following a significant decline in its audience since the FM stopped. Will he reactivate all his networks, facing his financial situation and the cost involved?
All relevant stations are to file a request with the Federal Office of Communications and Audiovisual (OFCOM). Unclaimed frequencies at the end of 2026 may be subject to a tender call by OFCOM in 2027. All radio broadcasters can apply. OFCOM is expected to publish clusters on its website in spring 2026, applications will be open until the end of June. If several broadcasters are interested in a single cluster, OFCOM plans to hold an auction, likely in the fall of 2026.

Today is supposed to be the last day for 630 CFCO. Also the nested 92.9 transmitter, will it close today or has it already?

RadioActive wrote:

They've been given 900, home of another (former) Hamilton station. 

Yes at greatly reduced power considering what they had on 1540.
 

Hansa wrote:

It's now dead air. 

Which one?  The two in Peterborough are still going.

RadioActive wrote:

I'm sure the company would love to get off 1430, which puts out an OK signal in the city, but doesn't travel very far out of it. 

Ironically enough, one of the strongest AM signals in the upper Ottawa Valley area [Deep RIver, Mattawa etc] is 1430.

According to a contributor to this weeks World of Radio, the CFRB transmitter site is up for sale:

https://www.rmrc.de/media/com_podcastmanager/WOR/wor2331.mp3

5:20 into the program

http://www.worldofradio.com/



So what about CHUM?

I am sure Blackburn would like to time this flip with the 100th anniversary of CKNX

I think the question that needs to be asked is does it need to be a linear channel taking up a dial position on what ever STB you own?
Why not just a streaming web site?  After all most of the time there is nothing to broadcast.

I heard the sign off ceremony that started around 6:16. It ran for almost 15 mins. At around 6:28 programming went silent. I could not tell when the carrier dropped.

“560 CFOS will close down on October 31st at 6:14 PM just before they would normally move to night power/pattern. There will be announcements. 
CFOS can be found at its new home at 89.3 FM (which has been live since August 1st).”

A special thanks to Rob Mattice at Bayshore Broadcasting for this information.

Why are we, the viewers and listeners and the owners of CBC Radio-Canada never asked what we would like to see and hear. I have lots of suggestions and ideas for them and I am sure many on SONWY have too.
How hard is it in this day in age to put out a survey?

I don’t see how changing the bandwidth will reduce radio interference much to the listener. In fact the change would render a lot of radios as junk especially in cars if the spacing was changed.

The main interference on the listener side is modern day electronics. On the broadcaster side, and this is applicable to the states especially, is that there are way to many AM stations. Many are zombie AMs being superseded by FM. If fully half of American AM stations went dark, interference would drop significantly.

Thanks for posting that. I found it very interesting

What would happen?   Nothing because we will not change unless America does. This same old argument  comes out every year

Shades of Harold Camping of Family Radio fame. Heard all over Shortwave in his day