Are you ready for the end of FM radio?

Absolutely. I am always surprised that it is still a thing.

I haven’t listened to FM Radio since I got an iPod (shortly after they first came out).

So yeah, I’ll be okay.

I love FM radio! It adds variety to my library and for some reason hearing a good song sounds even better when it’s not played on my watch.

We have the internet now… lots of radio to be had, and not limited to within a small radius.

Haven’t listened to the radio in years. I have an iPod in my car. Actually, I had to listen to the radio last month at someone’s house and I heard the same three songs about 15 times.

No. I hate the idea of turning off FM.

I hope that car radios will keep the medium alive in the US.

I travel to some remote areas where there is no cell service, no internet, and very limited radio service. I need at least FM to hear anything. Don’t turn off my FM please.

I listen to it all the time. I would miss it.

No. The best music in my area comes from the local university radio station. They play all the great music from the 90s, as well as up and coming bands and current hits.

There’s also a station that plays classic rock (a must for Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends) , and a station that plays currents hits as well as local professional baseball and football games.

From the link: “over 90% of Americans still listen to AM/FM radio at least weekly.”
It won’t stop in my lifetime.

I’d guess that Norway has made the investment into digital that the US is so far unwilling to make.

So if it goes away, how will we know what is the latest song to buy. I usually learn of a new song playing on my radio when I’m in my car. I don’t watch the music video channels because they have way too much commercials and all the purchases of songs on my phone came from the radio. Same for on the internet. Way too many commercials. At least on the radio I can quickly change the channel and I get to be updated on news. Also the DJ’s can be amusing. I love Fm radio. It’s the best time I get to catch up on songs, news and even laugh a little.

I forgot to mention talk radio in the morning. Many people enjoy listening to their favorite personalities on their drive to work. It’s a habit many have had for decades.

If I understand correctly, AM and FM radio are forms of delivery, just like internet radio is. If that is true, then yes please, let’s just migrate to the internet type. It provides more choices of broadcasts from all over the world.

I know most people have internet access, but there are a lot of people in rural America that don’t have an adequate internet provider that has non-stop streaming at an affordable price. Some of you don’t know how lucky you are. I pay $100–200 a month for a family of four to peruse the internet and play a few games each month. We have to limit our video watching. Netflix is not an option for us. If we want music we listen to the radio or what we have stored on our phones.

I listen to FM radio in my car almost every day. I love it. I don’t listen to music or “radio” on my phone in the car.

I think some people might be misunderstanding this a little. Norway is not getting rid of broadcast radio, they’re just closing off the FM band. They’ll still have broadcast radio, it’ll be transmitted via digital signal now. The US has actually done a similar thing with broadcast television already, a few years back. You can still get TV reception over the airwaves (as opposed to cable/satellite), it’s just no longer transmitted via analog signals.

We’ve switched over to digital TV in the UK but the radio switchover has been put back indefinitely. Losing FM wouldn’t bother me as I listen to radio over the Internet but that isn’t an option for everyone and DAB radio isn’t yet available everywhere in the country.

My father will never be ready for this.

Not really. I only listen to radio in the car, but if that ever happened here I’d be left with CDs only. I’m not keen on replacing the head unit in the car, as aftermarket sound systems almost never suit the factory style.

Eh, @Darth_Algar said it better already.