In the Cotentin, the radio revolution is desired

The dab +, for Digital Audio Broadcasting in English, is in the process of supplant FM radioappeared from 1933. If this technological revolution offering a better quality and allowing a good Best car listening continuity arrived in Paris, Nice or Marseille from 2014the Deployment in more rural hexagonal countries met a lot more time.

Not before 2026

Not before 2026 in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Manche), for example, according to the authority for regulating audiovisual and digital communication (Arcom), which defines the deployment of the DAB + by geographic areas and by covered populations.

“There have been many calls for candidates, the roadmap was perhaps ambitious,” said, for waiting time, Virginie Catois, secretary general of the Arch regional committee in Caen.

In Caen, precisely, the listeners with compatible radio stations were able to take advantage of its advantages on November 7, 2022. “And in an extended manner, the center and the south of the Channel were able to enjoy it some time after. »»

According to the Arcom site, 165 municipalities in the Channel benefit from it, between Graignes-Mesnil-Angot to the north and Acey-la-Plaine, near Pontorson, to the south.

Not long ago, the FM radio – whose frequency band is now saturated to welcome new stations – still had many years ahead of it. Today, if the deadline is not yet scheduled, its extinction is no longer a taboo subject within the Arcom.

Support for transition

Do not panic, it will not disappear right away.

We want to support everyone towards this transition, including associative radios.

In total, 26 stations can be listened to by the DAB + in Cherbourg in 2026, a few months later for the municipalities of the rest of the department, located in the extended area of ​​Cherbourg.

In addition, a new standard has imposed itself in the audio sector for motorists since 2021: any vehicle sold in Europe and equipped with a car radio must have the DAB +, in addition to the FM strip. Ancient vehicles are not necessarily equipped as soon as it comes to the factory.

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