Editing Cable radio (section)

== Italy ==
{{Main article|it:Filodiffusione#La filodiffusione in Italia}}
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Italy had cable radio, called ''Filodiffusione'' (lit. "''wire-broadcasting''"), between 1958 and 2023. The service offered six amplitude-modulated longwave channels, 15&nbsp;kHz wide, with the following center frequencies:<ref name="RaiFD-storia">{{cite web|url-status=dead|title=Storia della filodiffusione|publisher=[[RAI]]|lang=it|url=http://www.radiofd5.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-3c187842-246c-4073-87e6-aabdb0654ea9.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116082443/http://www.radiofd5.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-3c187842-246c-4073-87e6-aabdb0654ea9.html|archive-date=January 16, 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Channel
!Frequency
|-
|[[Rai Radio 1|FD1]]
|178 kHz
|-
|[[Rai Radio 2|FD2]]
|211 kHz
|-
|[[Rai Radio 3|FD3]]
|244 kHz
|-
|[[Rai Radio Tutta Italiana|FD4]]
|277 kHz
|-
|[[Rai Radio 3 Classica|FD5]]
|310 kHz
|-
|FD6<ref>[[Joint_encoding#M/S_stereo_coding|Left/right difference signal]] for stereo broadcasts on channel 5</ref>
|343 kHz
|}

''Filodiffusione'' was available in its coverage areas (approx. 7&nbsp;km from major exchanges) over [[SIP (company)|SIP]]'s [[public switched telephone network]], for a small additional fee;<ref>{{cite web |title=FD5: Abbonarsi |url=http://www.radiofd5.rai.it/dl/portali/site/articolo/ContentItem-25c09bf9-6b07-4502-b494-26f1990b6970.html |lang=it |publisher=RAI |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> it was touted as an upgrade over wireless radio thanks to its improved channel bandwidth, interference resistance, and wider choice of programmes. While its popularity sharply declined in the 1970s (with the introduction of frequency-modulated radio and the legalisation of commercial broadcasting) and again in the 2000s (being incompatible with *DSL service), ''filodiffusione'' developed a good reputation for the quality of programming, eventually becoming available over the Internet and other digital media.<ref name="RaiFD-storia" />

Though no end of service was formally announced by [[TIM Group|TIM]] – with only a passing mention of the intention to discontinue it in 2023<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Battisti |first1=Marco |last2=Ferrero |first2=Umberto |last3=Picca |first3=Michele |title=Il valore del decommissioning |journal=Notiziario Tecnico TIM |issue=2023/2 |page=35 |lang=it |url=https://www.gruppotim.it/it/newsroom/notiziario-tecnico-tim/Anno-2023/n2-2023/Il_valore_del_decommissioning.html |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> – a listener reported that ''FD'' was no longer receivable by February 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Addio alla Filodiffusione |url=https://www.italradio.org/portale/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=4795 |website=Portale Italradio: Osservatorio Radiofonia Internazionale in Lingua Italiana |access-date=30 September 2024 |language=it |date=2023-04-19}}</ref>