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====Switzerland==== [[SRG SSR]], Switzerland's public-service broadcaster, had shut down its FM transmission infrastructure on 31 December 2024. The corporation concluded that maintaining FM broadcasts along with DAB+ and Internet streaming was no longer cost-effective, as due to widespread adoption of DAB+ the share of the public relying exclusively on FM was under ten percent and decreasing.<ref>{{cite web |title=News SRG schaltet UKW per Ende Jahr ab |url=https://www.srgssr.ch/de/news-medien/news/srg-schaltet-ukw-per-ende-jahr-ab |website=Broadcast.ch}}</ref> All other FM broadcasters in the country must shut down or convert to DAB+ by 31 December 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Last extension of FM licenses by two years |url=https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/documentation/media-releases.msg-id-98326.html |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=www.admin.ch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worlddab.org/countries/switzerland |title=Switzerland FM switch off end 2024 |date=23 October 2022 |access-date=21 October 2022 |archive-date=21 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221021213222/https://www.worlddab.org/countries/switzerland/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bakom.admin.ch/bakom/en/homepage/electronic-media/technology/vhf-transmission/switzerland-goes-digital.html#:~:text=Swiss%20radio%20broadcasters%20have%20decided,time%20to%20upgrade%20their%20radios. |title=Radio industry to switch off FM transmitters at the end of 2024 as originally planned |date=23 October 2022 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622005351/https://www.bakom.admin.ch/bakom/en/homepage/electronic-media/technology/vhf-transmission/switzerland-goes-digital.html#:~:text=Swiss%20radio%20broadcasters%20have%20decided,time%20to%20upgrade%20their%20radios. |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radioworld.com/global/swiss-fm-shutdown-reverts-to-original-2024-date |title=Swiss FM Shutdown Reverts to Original 2024 Date |date=23 October 2022 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023165018/https://www.radioworld.com/global/swiss-fm-shutdown-reverts-to-original-2024-date |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redtech.pro/switzerland-prepares-to-cut-fm/ |title=Switzerland prepares to cut FM |date=28 December 2022 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207020610/https://www.redtech.pro/switzerland-prepares-to-cut-fm/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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