Editing Digital Audio Broadcasting (section)

==Countries using DAB==
[[File:Digital Audio Broadcasting.svg|thumb|upright=1.8|{{legend|#4575B4|Countries with regular services}} {{legend|#91BFDB|Countries with trials and/or regulation}} {{legend|#E0F3F8|Countries with interest}} {{legend|#FEE090|DAB no longer used/switched to another standard}}]]
{{Main|Countries using DAB/DMB}}
Fifty-five countries provide regular or trial DAB(+) broadcasts.<ref name="auto3"/> In [[spectrum management]], the bands that are allocated for public DAB services, are abbreviated with '''T-DAB'''.

In the [[European Union]], the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC) entered into force on 20 December 2018, with transposition into national legislation by Member States required by 21 December 2020. The Directive applies to all EU member states regardless of the status of DAB+ in each country. 
This means that since the end of 2020, across all EU countries, all radios in new cars must be capable of receiving and reproducing digital terrestrial radio."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worlddab.org/system/news/documents/000/011/019/original/EECC_factsheet_June_2021.pdf?1622639246 |title=European Electronic Communications Code - digital terrestrial radio in the car |date=22 October 2022 |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-date=19 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119010811/https://www.worlddab.org/system/news/documents/000/011/019/original/EECC_factsheet_June_2021.pdf?1622639246 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Following this directive, [[Belgium]] stopped all sales of analogue radio receivers from 1 January 2023. Thus, consumers are no longer able to purchase AM or FM receivers for domestic use. "The obligation to incorporate DAB+ for new cars and domestic radio receivers is a nice step ahead in the digitisation of our radio landscape," commented [[:nl:Benjamin Dalle|Benjamin Dalle]], the Flemish media minister.<ref>{{Cite web |last=RedTech Staff |date=2 January 2023 |title=Belgium halts retail sales of analog radio receivers without DAB+ |url=https://www.redtech.pro/belgium-halts-retail-sales-of-analog-radio-receivers/ |access-date=25 June 2023 |website=RedTech |language=en-US |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202115919/https://www.redtech.pro/belgium-halts-retail-sales-of-analog-radio-receivers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===FM to DAB(+) radio transition===

====Norway====
Norway was the first country to announce a complete switch-off of national FM radio stations. The switch-off started on 11 January 2017 and ended on 13 December 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2117569-norway-is-first-country-to-turn-off-fm-radio-and-go-digital-only/|title=Norway is first country to turn off FM radio and go digital-only|website=New Scientist|access-date=11 January 2017|archive-date=27 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127121228/https://www.newscientist.com/article/2117569-norway-is-first-country-to-turn-off-fm-radio-and-go-digital-only/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrk.no/informasjon/slik-slukkes-fm-nettet-1.12319113 |title=Slik slukkes FM-nettet |work=NRK |date=20 April 2015 |access-date=11 January 2017 |archive-date=11 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111003456/https://www.nrk.no/informasjon/slik-slukkes-fm-nettet-1.12319113 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2017 switch-off did not affect some local and regional radio stations. They can continue to transmit on FM until 2027.

The timetable for the closure of FM signals in 2017 were as follows:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nrk.no/nordland/medieprofessor_-_-et-kritisk-oyeblikk-for-radiomediet-1.13310906 |title=Medieprofessor: – Et kritisk øyeblikk for radiomediet |date=11 January 2017 |access-date=11 January 2017 |archive-date=12 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112061905/https://www.nrk.no/nordland/medieprofessor_-_-et-kritisk-oyeblikk-for-radiomediet-1.13310906 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 11 January in [[Nordland]] (all radio)
* 8 February in [[Trøndelag]] and [[Møre og Romsdal]] ([[NRK Radio]])
* 21 April in Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal ([[P4 Radio Hele Norge|P4]], [[Radio Norge]] and [[community radio|local radio]])
* 26 April in [[Telemark]], [[Buskerud]], [[Hedmark]] and [[Oppland]] (NRK)
* 16 June in Telemark, Buskerud, Hedmark and Oppland (P4, Radio Norge and local radio)
* 21 June in [[Sogn og Fjordane]], [[Hordaland]], [[Rogaland]] and [[Agder]] (NRK)
* 15 September in Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Rogaland and Agder (P4, Radio Norge and local radio)
* 20 September in [[Østfold]], [[Vestfold]], [[Oslo]] and [[Akershus]] (NRK)
* 8 December in Østfold, Vestfold, Oslo and Akershus (P4, Radio Norge and local radio)
* 13 December in [[Troms]] and [[Finnmark]] (all radio)

====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>

====Other countries====
* [[Malta]] was the first European country to roll out a DAB+ network and services have been on-air since 2008. It covers 100% of the population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worlddab.org/countries/malta#current_situation|title=Malta DAB+ current situation|date=25 December 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=1 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201123511/https://www.worlddab.org/countries/malta#current_situation|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In [[Italy]], Rai Radio is proposing the country to begin switching off FM transmitters starting in 2025 with the goal of being all digital and shuttering FM broadcasting entirely in 2030.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radioworld.com/global/rai-radio-director-proposes-2030-fm-shutdown-for-italy|title=Rai Radio Director Proposes 2030 FM Shutdown for Italy|date=25 December 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=27 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127213714/https://www.radioworld.com/global/rai-radio-director-proposes-2030-fm-shutdown-for-italy|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kab.net/rai-radio-director-proposes-2030-fm-shutdown-for-italy/|title=Rai Radio Director Proposes 2030 FM Shutdown for Italy|date=25 December 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=25 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225155032/https://kab.net/rai-radio-director-proposes-2030-fm-shutdown-for-italy/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the northern region of Italy's South Tyrol - [[Alto Adige]], the broadcaster RAS has started switching FM services off.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worlddab.org/public_document/file/1048/Global_Summary_24.09.18.pdf |title=Global Summary |publisher=WorldDAB |date=29 August 2018 |access-date=31 October 2018 |archive-date=31 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031133259/https://www.worlddab.org/public_document/file/1048/Global_Summary_24.09.18.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ras.bz.it/it/radio/ |title=Radio |publisher=RAS.bz.it |date=17 March 2021 |language=it |access-date=27 August 2021 |archive-date=27 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827075111/https://www.ras.bz.it/it/radio/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*"The government of [[Denmark]] has proposed a closure of FM broadcasting two years after more than half of radio listening is digital."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worlddab.org/countries/denmark?page=2#current_situation|title=DAB+ Situation in Denmark|date=22 October 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=22 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022130707/https://www.worlddab.org/countries/denmark?page=2#current_situation|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In [[Sweden]], "the regulator MPRT has been commissioned by the Swedish government to review the conditions for commercial radio in the longer term (Ku 2021/01993). In dialogue with relevant actors, including the industry, the authority plans to analyse the need for any changes in the regulations for licensing with the aim of submitting a final report to the Ministry of Culture by December 2022."<ref>{{cite news |title=DAB+ Situation in Sweden |date=22 October 2022 |url=https://www.worlddab.org/countries/sweden#current_situation |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619235646/https://www.worlddab.org/countries/sweden#current_situation |url-status=live }}</ref> As of August 2023, DAB signals are only broadcast in the greater [[Stockholm]]-[[Uppsala]] region, [[Gothenburg]], [[Malmö]], [[Luleå]], and [[Piteå]], with no known plans from any of the 3 broadcast licence companies to extend coverage to other regions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thomasnilsson.eu/mediemakt/?page_id=2045|website=Radiologi|access-date=9 August 2023|language=sv|title=DAB|date=24 January 2022 }}</ref> Parts of [[Helsingborg]] receives signals from Denmark,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://daekning.dk/radio-daekning/|website=Dækning|language=da|access-date=9 August 2023|title=Radio dækning}}</ref> while [[Strömstad]] receives signals from Norway.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio.no/dekning/|website=Radio.no|language=nb|access-date=9 August 2023|title=Dekning}}</ref>
*In the [[United Kingdom]], the government agreed with the Digital Radio and Audio Review's main conclusion that there should be no formal switch-off of analogue radio services before 2030 at the earliest, and notes that the ongoing decline of analogue listening makes it appropriate to consider updating elements of the legislative framework to support a smooth transition of services away from analogue in due course. Government also agreed that government and industry should look at this again in 2026.<ref>{{cite news |title=Digital radio and audio review Ensuring a robust and sustainable future for UK radio and audio. |date=24 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-radio-and-audio-review |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329105702/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-radio-and-audio-review |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Regulation and Spectrum |date=24 October 2022 |url=https://www.worlddab.org/countries/united-kingdom#regulation_and_spectrum |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201124451/https://www.worlddab.org/countries/united-kingdom#regulation_and_spectrum |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Government publishes response to Radio & Audio Review alongside broadcasting White Paper |date=24 October 2022 |url=https://getdigitalradio.com/government-publishes-response-to-radio-audio-review-alongside-broadcasting-white-paper/ |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328085945/https://getdigitalradio.com/government-publishes-response-to-radio-audio-review-alongside-broadcasting-white-paper/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Government response to the Digital Radio and Audio Review |date=24 October 2022 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-radio-and-audio-review/government-response-to-the-digital-radio-and-audio-review |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=29 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329105635/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/digital-radio-and-audio-review/government-response-to-the-digital-radio-and-audio-review |url-status=live }}</ref>
*In [[Poland]], following consultations the KRRiT has adopted a position on the end of analogue radio broadcasting "no earlier than 31 December 2026 and no later than 31 December 2030".<ref name="auto2"/>
*In the [[Netherlands]], the expectations are about official switch off of FM radio between 2027 and 2032.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://radiowereld.nl/medianieuws/2022/11/dialogic-afschakelen-fm-tussen-2027-en-2032-nog-steeds-realistisch/ |title=Dialogic: Switching off FM between 2027 and 2032 still realistic |date=28 November 2022 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204094615/https://radiowereld.nl/medianieuws/2022/11/dialogic-afschakelen-fm-tussen-2027-en-2032-nog-steeds-realistisch/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Belgium]] has also expressed readiness to switch to DAB broadcasting: "Flemish Minister of Media Benjamin Dalle expects that the final shutdown of the FM frequencies, the so-called 'switch off', will take place between 2028 and 2031. According to him, the VRT must be a forerunner in the digitisation of the radio landscape. For example, if the 'switch off' does not come on January 1, 2028, it may be an option, according to Dalle, to fully digitise one of the VRT channels."<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://businessam.be/minister-van-media-benjamin-dalle-radio-toekomst-digitaal/ |title=Minister of Media Benjamin Dalle: "I am convinced that the future of radio is exclusively digital". Radio, one of the oldest mass media, is still alive and kicking, Media Minister Benjamin Dalle (CD&V) told Business AM Radio. Yet the medium is not standing still. "I am convinced that the future of radio is exclusively digital," he echoed. In the news: More and more radio stations are choosing to go fully digital. Still, it will be some time before the obsolete FM technology is completely abandoned, Dalle thinks. In the coming years, more and more people will listen digitally. According to the minister, this will be a combination of internet and DAB+. |date=16 January 2023 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622005356/https://businessam.be/minister-van-media-benjamin-dalle-radio-toekomst-digitaal/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Moldova]] will abandon FM radio and switch to digital radio, according to an announcement made by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mold-street.com/?go=news&n=15218|title=The Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Development has announced that the Republic of Moldova will also abandon FM radio stations, in favour of digital terrestrial sound broadcasting T-DAB/T-DAB+ in the 174-230&nbsp;MHz band. The Ministry of Infrastructure estimates that the radio spectrum resources available to the Republic of Moldova are sufficient to implementation of 2-6 national multiplexes, which can provide national coverage for 30-90 radio stations (compared to 4-5 existing national broadcasters at the moment).|date=19 December 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219002735/https://www.mold-street.com/?go=news&n=15218|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://midr.gov.md/noutati/guvernul-imbunatateste-tehnologiile-de-radiodifuziune-digitala-sonora-terestra |title=Government improves digital terrestrial sound broadcasting technologies |date=19 December 2022 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220145249/https://midr.gov.md/noutati/guvernul-imbunatateste-tehnologiile-de-radiodifuziune-digitala-sonora-terestra |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://noi.md/md/societate/moldova-va-renunta-la-radioul-fm-si-va-trece-la-radioul-digital-dab |title=Moldova will give up FM radio and switch to digital radio DAB+ |date=5 January 2023 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105152613/https://noi.md/md/societate/moldova-va-renunta-la-radioul-fm-si-va-trece-la-radioul-digital-dab |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Germany]] has not yet reached an agreement for full digital terrestrial radio transition, instead the country intensely invests in DAB+ transmission sites development and simultaneous DAB+/FM broadcasting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://digitalradioinsider.blogspot.com/2018/02/no-agreement-for-fm-switch-off-in.html|title=No Agreement For FM Switch-Off in Germany|date=25 December 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601061353/http://digitalradioinsider.blogspot.com/2018/02/no-agreement-for-fm-switch-off-in.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://digitalradioinsider.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-german-fm-switch-off-plan-rejected-by.html|title=A German FM Switch-Off Plan Rejected by Broadcasters and Listeners|date=25 December 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=30 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330042126/http://digitalradioinsider.blogspot.com/2018/02/a-german-fm-switch-off-plan-rejected-by.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalfernsehen.de/news/medien-news/maerkte/df-interview-digitalradio-stratege-carsten-zorger-ueber-die-zukunft-von-dab-1023171/|title=DF-Interview: Digital radio strategist Carsten Zorger on the future of DAB+: "A switch-off date is determined by the market participants, i.e. private and public broadcasters. This requires consensus. I don't see that at the moment."|date=14 January 2023|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=7 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207104325/https://www.digitalfernsehen.de/news/medien-news/maerkte/df-interview-digitalradio-stratege-carsten-zorger-ueber-die-zukunft-von-dab-1023171/|url-status=live}}</ref> Speculations of a possible switch off is in 2033.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krieger |first=Jörn |date=2024-03-05 |title=ARD und Deutschlandradio: KEF drängt auf UKW-Abschaltung 2033 |url=https://www.radioszene.de/184449/ukw-abschaltung-2033.html |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=www.radioszene.de |language=de}}</ref> The national broadcaster ''[[Deutschlandradio]]'' has already started switching off its FM transmitions in some regions as of July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=deutschlandradio.de |date=2024-06-18 |title=Umstellung auf digitale Programmverbreitung mit DAB+ |url=https://www.deutschlandradio.de/umstellung-auf-digitale-programmverbreitung-100.html |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=Deutschlandradio |language=de}}</ref>
*In [[the Czech Republic]], the situation is similar as in Germany: plans are for simultaneous DAB+/FM broadcasting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://digitalradioinsider.blogspot.com/2021/06/fm-radio-will-not-be-switched-off-in.html|title=All current commercial radios, which broadcast in the analogue FM band, have a so-called transformation license, which obliges them to switch to digital broadcasting and leave the FM band in 2025 at the latest. But the parliamentary amendment sets a clear deadline: if the government does not present a clear plan for the transition to DAB+ by October 10, 2022, it will be possible to renew these analogue licenses again by radio with transformation licenses. Thus, there would be no transition to digital broadcasting as in television, but only the launch of simultaneous broadcasting in analogue and digital form.|date=25 December 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=31 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131043004/https://digitalradioinsider.blogspot.com/2021/06/fm-radio-will-not-be-switched-off-in.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In [[Estonia]], radio stations with Levira's support started testing digital radio frequencies in November 2022. "One of our objectives for the coming year is to create the necessary technical conditions for the development of digital radio," said Oliver Gailan, head of the communications department of the country's consumer protection and technical regulatory authority, the TTJA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redtech.pro/estonia-steps-closer-to-digital-radio/|title=Estonia steps closer to digital radio|date=25 December 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=2 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202103741/https://www.redtech.pro/estonia-steps-closer-to-digital-radio/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worlddab.org/countries/estonia#news|title=Estonia DAB+ News|date=25 December 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619225011/https://www.worlddab.org/countries/estonia#news|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://digilevi.ee/digiraadio/|title=Digiraadio|date=25 December 2022|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619112206/https://digilevi.ee/digiraadio/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In [[Haute-Vienne]], a department in the [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]] region in southwest-central [[France]], since 6 December 2022, the Groupement de radios associatives libres en Limousin (Gral), has swapped the traditional FM broadcasting for DAB+.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lepopulaire.fr/limoges-87000/actualites/radio-la-bande-fm-bientot-obsolete-en-haute-vienne_14242506/|title=Radio: the FM band soon obsolete in Haute-Vienne|date=9 January 2023|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=3 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203003340/https://www.lepopulaire.fr/limoges-87000/actualites/radio-la-bande-fm-bientot-obsolete-en-haute-vienne_14242506/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Countries where FM to DAB(+) radio transition is cancelled/postponed===
Whilst many countries have expected a shift to digital audio broadcasting, a few have moved in the opposite direction following unsuccessful trials.

*[[Canada]] conducted trials of DAB in L-band in major cities. However the success of satellite digital radio and lack of L-band DAB receivers led to the analogue switch-off being abandoned. Canada subsequently adopted [[HD Radio]] as used in the neighbouring United States instead of DAB.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worlddab.org/country-information/canada#current_situation |title=Canada • Country Information • WorldDAB |access-date=10 November 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110160250/https://www.worlddab.org/country-information/canada#current_situation |archive-date=10 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[Finland]] abandoned DAB in 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/yle_closes_down_dab_radio_services/5196460 |title=YLE Closes Down DAB Radio Services |date=23 February 2005 |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130122241/https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/yle_closes_down_dab_radio_services/5196460 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Hong Kong]] announced the termination of DAB in March 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201703/28/P2017032800689.htm|title=Government announces discontinuation of digital audio broadcasting services in Hong Kong|website=www.info.gov.hk|access-date=10 November 2018|archive-date=27 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027015239/https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201703/28/P2017032800689.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Portugal]] announced the termination of DAB in April 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mundodaradio.info/historia/dab_em_portugal.html|title=Mundo da Rádio - DAB em Portugal: ascensão e queda da tecnologia do futuro|website=www.mundodaradio.info|access-date=1 July 2023|archive-date=23 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123141512/https://www.mundodaradio.info/historia/dab_em_portugal.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In Korea, the transmission of MBC 11FM was stopped in 2015 and the DAB channel was switched to T-DMB V-Radio.
* [[Digital Radio in the Republic of Ireland|DAB in Ireland]] was confined from 2017 to state broadcaster [[RTÉ Radio]]'s multiplex, which was switched off in March 2021, after a survey showed 77% of adults listen to radio via FM, compared with 8% via digital means, of which 0.5% via DAB.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crowley |first1=Sinéad |title=RTÉ to cease radio transmission on DAB network |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0302/1200334-rte-dab-network/ |access-date=2 March 2021 |date=2 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302100227/https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0302/1200334-rte-dab-network/ |url-status=live }}; {{cite web |title=JNLR report: Radio in a Digital World |url=https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2021-02/jnlr_report-radio_in_a_digital_world-v1-03-02-21.pdf#page=15 |publisher=Ipsos MRBI |access-date=2 March 2021 |pages=15–18 |date=February 2021 |archive-date=15 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715063700/https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2021-02/jnlr_report-radio_in_a_digital_world-v1-03-02-21.pdf#page=15 |url-status=live }}</ref> RTÉ's service began in 2006, after trials in 1998 and 2001.<ref name="Mediatique"/> A commercial multiplex was trialled in 2007–8 and licensed, including [[DAB+]], from 2010 to 2017, but the licensee did not renew because of lack of takeup by broadcasters.<ref name="Mediatique">{{cite web |author1=Mediatique |title=A report on market structure, dynamics and developments in Irish media |url=https://www.bai.ie/en/media/sites/2/dlm_uploads/2018/04/180410-Mediatique-Report.pdf#page=77 |publisher=Broadcasting Authority of Ireland |access-date=2 March 2021 |page=77, fig.44 |date=December 2017 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302122455/https://www.bai.ie/en/media/sites/2/dlm_uploads/2018/04/180410-Mediatique-Report.pdf#page=77 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2025, Ireland decided to relauch DAB+ national multiplexes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-17 |title=Plans underway to bring back high powered DAB+ multiplexes to Ireland |url=https://radiotoday.ie/2025/02/plans-underway-to-bring-back-high-powered-dab-multiplexes-to-ireland/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=RadioToday |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Irish digital radio stations with 'existing & new content offerings' set to be launched in coming weeks {{!}} News {{!}} WorldDAB |url=https://www.worlddab.org/news/15205/new-irish-digital-radio-stations-with-%E2%80%98existing-new-content-offerings%E2%80%99-set-to-be-launched-in-coming-weeks |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=www.worlddab.org}}</ref>
*[[Hungary]] announced the termination of DAB+ on 5 September 2020, 12 years after its start.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frekvencia.hu/t-dab-hng.htm|title=T-DAB+ műsorszóró adóhálózat - Magyarország (HNG)|website=www.frekvencia.hu|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205220602/https://www.frekvencia.hu/t-dab-hng.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ahrt.hu/hu/digitalis-radio-musorszoras|title=Antenna Hungária &#124; Digitális rádió műsorszórás|website=ahrt.hu|access-date=11 January 2022|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111233206/https://ahrt.hu/hu/digitalis-radio-musorszoras|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Romania]] switched off DAB broadcast in September 2021 due to lack of interest both from broadcasters and listeners, low availability of receivers, low number of listeners and higher acceptance and interest in internet radio and FM. Romania started DAB broadcast in 2004, in the DAB format, did not adopt DAB+, and ever since the interest was low. It was only available in Bucharest, only public stations were available, although some private stations made some trials. DAB listeners were still in lower counts. Availability of DAB radios in stores was (and still is) low, and, despite the fact that some stores were offering DAB receivers, the interest remains limited (both because of lack of interest, higher price than an ordinary FM receiver and people are willing to pay the higher price for an internet device), most preferring internet radios or combined systems (devices with both FM and internet, although many such devices also have DAB capability, which is now rendered useless).{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}
*[[Sweden]] The Swedish government postponed the transition to DAB in 2016, following a report from the National Audit Office which criticized the benefits for the listeners compared to continued FM-transmissions paired other digital transmission techniques (4G, Internet) and the strength of FM-radio as a simple and reliable source for emergency/crisis information. Limited transmissions continue in Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö and Luleå<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.regeringen.se/rattsliga-dokument/skrivelse/2015/10/skr.-20151625/ |title=Riksrevisionens rapport om digitalradio |date=14 October 2015 |access-date=1 July 2023 |archive-date=2 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102192348/https://www.regeringen.se/rattsliga-dokument/skrivelse/2015/10/skr.-20151625/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[New Zealand]] started a DAB+ trial with transmitters broadcasting on Band III in Auckland and Wellington in 2006. Uptake for the service was very low, and the trial ended in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worlddab.org/countries/new-zealand#current_situation|title=New Zealand &#124; Countries &#124; WorldDAB|website=www.worlddab.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbr.co.nz/mbie-calls-time-on-dab-radio-trial/|title=MBIE calls time on DAB Radio trial|date=4 June 2018|website=NBR &#124; The Authority since 1970}}</ref>