Digital radio. Just ain’t gonna happen.

In the UK, the Digital Economy Act has been passed and the switchover from FM to digital radio is scheduled for 2015. Grant Goddard, quoted here in The Guardian, gives 24 reasons why the switchover will never occur. About 23 of them apply in Australia which has opted for the more contemporary DAB+ standard.

This is all a bit disappointing for the UK radio industry which is estimated to have spent more than £700m on DAB transmission costs and content in the last ten years.