Is there anything factually correct in this article including “the” and “a”? Norwegian stations have been broadcasting (yes, over the air...not internet) on different frequencies with a digital coding method for a while. The had planned to get abandon the FM broadcast band once enough stations and receivers had switched to digital. This is similar to how the US recently switched to digital television.
This is the second version of the story I’ve seen, and both of them were written by people who seemed to think all the radio stations in Norway were going off the air. This one, at least, got around to mentioning digital. I thought it was weird that reporters who recently went through the analog/digital conversion in the US had difficulty comprehending what’s happening in Norway.
The government, by the way, attached a number of conditions to the 2017 date, including coverage area and availability of converters for car radios. In the UK, meanwhile, DAB is going backwards in usage, probably partially because they already have an extensive selection of stations, and FM coverage is really good, so there hasn’t been much reason for consumers to go to DAB.