Alternatives for Local and Regional Radio: Three Nordic Solutions

Listeners in the United States have been accustomed to receiving localized radio broadcast service since the early 1920s. But when U.S. listeners visited European countries during the first few decades of radio's existence, some of them were quite surprised to discover that many major European cities had little or nothing that could be described as local broadcasting. There are several explanations for this state of affairs, but three stand out: the license fee system, centralization of government, and technical considerations.