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Radio stations could fall eerily silent for Brit drivers as early as next year.

This is because of a government plan to switch transmission from analogue to digital.

The switch could leave millions of UK drivers without radio as 27 million of them don’t have DAB in their cars.

And with half of new vehicles still having in-car analogue radio, and just 10% of Brits overall having DAB, the move could cause chaos.

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But the Minister of State for Digital Matt Hancock wants the switchover to take place regardless.

“We’ve got to bring people with us on switchover, so that everybody has the chance to move onto the new technology,” he said.

“It’s brilliant that radio continues to go from strength to strength and a large part of that is due to how it has kept moving technologically.

“The transition to digital is essential for radio’s future and we strongly encourage all manufacturers to ensure they are delivering digitally-enabled product to their customers.”

Although there is no official timing for the changeover, Nextbase reports it could come as early as next year.

It is estimated there will be more than 100 million analogue radio sets in the UK post-switchover.

And when the change is made, the analogue radios would only be able to receive small local stations and community radio.