Solar events as well as nuclear can cause an EMF pulse that destroys all transistors, thus inherently all DAB radios. Or has someone managed to build an EMF-proof DAB transmitter and receiver using vacuum tubes?
Post-Internet, radio has surely lost listenership. From there, I think it’s fair to say that emergency/apolyptic scenarios that would kill both household Internet and TVs, essentially making analog radio quite important. If FM is decommissioned, do we compromise the option of broadcasting to survivalists who have tubes receivers?
Consider that in extreme events like an EMF pulse, Denmark is fucked. They eliminate their postal service this year and they will eliminate FM radio. They seem to have no concept of minimising points of failure for any sort of robust engineering, as they create apartment building laundry rooms with washing machines that cannot function without the cloud and electronic payment. Denmark apparently sets a good example of what /not/ to do in the face of digital transformation.
I am not really satisfied with any radio receiver because none of them attach to the LAN as a server. I got a bit spoiled with a terrestrial broadcast TV tuner that attaches to ethernet and is compatible with MythTV, which is an open source DVR. It pulls the schedules from the air (thus requires no Internet), and gives you way to prioritise programs you want recorded. It’s great in particular for unplugged folks. It even cuts out commercials – if there are any… none where I use it.
Radio has nothing comparable. But it is somewhat cool that some DAB radios have an LCD that shows album art and text info like the track and program that is playing, and time and date set automatically by the air waves.