26 Jun 2026

BBC longwave ending

BBC Radio 4 longwave on 198kHz ends tonight for the very last time. I think it closes down at 0100BST. 

Apparently listener numbers have been falling for some years. 

Also, much of the TX transmitters are beyond the point that they can be maintained. 

It has been a long time since I last listened to Radio 4 longwave.

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1 comment:

  1. RhysWed Jul 08, 12:44:00 pm GMT+1

    I listened to R4 exclusively on LW in my car. For speech, I felt that the narrower bandwidth was actually easier on the ear than M. The coverage on Band II is certainly insufficient in N Wales for noise free listening in car. Band III is worse. I shall miss the LW service

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