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.
Simple QRP projects, 10m, 8m, 6m, 4m, FT8, 160m, WSPR, LF/MF, sub-9kHz, nanowaves and other random stuff, some not related to amateur radio.
More and more people are being encouraged onto broadcasting via DAB or internet radio. In time the MW and LW broadcast bands will be empti...
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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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