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In 2023, the BBC announced that it would close down longwave transmissions sometime in 2024 and would end separate programming for the longwave transmitter in March 2024. [17] with an intent to switch off its long wave transmitters on, or shortly after, this date. [18] [19] [20] The separate long wave programming ended on 15 April 2024. However ...
When BBC Radio 4 took over the longwave frequency from Radio 2 on 23 November 1978, the Shipping Forecast was moved to Radio 4 to keep it broadcasting on longwave. As part of the BBC's plans to switch off BBC Radio 4 longwave transmissions, it reduced daily broadcasts of the Shipping Forecast to the FM simulcast schedule of twice on weekdays ...
Between 17 January 1991 and 2 March 1991 FM broadcasts were replaced by a continuous news service devoted to the Gulf War, Radio 4 News FM, with the main Radio 4 service transferring to long wave. Before this, Radio 4's FM frequencies had occasionally been used for additional news coverage, generally for live coverage of statements and debates ...
The site is owned by Arqiva and houses a long wave radio transmitter on 198 kHz broadcasting BBC Radio 4 and two medium wave radio transmitters, broadcasting BBC Radio 5 Live on 693 kHz and BBC Radio Scotland on 810 kHz. The long wave transmitter is part of a network transmitting on the same frequency, the other transmitters being Droitwich and ...
Currently, with the exception of BBC Radio 5 Live, all of the BBC's analogue services are provided on FM, although Radio 4 also broadcasts on long wave (MW in some areas) and some Local Radio stations also still broadcast opt-outs on medium wave. BBC policy was to refer to FM as VHF on air until 30 September 1984 when FM became its official term.
On 30 May 2023, the BBC announced that BBC Radio 4 will stop broadcasting on long wave but did not set a date. Opt-out programming ended on 31 Mar 2024. Burghead 154m Omnidirectional aerial, guyed steel lattice mast, height 154 metres (505 ft) 50
Instead it was broadcast only on long wave, opting-out from The Today programme. In April 2024, following the end of Radio 4's long wave opt-outs, Yesterday in Parliament moved to BBC Radio 4 Extra, [2] with a later start time of 9 am.
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