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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 ...
BBC Radio 4 is the second-most-popular British domestic radio station by total hours, [8] after Radio 2.It recorded its highest audience, of 11 million listeners, in May 2011, [9] and was "UK Radio Station of the Year" at the 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2023 Radio Academy Awards.
BBC Radio 1Xtra, 4 Extra, 5 Sports Extra, 6 Music and the World Service broadcast only on DAB and BBC Sounds, while Radio 1's Dance stream is available only online. All of the BBC's national radio stations broadcast from bases in London and Manchester , usually in or near to Broadcasting House or MediaCityUK .
The Burghead transmitting station is a broadcasting facility near Burghead (grid reference) in Scotland for long wave and medium wave radio transmission that started service on 12 October 1936. [1] 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 ...
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
The long wave signal on 200 kHz / 1500 metres was transmitted from Droitwich in the English Midlands [6] (as it still is today for BBC Radio 4, although adjusted slightly to 198 kHz / 1515 metres from 1 February 1988) [7] [8] and gave fairly good coverage of most of the United Kingdom, although a number of low-power medium wave transmitters (using 1215 kHz / 247 metres) were added later to ...
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