#longwave

· 3mo ago

The End of BBC Longwave: News and the Final Off-Air Recording https://swling.com/blog/2026/06/the-end-of-bbc-longwave-news-and-the-final-off-air-recording/ #AndyWang #BBC #BBCRadio4 #DavidIuresciaLW4DAF #DroitwichTransmittingStation #Longwave

The SWLing Post

The End of BBC Longwave: News and the Final Off-Air Recording

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares this BBC article about the end of an era in British broadcasting: the BBC has permanently switched off its longwave Radio 4 service…

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· 3mo ago

Requiem For Long Wave, As The BBC Goes Silent https://hackaday.com/2026/06/27/requiem-for-long-wave-as-the-bbc-goes-silent/ #History #News #RadioHacks #198kHz #Bbc #Longwave #Radio4

Hackaday

Requiem For Long Wave, As The BBC Goes Silent

Something happened this morning which will have been unnoticed by many, but which for a certain breed of radio enthusiast marks the end of an era. The BBC stopped broadcasting Radio 4 on their 198 …

Simon Walters @cymplecy@fosstodon.org

· 3mo ago

Just having a last listen to #BBC #Radio4 #Longwave before it goes silent in the early hours of tomorrow FYI I used to work at the Droitwich transmitter site in my youth

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