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Motion on the Future of BBC Radio 4 Longwave tabled in Parliament
A motion ‘that this House notes with concern the BBC’s intention to cease broadcasting BBC Radio 4 on Longwave’ has been tabled in Parliament, the first time that this issue has been brought up there since the BBC’s 2023 announcement that it planned to shut down longwave.
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BBC now expects to close Radio 4 LW during 2026
The BBC now expects to close its flagship national radio service, Radio 4 on Longwave, at some point during 2026, a BBC contact has told the Campaign to Keep Longwave. The news comes in the month that marks 91 years of broadcasting on longwave from the main Droitwich transmitter, and…
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Radio 4 Longwave will NOT go quiet at the end of June, BBC suggests
The BBC has suggested that its Radio 4 Longwave service will not be shut down at the end of this month, as had been feared.
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5,000-strong petition handed in at Broadcasting House as RTS switch-off approaches
A petition with over 5,000 signatures was handed in to a representative at Broadcasting House this morning, together with tens of comments left on the ‘change.org’ petition page.
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Analogue Radio Resurgence amidst Power Cut Fears
The power cut that crippled infrastructure in Portugal and Spain earlier this week has led many to question our increased reliance on digital and internet technologies. Now more than ever it is important to retain the UK’s critical longwave technology that is available to anyone, anywhere, during a time of…
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Still Speaking to the Nations: The Importance of LW in the 21st Century
On the anniversary of separate programmes ending on Radio 4 Longwave, our new report explores the importance of keeping longwave broadcasts for the future.
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Longwave closure may be postponed until at least 2025
What has your boiler got to do with your radio? Quite a lot if you use Economy 7 Teleswitching. Introduced in the 1980s, this technology allows central heating systems to be switched on and off using a time signal received by radio. Naturally, with its near-complete reliable coverage of the…
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