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Enjoy the King’s Christmas Broadcast on Longwave this year
On 25th December at 3pm, His Majesty the King’s fourth Christmas Speech will be broadcast to the world. It’s another opportunity to enjoy a time-honoured tradition on your favourite Longwave Radio.
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.
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 during the centenary year of…
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