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BBC plans to abandon its Longwave listeners as early as June
BBC Radio 4 Longwave will come off the air in the early hours of Saturday 27th June, the BBC has announced – three months sooner than was previously anticipated. The move represents a final abandonment of the BBC’s longest-standing listener base, after just over 100 years of national coverage on longwave. News of the shutdown…
This is Our BBC: But new Longwave ‘opt-out’ suggests its closure
The BBC has begun broadcasting an occasional short message on Radio 4 Longwave, suggesting that it will soon close. All the help and support we can get is urgently needed. Otherwise, our BBC may simply cease to exist.
BBC Longwave set to close in September
The BBC still intends to close down its Radio 4 Longwave broadcasts in September 2026, in spite of over 7000 people so far signing a petition to keep BBC Radio 4 Longwave, and 23 members of parliament supporting an Early Day Motion that questions the move.
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