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Ofcom encourages AM listening even as BBC longwave hangs by a thread
The UK’s media regulator has published an article on its website encouraging sports fans to use AM (which includes longwave) and FM radio. In a piece timed to coincide with the World Cup, Ofcom urges spectators to ‘keep up with play and avoid the delay’ by avoiding watching or listening to matches via internet streaming…
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.
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