Thats sad.... Why cut off listeners??
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Indeed, and of course Bauer are also closing down their local MW outlets, albeit gradually, and I would imagine that Bauer will no longer be transmitting anything on MW by the middle of the decade.
And I wonder for how much longer any BBC Local Radio stations will continue on MW and the BBC stated that it sees the transmission of 5 Live on MW ending later in the decade. However, they have not indicated a possible closedown timeline of Radio 4 on 198 LW. I wonder if Ofcom will look to re-advertise 1215 AM for another station, thereby giving a national station an analogue outlet and if so, I guess a station like LBC might consider it especially as Global seems to be much more AM-friendly as they haven't closed down any MW transmitters unless there were extenuating circumstances. |
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The LW frequency is atomic controlled and used by (some) frequency measuring equipment as a reference. It also has a far reach hence the use of it to broadcast the shipping forecast.
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I'd also imagine that before long the remaining BBC Local AM transmitters in England will soon be switched off.
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1) BBC Radio Cumbria AM - Local DAB now available to the entire region having been delayed due to COVID. 2) BBC Radio Jersey/Guernsey AM - Likewise. 3) BBC Radio Somerset Taunton AM - DAB coverage now extended but FM remains poor. 4) BBC Radio Derby AM - used part time for the BBC Asian Network services, so may stay until the other AM sites at Langley Mill, Sedgely, Freemans Common & Gunthorpe are closed. 5) BBC Radio Norfolk West Lynn AM - Remains as FM & DAB reception continues to be poor in this area. 6) BBC Radio Gloucestershire Berkeley Heath AM - Likewise. |
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Bauer Radio did axe Clyde 2 for Greatest Hits Radio on April 3rd here in Central Scotland.
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and I would imagine that Bauer will soon start closing down its remaining AM frequencies as GHR appears on FM and DAB in more and more parts of the UK.
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Shutting down BBC Radio Cumbria on AM is less easy due to the rural nature of many parts of the county which won't have satisfactory FM coverage. I was slightly surprised that some of the AM transmitters which carried BBC Asian Network during the evening were closed down. It might have been more logical for those AM transmitters to have been switched to broadcasting BBC Asian Network full time, like is the case in Leicestershire. |
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From what I can gather those opt-outs consists of daytime news bulletins lasting 90 seconds consisting of a mixture of international, national and local news plus a localised weather forecast at the end of that bulletin, travel information at peaktime and localised commercials.
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I seem to recall that the small number of AM transmitters that Global has switched off were for similar reasons as I don't think that Global has switched off any AM transmitters because they want to, like Bauer has done. |
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When I worked I listened to Radio 5 Live on DAB, mainly because Niahl use to go to my school, and was in the same house as my cousins wife.
But I can only get it on 909 on my dads car. |
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