AM Radio fading into history

[Dude111]

Thats sad.... Why cut off listeners??

[Rillington]

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.

[nodrogd]

Originally Posted by Rillington

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.

198 Long Wave is currently still being used by the Radio Teleswitch service. One of the reasons the BBC still maintain it. The current agreement ends in march, but as some electricity meters still depend on the signal it may be extended further.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_teleswitch

[heero_yuy]

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.