In a previous post, I outlined how the BBC Radio 4 service on 198kHz on the Long Wave band was likely to close in the summer of 2025. It now seems as if the BBC Radio 4 Service on the Medium Wave band will stop a lot sooner.
These are the nine medium wave transmitters that are scheduled to close on the 15th of April 2024.
kHz - Station - Location - Power
603 BBC Radio 4 Newcastle upon Tyne 0.5KW
720 BBC Radio 4 Lisnagarvey nr Belfast 10KW
720 BBC Radio 4 Crystal Palace 0.24KW
720 Radio 4 Derry 0.25KW
756 BBC Radio 4 Redruth, Cornwall 2KW
774 BBC Radio 4 Enniskillen, Fermnanagh 0.5KW
774 BBC Radio 4 Plymouth 0.2KW
1449 BBC Radio 4 Aberdeen 2KW
1485 BBC Radio 4 Carlisle 0.8KW
603 BBC Radio 4 Newcastle upon Tyne 0.5KW
720 BBC Radio 4 Lisnagarvey nr Belfast 10KW
720 BBC Radio 4 Crystal Palace 0.24KW
720 Radio 4 Derry 0.25KW
756 BBC Radio 4 Redruth, Cornwall 2KW
774 BBC Radio 4 Enniskillen, Fermnanagh 0.5KW
774 BBC Radio 4 Plymouth 0.2KW
1449 BBC Radio 4 Aberdeen 2KW
1485 BBC Radio 4 Carlisle 0.8KW
The highest power one of these is the 10-kilowatt transmitter at Lisnagarvey near Belfast.
The BBC in a statement wrote.,.. "Effective 15th April, Radio 4 will no longer be available on medium wave. Medium wave listeners will need to retune their radio to alternative platforms."
1 comment:
756 quite a listenable signal on the south coast of Ireland with a good receiver, so its a pity to see it go (allowed BBC R4 to be heard on a receiver with no LW).
It would also have proved a useful DF source if a mariner was sailing from Ireland towards nearby Land Ends and GPS for what ever reason failed!
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