Being someone of a certain age, I remember listening to the transistor radio growing up and in particular the long wave band as it was clearer than medium wave. In particular I used long wave for BBC Radio 4 and the long defunct Atlantic 252 station. During my sixth form and higher education student days I developed a habit of listening to Radio 4’s Any questions programme so this story caught my attention.
The BBC shutdown its long wave transmission is very understandable as there are not enough listeners to justify operating and maintaining its long wave transmitters and sad, though it is, we have to move to with the times. Being rather old school myself, I still listen to radio using a radio receiver, so I hope FM and MW can hang around for a bit, as I don’t want to use my mobile’s battery up.
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