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The BBC is decommissioning its long wave transmitter that first hit the airwaves in 1934. BBC Radio 4, resident on the long wave service, ceased transmission on 27 June 2026. The BBC has officially ...

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In September the BBC World Service (BBCWS) announced significant service cuts and “around 382 post closures,” or job losses, as the once-powerful global shortwave radio broadcaster copes with its ...

Something happened this morning which will have been unnoticed by many, but which for a certain breed of radio enthusiast marks the end of an era. The BBC stopped broadcasting Radio 4 on their 198 kHz ...

If you’ve ever owned a shortwave radio, you’ve probably listened at least a little to the BBC World Service. After all, they are a major broadcasting force, and with the British Empire or the ...

THE BBC has shut down one of its radio services after almost 100 years. BBC Radio 4’s broadcasts have come to an end on one particular listening method. The BBC has shut down one of its radio services ...

The BBC celebrates its 100th birthday on October 18 2022. It comes as the institution faces increasing competition for audiences from global entertainment providers, anxieties about the sustainability ...

North Korea started “aggressively” jamming the BBC’s new Korean language service on the same day it began, according to a report. The service began broadcasting Tuesday to provide “news, sport, ...

BBC Radio 4 had its long wave service permanently switched off at 1am on Saturday.

It began in 1932 as the “BBC Empire Service” — making radio broadcasts via globe-girdling shortwave to the far-flung territories ruled under the British Crown. Subsequently, what is now the BBC World ...