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I really have an odd nostalgia for longwave. I grew up listening to radio 4 lw in the middle of nowhere and it was the only station that had consistently good s

I really have an odd nostalgia for longwave. I grew up listening to radio 4 lw in the middle of nowhere and it was the only station that had consistently good signal. The fact that it carried somewhere out into the Atlantic blew my mind! I understand it's closing because some insanely high powered, insanely expensive valve or thyristor or triac or generic high power "niche" component is reaching the end of its life, but I will be sad nevertheless when this goes. DAB doesn't work reliably with my phone charging in the same room...

fy20 5mo ago
For BBC World Service the shift to digital led to a 11% drop in audience. Maybe not quite the same, as the target market is often developing countries (I live in a EU country and they are only just introducing DAB this year). https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/03/17/bbc-digital-switch-backfires-as-online-audience-falls/5229337 https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/03/17/bbc-digital-...