BBC ends Radio 4 long-wave broadcasts after 101 years, with TV shutdown reportedly next
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By David Szondy
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The BBC has shut down its Radio 4 long-wave broadcast service on June 27, 2026, ending over a century of long-wave radio transmissions that began with tests in 1924 and regular service in 1925 from Daventry, Northamptonshire. The article marks this as the end of an era for the world's longest-running long-wave radio service, and hints at further broadcast cancellations, with television potentially being next in line for discontinuation.
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· 3 pulledAfter more than a century, an era comes to an end as the world's longest-running long-wave radio service shuts down.
On June 27, 2026, the BBC switched off its Radio 4 long-wave broadcast for good, with an even more startling cancellation in the works.
In July of 1924, the BBC began testing long-wave audio transmissions from the Marconi works in Chelmsford on a wavelength of 187.5 kHz.
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