Closures of some BBC medium wave stations taking place today

[Tony]

Closures of some BBC medium wave stations taking place today

The BBC is committed to a digital future for radio, and in the past few
years we have funded local DAB expansion, made all local radio stations
available on digital terrestrial TV (such as Freeview), and we have
transformed our online and mobile offering with BBC Sounds.
The majority of radio listening in the UK – including the BBC – is now
digital, and digital listening is continuing to grow.  We want to make
our services available to you when and how you want them, but it’s also
right that the BBC continues to ensure that the ways we distribute our
services represent good value for money for you, the licence fee payer.
We know that the changes will impact some of you, and we want to make
sure that people listening to these transmissions will be able to use
other methods to hear the same programmes.
Most stations which will be affected will continue to be on FM and
digital outputs (such as DAB, digital television, or online). For most
people, re-tuning their radios or cars to FM or DAB is likely to be the
simplest solution.
Further information can be found on this blog
You can also check our problem assistant tool to get more information on
how to access all BBC services in your area.
The stations which will no longer be transmitted on MW are:
• Radio Ulster/Foyle
• Radio Cambridgeshire
• Radio H&W
• Radio Lancashire
• BBC Essex
• Radio Stoke
• Radio Sheffield
• Radio Leeds
• Radio Devon
In addition, the following stations will have reduced MW coverage:
• Radio Gloucestershire
• Radio Wales
Where to find the alternatives to your MW stations:
Current MW Station
Online
FM
DAB name
Freeview (in region)
Service closure
Radio Foyle
792 kHz
bbc.co.uk/radiofoyle
93.1 MHz
BBC Radio Foyle / BBCFoyle
720
06-May
Radio Ulster
1341 kHz (Antrim, Down) and 873 kHz (Enniskillen)
bbc.co.uk/radioulster
Belfast, Down, Antrim, Armagh - 94.5 MHz
Coleraine, Portstewart and Portrush - 95.4 MHz
Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and County Tyrone - 93.8 MHz
Newry - 93.1 MHz
Larne - 93.5 MHz
Newtonabbey - 95.3 MHz
Ballycastle - 95.1 MHz
Warrenpoint - 92.7 MHz
Kilkeel - 93.8 MHz
BBC Radio Ulster / BBC Ulst
719
06-May
Radio Cambridgeshire
1026 kHz
bbc.co.uk/radiocambridgeshire
Peterborough - 95.7 MHz
Cambridge - 96.0 MHz
BBC Radio Cambs / BBC Camb
722
10-May
Radio H&W
738 kHz (Worcester), 1584 kHz (Tenbury Wells)
bbc.co.uk/bbcherefordandworcester
Herefordshire - 94.7 MHz
Worcestershire - 104 MHz
Redditch - 104.4 MHz
Wyre Forest - 104.6 MHz
BBCHereford&Worc / BBCH&W
720
13-May
Radio Lancashire
855 kHz
bbc.co.uk/radiolancashire
Blackburn and Burnley - 95.5 MHz
Central Lancashire - 103.9 MHz
Lancaster - 104.5 MHz
BBC Lancashire / BBC Lanc
720
17-May
BBC Essex
729 kHz (East Essex), 765 kHz (West Essex)
bbc.co.uk/bbcessex
County-wide - 103.5 MHz
Southend and Basildon - 95.3 MHz
BBC Essex / BBCEssex
734
20-May
Radio Stoke
1503 kHz
bbc.co.uk/radiostoke
County-wide - 94.6 MHz
Stafford - 104.1 MHz
BBC Radio Stoke / BBCStoke
726
24-May
Radio Sheffield
1035 kHz
bbc.co.uk/radiosheffield
Sheffield - 88.6 MHz
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire - 94.7 MHz
South Yorkshire - 104.1 MHz
BBC Sheffield / BBC Shef
734
27-May
Radio Leeds
774 kHz
bbc.co.uk/radioleeds
Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield, Halifax - 92.4 MHz
Wharfedale - 95.3 MHz
Keighley (Airdale) - 102.7 MHz
West Leeds - 103.9 MHz
BBC Radio Leeds / BBCLeeds
719
01-Jun
Radio Gloucestershire
1413 kHz (Stow on the Wold)
bbc.co.uk/radiogloucestershire
Radio Gloucestershire is not available on FM in the areas served by the
1413 transmitter
BBC Radio Glos / BBC Glos
735
07-Jun
Radio Wales
657 kHz (Wrexham), 882 kHz (Penmon)
bbc.co.uk/radiowales
Anglesey - 94.8 MHz
Bangor - 94.8 MHz
Caernarfon - 94.8 MHz
Colwyn Bay - 90.6 MHz
Conwy - 91.3 MHz
Llandudno - 94.8 MHz
Llangollen - 91.1 MHz
Mold - 91.1 MHz
Ruthin - 91.1 MHz
Rhyl - 91.1 MHz or 94.8 MHz
Ruthin - 91.1 MHz
Queensferry - 91.1 MHz
Welshpool - 91.8 MHz
Wrexham - 91.1 MHz or 95.4 MHz
BBC Radio Wales / BBCWales
719
09-Jun
Radio Devon
801 kHz (North Devon), 990 kHz (Exeter)
bbc.co.uk/radiodevon
Exmoor - 103.4 MHz
North Devon - 94.8 MHz
Plymouth - 95.7 MHz
Exeter - 95.8 MHz
Okehampton - 96.0 MHz
Torbay and the South Hams - 104.3 MHz
BBC Radio Devon / BBCDevon
720
https://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/work-warning/news/mw-closures-2021

[Flor Lynch]

Good stuff, or should that be good sad stuff, Tony.

I note that BBC Radio Scotland isn't included in the current slate of
closures. (I can understand why, because some parts of Bonnie Scotland are
very geographically removed from the main urban heartland of
Glasgow/Edinburgh and may not yet have a well-developed terrestrial DAB
infrastructure, or perhaps poor signal coverage other than on MW.)

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