BBC Radio 4 long-wave closes down (opens in new tab)

Above: an old radio dial, photographed by me in Turin, Italy, in 2011, with “Droitwich” highlighted. BBC Radio 4 Long Wave 198 closed down early in the morning on 27th June, from Droitwich, Westerglen and Burghead. . It’s been replaced with a repeating information loop (which, curiously, says it’s available “through your digital television, including Freely”, but neglecting to mention Freeview, Freesat or Sky). It was the last of the Western European broadcasters to leave, and almost all broa...