Final Hours of BBC Four Droitwich Transmitting Station (198kHz): June 26, 2026
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Droitwich Transmitting Station (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Andy Wang, who shares the following recording and notes:
Broadcaster: BBC4
Date of recording: June 26, 2026
Starting time: 19:58UTC
Frequency: 0.198MHz
Your location: Web-interface wideband software-defined radio at the University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands
Your receiver and antenna: "Mini-Whip" antenna in AM mode with 9.09 kHz RF filtering
Mode: AM
Safe for children?: Yes
Notes: BBC4 on longwave 198KHz was shutdown on 27 June 2026 at 00:00 UTC.
After the shutdown, the station is repeatedly playing the migration guide for the listeners.
I guess there are still some old electric meters that haven't been replaced, they rely on the longwave signal...
The noise in the recording is probably caused by lightning, the receiving time is in summer.
