RTÉ are set to continue transmitting their longwave 252 service until at least 2019 after positive talks took place at a consultative meeting in London.
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Showing posts with label LONGWAVE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LONGWAVE. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Longwave Broadcasting Retains Listeners
When Irish state broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann announced the closure of its longwave Radio 1 service to Britain — longwave being an analog, interference-plagued broadcast band in the 148.5–253 kHz range, below AM/medium wave — the last thing RTÉ expected was a firestorm of protest. After all, Radio 1 would still be available to British listeners on the Web and via the Freesat satellite TV service; even after RTÉ turned off its longwave transmitter on Jan. 1.
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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Russia: End of an era for long-wave listeners
Russia has quietly switched off nearly all of its long-wave
transmitters, ending almost nine decades of broadcasting - as cost
finally catches up on the medium.
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Friday, November 08, 2013
Transradio & Ampegon to replace 1.5 MW longwave transmitter at Algeria
Télédiffusion d’Algérie awarded AM Radio Project to TRANSRADIO and Ampegon
Berlin, Germany and Turgi, Switzerland; November 5, 2013. Télédiffusion d’Algérie (TDA), the national broadcaster of Algeria, selected TRANSRADIO and Ampegon to replace the 1.5 MW longwave transmission system located close to the city of Tipaza in July this year. Meanwhile all administrative matters were settled and the contract is put into force. The project was offered in cooperation between Transradio and Ampegon.
The Tipaza longwave transmitter is operated on 252 kHz broadcasting with 1500 kW on day and 750 kW on night time and is receivable in French all over the western Mediterranean area.
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