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Fernando

Jun 6, 2026 MADRID
BBC’s Droitwich transmitter on 198 kHz long wave will close down in three weeks from now, and thus nearly a hundred years of illustrious history of radio broadcasting will just vanish in the air.

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The awesome sounding Hacker Super Sovereign: perfect way to listen to the Shipping Forecast 198 kHz​

Jun 15, 2026
It doesn't get much better than this, although my good friend tells me there is another Hacker model (the Herald I think) with a slightly larger speaker than the Super Sovereign. My goodness that radio must sound good, because the audio from this one is epic. 12:27
Thanks for watching and 73

The awesome sounding Hacker Super Sovereign: perfect way to listen to the
 
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Pirate Radio Rewrote Broadcasting. So Where Is It Now?​

Jun 16, 2026
In 1964, a ship called the MV Mi Amigo anchored off the English coast and started broadcasting music that the BBC refused to play. Within three years, roughly fifteen million people were tuning in daily to a network of unauthorized offshore stations, and the British government was forced to completely rethink how domestic radio worked. What those pirate operators built didn't just change the playlist. It reshaped the format that commercial broadcasters worldwide still use today.
But the story didn't end when the ships were shut down. Pirate radio migrated somewhere nobody expected, incubated things the mainstream never saw coming, and evolved into a problem that governments across four continents are now spending millions of dollars and deploying AI-driven surveillance systems to contain. The enforcement data from 2025 alone tells a story that most people have never heard.
This is the full history of pirate radio, from the offshore ships to the encrypted digital streams, and where the war over the airwaves stands right now.


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Radio Caroline

Radio Caroline continues – with music from the past and present on DAB in selected UK towns & cities and on 648 AM to South East England, The Netherlands, Belgium and beyond
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BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2026 (end of the broadcast)​

Jun 22, 2026
Listening to the 2026 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast. My receiver is an old Eddystone 940 from the that still works very well after more than 60 years of service. Reception was great from the BBC transmitter in Woofferton on 12070 kHz.
The BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast is already a great tradition that started back in 1955. It is aimed at the personnel of the British Antarctic Survey wintering at the different scientific bases in Antarctica, and consists mostly of messages from loved ones aired by the BBC on the Antarctic winter solstice for about 30 minutes.
If you would like to listen to the full 30-minute broadcast, just click here: • BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2026


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My Recording of the 2026 BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica

by Thomas (K4SWL) First, a huge thank you to everyone who has submitted recordings of this year’s BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica on our recording-sharing post. It’s been a real p…
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Recordings: VOA Chinese and Possible Co-Channel QRM

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Greenall, who writes: The Voice of America is currently using its Tinang, Philippines site for a broadcast in Chinese beginning at 2100 UTC on 9535 kHz. …
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Watch BBC Radio 4 On Long Wave Switch Off From Droitwich Transmitter​

Jun 27, 2026
A look back at the history of BBC Radio 4 from Droitwich transmitter that was switched off at 01:00 on Saturday 27th June 2026 marking the end of 92 years of long wave from Droitwich and 48 years of Radio 4 on long wave from Droitwich.
Droitwich is interesting in that it is rumoured to provide a dead hand signal to the UK's nuclear submarines in the event of an attack.
It also provides the radio Teleswitch signal that controls Teleswitch meters in many UK homes still.

Watch BBC Radio 4 On Long Wave Switch Off From Droitwich Transmitter
 
After 100 years of the BBC on longwave, the last ever R4 Shipping Forecast and then final close down

Jun 26, 2026
Hi there, so that's it. No more BBC Radio 4 on longwave. These are the final few minutes, ending with a an information loop telling listeners to switch over to FM, DAB, the internet etc....yuk!
Recorded on 27/06/26 at 00:48 hrs BST using an Elad FDM DUOr and an end-fed wire antenna.

After 100 years of the BBC on longwave, the last ever R4 Shipping Forecast and then fina
 

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The death of BBC long wave is pure audio totalitarianism​

For those who still have prehistoric radios – or let us call them, properly, wirelesses – another feature has become redundant. The BBC, the one British broadcasting organisation still to use long wave, will, from this weekend, cease to do so. Once, the 1,500m wavelength was used for Radio 2; when the latter went to FM, LW became an alternative home for Radio 4. Now, it is Radio History.

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An AI-Powered Shortwave Radio Resource

A reader, Michael, recently shared a new online resource he created for the shortwave listening community called HQ Shortwave Radio: According to Michael, the site lets users enter a frequency and …
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After 100 years of the BBC on longwave, the last ever Shipping Forecast on 198 kHz and shut down​

Jul 6, 2026
Hi there, a second recording of the last minutes of Radio 4 on 198 kHz, this time with the Icom IC-R8600 via my end-fed wire and audio piped through the Bose SoundLink Mini 2 speaker.
Thanks for the century of broadcasting on longwave BBC, a shame it had to end, and thanks to my brilliant subscribers for watching.
Good listening and 73.

After 100 years of the BBC on longwave, the last ever Shipping Forecast on 198 kHz and
 
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