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\"rte-logo-web1\"<\/a>(Source: The Irish Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n

WITH fewer than three weeks to go until RT\u00c9 Radio 1 brings its historic longwave service on 252 to an end, the Irish community in Britain has responded with fury and dismay.<\/p>\n

The move, which was announced with just over a month\u2019s notice, is part of the Irish broadcaster\u2019s new focus on digital platforms.<\/p>\n

But the decision to cease transmission, from October 27, was described as a \u201cbitter blow\u201d to Irish people in Britain as well as parts of the North of Ireland.<\/p>\n

Eddie Walsh, who is PRO of The Workers\u2019 Party (Britain) in Nottingham, said: \u201cOther options are not open to all of us. I cannot get RT\u00c9 on my car radio except on longwave and I certainly do not want to listen to it on my computer. The current radio ads only refer to the island of Ireland, thus not even mentioning those of us on this side of the Irish Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI would suggest that the station has underestimated the number of listeners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Irish Post reader Sean O\u2019Rinn said: \u201cI have a small radio beside my bed and listen to RTE on 252 every night. There is no way that I can use any digital apparatus in its place. There must be thousands of Irish people here in England who are in a similar position \u2014 we will become completely isolated from our native home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The loss of the longwave service comes after the broadcaster closed its London offices in 2012. Tom McGuire, Head of RT\u00c9 Radio 1, estimates that no more than 2,000 people use its service.<\/p>\n

RT\u00c9 said that 98 per cent of its Radio 1 listeners would be unaffected by the move. It added that to measure longwave listening numbers in Britain would prove \u201ca prohibitive service cost\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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(Source: The Irish Post) WITH fewer than three weeks to go until RT\u00c9 Radio 1 brings its historic longwave service on 252 to an end, the Irish community in Britain has responded with fury and dismay. The move, which was announced with just over a month\u2019s notice, is part of the Irish broadcaster\u2019s new focus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,2436,3],"tags":[2117,3300,4123,3299],"class_list":["post-11002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-longwave","category-news","tag-ireland","tag-irish-post","tag-longwave","tag-rte"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2Rs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21752,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/update-rte-radio-plans-to-axe-longwave-service-in-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":11002,"position":0},"title":"Update: RT\u00c9 RADIO plans to axe longwave service in 2017","author":"Thomas","date":"October 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Contrary to a news item we recently shared from The Independent, SWLing Post contributor, Mike Barraclough, notes the following news from the Irish Post: RT\u00c9 RADIO will proceed with plans to axe its longwave 252 service next year, it has been confirmed. 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