{"id":16425,"date":"2015-12-27T08:56:17","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T12:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16425"},"modified":"2015-12-27T08:56:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T12:56:58","slug":"radio-france-to-shut-down-mediumwave-broadcasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/radio-france-to-shut-down-mediumwave-broadcasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio France to shut down mediumwave"},"content":{"rendered":"
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La Masion de la Radio, Paris, France, (Photo source: G\u00e9rard Ducher via Wikimedia Commons).<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/i> reader, Marc, who shares this news from Radio France<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article (in French) notes that as of midnight on December 31, 2015, Radio France will cease all mediumwave broadcasts permanently. Up to this point, Radio France’s mediumwave transmitters have broadcast France Info<\/i>,\u00a0France bleu RCFM<\/i> and France Bleu Elsass<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The article notes that regions previously within the broadcast footprint of their mediumwave transmissions are now serviced via FM and\/or online streaming.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the article on Radio France’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Marc, who shares this news from Radio France. The article (in French) notes that as of midnight on December 31, 2015, Radio France will cease all mediumwave broadcasts permanently. Up to this point, Radio France’s mediumwave transmitters have broadcast France Info,\u00a0France bleu RCFM and France Bleu Elsass. The article […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[373,56,433,3],"tags":[4575,4574,4573,4099,4024,4026],"class_list":["post-16425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-broadcasters","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-france-bleu-elsass","tag-france-bleu-rcfm","tag-france-info","tag-mediumwave","tag-radio-france","tag-radio-france-mediumwave-cuts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4gV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16588,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/recordings-of-final-mediumwave-broadcasts-from-luxembourg-france-and-germany\/","url_meta":{"origin":16425,"position":0},"title":"Recordings of final mediumwave broadcasts from Luxembourg, France and Germany","author":"Thomas","date":"January 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to several of you who recorded the final sign-ons and sign-offs of several European broadcasters who pulled the plug on mediumwave transmissions this past weekend. 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