{"id":16479,"date":"2015-12-31T08:04:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T12:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=16479"},"modified":"2015-12-31T08:04:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T12:04:10","slug":"mediumwave-france-luxembourg-and-germany-go-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/mediumwave-france-luxembourg-and-germany-go-silent\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediumwave: France, Luxembourg and Germany go silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16483\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/france-germany.jpg\" alt=\"france-germany\" width=\"650\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/france-germany.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/france-germany-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Facebook, Mike Terry reminded me:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Tomorrow France, Germany and Luxembourg go very quiet on medium wave.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He&#8217;s right&#8211;there will be more empty space on the AM broadcast\u00a0band for those living in or near France, Germany or Luxembourg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u00a0hope\u00a0there are <em>Post<\/em> readers out there who might be able to make recordings of some of these stations as they go off the air. \u00a0I would like to add those recordings to <a href=\"http:\/\/shortwavearchive.com\" target=\"_blank\">the archive<\/a>. Please comment or contact me if you can.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Facebook, Mike Terry reminded me: &#8220;Tomorrow France, Germany and Luxembourg go very quiet on medium wave.&#8221; He&#8217;s right&#8211;there will be more empty space on the AM broadcast\u00a0band for those living in or near France, Germany or Luxembourg. I\u00a0hope\u00a0there are Post readers out there who might be able to make recordings of some of these [&hellip;]<\/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":[373,433,3],"tags":[4585,4586,4584,4099,2479],"class_list":["post-16479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","tag-france-mediumwave","tag-germany-mediumwave","tag-luxembourg-mediumwave","tag-mediumwave","tag-shortwave-radio-audio-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4hN","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":16479,"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. SRAA contributor, Richard Langley, recorded the following broadcasts and posted them to our\u00a0Shortwave Radio Audio Archive. Click on the following links for recordings\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16485,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/ayar-notes-lw-and-mw-transmitters-still-active-in-france\/","url_meta":{"origin":16479,"position":1},"title":"Ayar notes LW and MW transmitters still active in France","author":"Thomas","date":"December 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to our previous post about France, Germany and Luxembourg leaving the AM broadcast bands, SWLing Post contributor Ayar (HB9EVW) comments: It is indeed a sad day for AM broadcasting. Not only Germany, France and Luxembourg, also the Czech Republic will turn off 3 MW transmitters on January 5th\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/AM-Dial-Digital-Grundig-Mediumwave-MW.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41730,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/shortwave-radio-audio-archive-a-treasure-trove-of-radio-history-and-nostalgia\/","url_meta":{"origin":16479,"position":2},"title":"Shortwave Radio Audio Archive: A treasure trove of radio history and nostalgia","author":"Thomas","date":"January 24, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"One of the most amazing things about hosting and curating a massive collection of shortwave radio recordings is listening to each recording as they're published on the site. I created the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive (SRAA) in 2012 as a dedicated space to post and share off-air recordings with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_0135.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_0135.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/IMG_0135.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16425,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/radio-france-to-shut-down-mediumwave-broadcasts\/","url_meta":{"origin":16479,"position":3},"title":"Radio France to shut down mediumwave","author":"Thomas","date":"December 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"La Masion de la Radio, Paris, France, (Photo source: G\u00e9rard Ducher via Wikimedia Commons).","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-1024x540.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-1024x540.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/image-1024x540.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14210,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/radio-france-mediumwave-and-longwave-broadcasts-to-end\/","url_meta":{"origin":16479,"position":4},"title":"Radio France: mediumwave and longwave broadcasts to end","author":"Thomas","date":"July 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Marc, who sends\u00a0this news from France Inter. The article (in French) states that Radio France, in a cost-cutting measure, will end mediumwave transmissions by the end of this year (2015) and longwave transmissions\u00a0by the end of 2016. It's estimated that\u00a0this will save 13 million\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Maison_de_la_Radio_Paris","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Maison_de_la_Radio_Paris-1024x539.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Maison_de_la_Radio_Paris-1024x539.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Maison_de_la_Radio_Paris-1024x539.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17416,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/colins-welcome-additions-to-the-shortwave-archive\/","url_meta":{"origin":16479,"position":5},"title":"Colin&#8217;s welcome additions to the shortwave archive","author":"Thomas","date":"February 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"If you're a subscriber to the Shortwave Radio Audio Archive, you've no doubt noted the excellent recordings submitted by Colin Newell (of DXer.ca) the past few weeks. 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