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In yet another reversal concerning the fate of Longwave in the UK, this was reported in Radio Survivor<\/a> Oct 10:<\/p>\n

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Ireland\u2019s Longwave Station RT\u00c9 252 Spared from Imminent Closure<\/strong><\/h3>\n

By<\/span> Paul Riismandel<\/a><\/span><\/span> on<\/span> October 10, 2016<\/abbr> in<\/span> International<\/a>, Radio Bands<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Listeners located in the U.K. who enjoy Ireland\u2019s RT\u00c9 252 radio service are breathing a sign of relief. The planned 2017 closure of this longwave station has now been put on indefinite hold, according to Independent.ie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An Irish diaspora in the U.K. is the primary audience for RT\u00c9 252, which broadcasts programming from the Radio 1 nationwide news and talk service. As Paul Bailey explained in a post this past June<\/a>, the cost and complexity of maintaining the large LW transmitter and antenna amid budgetary pressures, along with the perceived obsolescence of the service, were the cited reasons for retiring the station.<\/p>\n

There was public outcry in the wake of the original decision to shut down RT\u00c9 252, which resulted in delaying the date two years. That was followed by research from a group called Irish in Britain that argued the station helped listeners in England, Scotland and Wales keep up to date with matters at home and retain a \u201csense of Irishness.\u201d A survey the group conducted showed that 92% of respondents listened to the station most or every day. Apparently, that added up to enough pressure on the Irish state broadcaster to keep RT\u00c9 252 going for the time being.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a0You can read the full article here<\/a>.<\/section>\n
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I have been watching this issue for some time and am encouraged to see people fighting for LF radio, indeed any continuation of broadcast radio. The key element in my mind being the many people who do not live within a regional broadcast area should not be discarded, or forced into services which which cost them significantly more money.<\/p>\n

Here in the states people are still struggling to deal with reduced service areas due to the digital switch over of OTA television. With our “digital revolution” we are trying to force people into a “one size fits all” box, and there is no one box which can fit everyone.<\/p>\n

The future is quite uncertain, as these reversals have shown, but I wish the Irish listeners well in their ongoing battle – they have accomplished more than most!!<\/p>\n

Robert Gulley, AK3Q,\u00a0is the author of this post and a regular contributor<\/a> to the SWLing Post. Robert also blogs<\/em>\u00a0at All Things Radio<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In yet another reversal concerning the fate of Longwave in the UK, this was reported in Radio Survivor Oct 10: Ireland\u2019s Longwave Station RT\u00c9 252 Spared from Imminent Closure By Paul Riismandel on October 10, 2016 in International, Radio Bands Listeners located in the U.K. who enjoy Ireland\u2019s RT\u00c9 252 radio service are breathing a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"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":true,"_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":[56,2436,3,1,854],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-longwave","category-news","category-uncategorized","category-updates"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5G3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12008,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/the-campaign-to-save-rte-longwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":21827,"position":0},"title":"The campaign to save RTE longwave","author":"Thomas","date":"January 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Bill Shepherd writes: Hello Tom I am one of the twosome who originated the campaign against the closure of RTE1 Longwave. 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